Classe Verte

This past Sunday my school left for the Classe Verte, a trip to the town of Angers. We were going to stay for a week in the Abbey St. Maur which is an abbey from the Middle Ages. We took a high speed train to get there. When we got to the station in Angers we took a bus to the Zoo de Doue. We ate at a restaurant and got into groups to tour the zoo. Our group took a trail that passed by almost every animal in the zoo. The animals had really big enclosures. My favorites were the vultures, the bats, and the leopards. The vulture cage wasn't exactly a cage. There was a big fence around an enormous area. You could go in behind the fence. You could watch them eat and after they ate they would sometimes wipe their beaks on your pants. After the zoo we took long bus ride to the Abbey St. Maur which is where we stayed the whole week. All the boys from my class - there were nine of us - stayed in one big room with bunk beds. At night it took hours to get to sleep because it was light until literally 12 o'clock, and it was so hot that we laid on top of the beds instead of in them.

The next day, Monday, we went to the Castle of Angers. People had inhabited this site for thousands of years. We saw tiny models of how the castle was through the ages. We went to the tallest tower of the castle. They used to have a windmill there so that they could make flour. We saw a tapestry called The Apocolypse which is over 100 feet long and not to mention is the longest tapestry in the World. The tapestry was begun in 1373. We had a nice picnic there by a fountain. I had a really fun time because we played army tag. Then we took a guided tour around the old town of Angers. On the tour I didn't learn much except that there must be many definitions of the words "treasure hunt", and that Gothic style flamboyant doors are really boring. When we got back we played soccer for a long time and had a snack of donuts filled with Nutella and mint syrup. After dinner back at the Abbey we had a thing called "veiller" where we did a bunch of dancing games and they tested us on our knowledge of all kinds of songs.

On Tuesday we visited another Abbey from the Middle Ages and don't ask me the name because I forget. I saw little room that had pictures of the story of Jesus. Then we saw the gardens which were fairly small but looked very nice. We saw the dining room which was huge, but all the table had been sold during the French revolution. The kitchen was awesome because it used to have 22 chimneys but now they have 12. The tops of the chimneys were domed shaped. They used these for hanging fish to smoke. Priests and nuns weren't allowed to leave the abbey for their whole life. They had a big wall surrounding the abbey so that they couldn't leave. Inside the walls they had a big garden and a lot of the things you would have on the outside, so that they wouldn't want to leave. That day when we got back we went to a humongous orchard by the Abbey that was filled with rose bushes. We played for a long time. We were playing tag and I was going through a small hole and hedge to get away form someone who was "it". I ran into someone else who was trying to go through the hole at the same time and I tripped and fell. My legs and head got all cut up, and I didn't even notice until we go to the place where we were having goutter (snack) . For goutter we had chocolate croissants.

On Wednesday we went to the Chateau de Breze. The outside was really small but the underground area seemed like the size of two castles put together. There were tunnels and caves where they lived and underground stables. There were bakeries and wine making shops. If an enemy attacked they would be trapped in a big holes where they would have hot oil and rocks thrown on them from holes in the ceiling above them. They also had holes in the sides for shooting at people. It was possible to take the castle but very hard.

On Thursday we went to the Cadre Noir de Saumur, which is one of the three best horse schools in the world. We saw a show and got a guided tour of the stables. The three famous jumps are the cabriole, the courbette, and the croubade . The horses were really awesome. There were two horses there who couldn't eat the food there and were only fed newspapers from England that have a particular kind of ink which is edible. On Thursday night, our last night there, we had a "boume" which is basically a disco party. There we had lots of candy which we brought for the train but hadn't finished. Pretty much everyone dance with a really lot of girls - I mean a lot. I danced with about 8 or 9 girls. But don't worry it wasn't slow dancing.

Friday we visited the Moulin or mill. This was a water mill which was used to grind flour. We made bread there that was actually pretty good and we got to take it home. After the mill we took the train and went home. All in all, it was a really, really fun week.

Montmartre

The other night we went to Montmartre. Montmartre is probably the tallest hill in Paris. It took a pretty long time to get there since we had to take the metro, then walk to the funicular, then my Dad and I walked up the hill, but my Mom and little brother took the funicular.

Montmartre is so famous because there is the Basilica of the Sacred Heart and because there are lots of artists there. We spent a bit of time watching the view. Then we walked into the village.







We walked through the Place du Tertre which is really famous because a lot of artists work there. Then we found a nice restaurant and had dinner there. It was really just a little courtyard, and it took forever for the food to come, but when it did it was really good!

My cousins from America!

Last Sunday we had a really really big brunch: my Dad invited all of his friends over and all of my cousins and uncles and aunts on my Dad's side. Then, right before the last people had left, my cousins from America John and Kristin arrived and came to stay for a few days.

