Des Miones, Iowa. At Callanan Middle School!

I got back from my trip safely. It was the best trip I have ever been on. When I got back my family was so excited to see me! When I go back I have 300 dollars left so I took family to a fancy restaraunt to tell them all about my amazing trip. Mr. Loew wants me! So I gotta go, Hope you liked my blog :)

Berlin, Germany

The last place I went to was my favorite place yet!! I went here because I am going to college here soon some day. I went to the Swissotel hotel in Berlin. When I was here I went to the state capital. It was beautiful!!! Poeple in here were very nice. They showed my around because I was new. I had to speak German with them because alot of them didn't know english. I tried really tasty foods! And I visited the college I am going to. It was very pretty and it had a huge cafe. I signed up for it and told them I would be back in a couple of months to serve my first term. They were very nice and they told me I could call my roomate that is coming in the same time I am. She was very nice but was Chinese so she didn't know that much German. The dorm was big and spacious. I enjoyed visiting Germany more then any other place.
1. The main language is German.
2. Age 15 can start reading and writting.
3. The type is Fedral Republic.
4. Cheif of the state is the President.
5. Teh Judicial Branch- Federal Constitution Court
http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/adressen/brd-fact.html

Kiev, Ukraine

I visited Keiv which is loacted in Ukriane. I was very tired when I got to Keiv so I went straight to a hotel with out even finding the best one. I just fell asleep right when I got to the hotel. The hotel was called Odessa Odessa. It was on a huge hill in the back of a bunch of buildings. The hotel was very nice. I guess I had a good chioce of choosing that exit. I went on the Stag Tour. Which is a group of bands that play by the hotel that I went to. It was very fun! I had great food here to. I got to try many different salads and breads.

1. The president is Viktor Yushkenko.
2. The population is 46,299,862.
3. The telophone number is 044.
4. Independence day is August. 24, 1991.
5. One of the major industries is coal.

http://www.kievukraine.info/ukraine_facts.htm

Cope Darley, Antarctica

I went to Cape Darnley and stayed here for about 3 weeks. On the way here I went to go shopping at a place that I forgot the name of but it was a little shop in N'Djamena. I bought tons of cool jackets, warm gloves, boots. hats, ear muffs, socks, and a nice big warm coat. I stayed here for 3 weeks because I bought all that stuff and when I get back to Iowa it had just passed winter. I stayed at a cabin kind of up north from Cape Darnley. It was just like the one in my other trip but smaller. But this one made me feel at home and it had a nice burning fireplace with a lot of extra wood. My neighbor would drink coffee with me every morning on my deck. I would tell here about my trip and she would look very surprised. She kept saying she didn't have a chance to roam around the world because she has cancer and is going to die soon. The treatment she ways doesn't help her and I felt really bad every time it came up. She is old though and she told me about her life stories every time I brought up something about my trip.

1. The name used to be E.R Darnley.
2. Cape Darnley is a cape at the southeast side of Jacobsen Bight
3. Jacobsen Bight is on the south-central coast of South Georgia.
4. Cape Darnely is very small
5. Not very many people live here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Darnley

N'Djamena, Chad

I visited N'Djamena, Chad for one and a half weeks. It was really hot here the whole time I stayed which was during our fall time. I stayed at the Kempinski Hotel. It is downtown N'Djamena. This hotel was similar to the ones we have here in Iowa. The people that stayed here were kind of snobby to me, Because I didnt know where anything was so they got frustrated with me. I ate every morning in the cafe. They always had fresh food and coffee. I would go on the computer after that to email my friends and family. I was very close to ending my trip so they were excited to come see me soon. I went running in the evenings because I have been having a lot of fast food on my trip. I ran every morning my a very nice old lady that lived in the room next to me at the Kempinski Hotel. She had been all over the world and told me about the places I was going next. She made me look forward to these places and she also gave me extra money to go to the gift shops at these places. She was a very nice lady :)

1. Population- 10,111,337
2. Currency- CFA franc
3. Life Expectancy- 49
4. There are 124 different languages.
5. Literacy percent- 48

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_chad.html

Cape Town, South Africa

I went to Cape Town, South Africa. I stayed at the Faltrock Suites. I stayed here for about 4 weeks. This hotel was one of the best so far. I had my own library in my suite and a whole case of new movies. The living room had a huge couch that was leather black. And a very big flatscreen Tv. I watched movies about every night. I found out a lot of new things about Cape Town. I had a soda machine in my bedroom and the kitchen. I cooked a very nice meal every night and tried a new meat called Salega. It was delicious, the best I ever had! I met this girl named Sandrina. She was at a buffee called Malonicks Meals. At this restaurant there was a big table across the whole restaurant so everyone that came would sit together and hope to find a spot by family. I sat by Sandrina because she looked nice. We had fun together. I told her about my trip and that I would have to leave in a couple of days. She wanted me to come back and I said sure. I left a few days after.

1. Population- 2,984,100
2. Currency- Rand
3. Cape Town is the Legislative capital of South Africa.
4. Area Code- 21
5. There are 11 spoken languages in Cape Town.
http://www.travelmuse.com/destinations/ZA/11/cape-town/_guide/6

Harare, Zimbabwe

I went to Zimbabwe after Windheock. I decided to stay with one of my mom's friends that live here. She is very nice and has a huge house in the city. Me and her have fun times together. We went out to eat about 4 times in the 2 weeks I visited. We went to 2 chinese restaraunts and the others were BBQs. The food was great. At the chinese ones there was a buffett. They had one buffett table with all yummy desserts. The others were regular chinese food. I ate so many crab legs that I couldnt eat anything the rest of the day. I went to a amusement park with her and we rode the rollar coasters until we got sick! We also went to the Harare Zoo. There were way different animals there then where we live. That was fun!

1. The officail language is English.
2. July is the coldest moth of the year.
3. The most important river is the Manyame River.
4. Harare is known as the 'Sunshine City'
5. This city used to be called Salisbury.

http://www.mapsofworld.com/cities/zimbabwe/harare/facts.html

Windhoeck, Namibia

I went to Windhoeck, Namibia after visiting Dodoma. I stayed in a small cabin in Smoshville. They have small townhomes close by. The cabins are for rent from 2 weeks-3 weeks. I stayed for three weeks. They gave me a choice from a bunk ned to a queen single bed. I choosed the one person bed because I was the only one. They had a kitchen, a livingroom, and a bathroom with a very big shower. I enjoyed staying there because it was close to downtown. I went to Java Joes downtown and worked on my laptop. I got tons of mail on Yahoo from family who missed me. I went to a funnybone show downtown too. This guy was halarious. I looked him up and watched all of his videos. He is my new favorite.

1. English is the officail language.
2. For emergencies you call 1011
3. The best time to travel in Namibia is form May to October when the weather is a little cooler.
4. Namibia has a dessert climate.
5. Namibia is called the desert country.



http://www.iexplore.com/world_travel/Namibia/Facts