We went with them to the Jardin des Tuileries. We played some soccer. My brother and I went to play on the trampoline. Then John and Kristin went for a walk to the Arc de Triomphe. My Dad cooked some French food for all of us for dinner. The next day I had to go to school, but, when I came back, we went out to dinner with them to a fondue place where we had some really good food. I got a goat cheese fondue. My brother got a plain cheese fondue., John and Kristin shared a beer and cheese fondue. My parents had a meat fondue, which is where they give you a bunch of raw meat, and the pot is boiling hot with oil where you cook the meat and it takes about 30 seconds to cook it.

Next day I also had school but when I got back I met with John and Kristin at the Luxembourg Gardens. We played some ping pong. Then, on the way back, we stopped at a restaurant and I ate dinner with my cousins. The next day unfortunately they had to leave. I saw them in the morning but when I got back from school they were gone:(

That week was the week of our final tests for the year, and, actually, I did pretty well. I was first in the class in math, and I was close to the top in French. In English I was also close to the top. In history I think I was first.

Hedges for Landing Strips

Last week we went to the Chateau de Versailles. The line took about 45 minutes, so my Mom, my brother and I played around for a bit while my Dad and my babysitter waited in line. When we went in, instead of going into the castle, we went into the gardens that were absolutely ENORMOUS, and when I say ENORMOUS, I mean ABSOLUTELY ENORMOUS. All over there were statues and nice fountains. There were all kinds of different plants everywhere.

We saw these little karts that you could drive around the gardens, except that there were only 2 left, and not many coming back, and the line had maybe 10 people ahead of us. My parents said that if we got one I could drive it, but unfortunately we never got one.

When we were walking down some nice steps to go into the main part of the garden, my brother fell off the steps and onto the top of the hedge. I don't mean into the hedge, I mean onto the hedge, because instead of falling through the hedge like he normally should have, he stayed on top of the hedge. Then I found out that even I could walk on top of the hedge!

Then we walked through a sort of maze that took us a long way further into the garden, and when we came out of it we kept walking forward we found out that we could take rowboats out on the water. So we bought some sandwiches at a little food stand, rented a boat, and had a picnic on the boat in the water. On the way back, we had some really good ice cream. I got mango.

Then we went into the castle. We saw a lot of it, but compared to the size of the castle we saw pretty much nothing. The king who built it was Louis XIV. Louis XIV apparently had, if I remember correctly, 11 drawing rooms, which, for those of you who don't know, are rooms for people to stay in while waiting for the king. There were also lots of sun symbols everywhere, probably because Louis XIV was called the Sun King (Le Roi Soleil).

We also saw the king's bedroom and the queen's bedroom. I think the queen's bedroom was a lot nicer than the king's bedroom even though the King's bedroom was a lot bigger, because he really had 6 rooms. Both rooms were off the famous Gallerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors). The Gallerie had hundreds of mirrors. As a matter of fact, the whole room except for the ceiling was mirrors. After that we left and went home.

Overall I think that it was a very good trip except for the fact that I could not drive any of the karts.

Le Champs de Mars

The other day we went to the Champs de Mars for a school picnic.

The Champs de Mars is the big park that's right in front of the Eiffel Tower. Everybody brought something to eat and we all shared. We brought brownies and sandwiches. Then we played some soccer. After that we played some football (American football), and then we played three flies up. Then we did a bunch of games of sharks and minnows. I won every game except the last game.

I really liked the place and we had a lot of fun. My dad thought that it was really cool to have a picnic under the Eiffel Tower and I thought it was too but still, considering the facts, we could probably go there any time we want. All in all, I think that it was a really good picnic.

The Black Rooster

In the morning yesterday, we were going to drop my Dad in Naples, but my Mom had neck cramps, so she could not drive. So we decided not to drop him off, and we kept on driving towards Rome to our new hotel. We stopped on the way at a town called Alatri, where we ate lunch at a restaurant called the Gaio Nero. We had a really good lunch, and the people there were really nice and gave us a lot of candy.

There were lots of medieval houses there. The town is famous for its huge Greek Acropolis, which means "the high city", at the very top of the hill. We went to a park there and played a bit, and my brother got three bloody noses there.

Then we drove to our hotel in Rome. We weren't really hungry so we went to sleep without dinner. In the morning, we drove to the airport really early and took a flight back to Paris.

The Perfect Day

Today we went to an island called Capri. We rent a small motor boat for the whole day. First we drove the boat to Capri and got off at a small harbor called Marina Piccola, which means, you guessed it, "the small harbor". Then we walked around and took a taxi convertible up the hill. Then we walked some more, Then we went to a restaurant and had an excellent lunch where I had the best pizza that I ever had in Italy.

After lunch, we walked back to the boat, then boated all around Capri. In the end, when we were waiting for some friends to come back, my Dad and I went swimming into the water next to our boat. It took me a whole 10 minutes to decide to go in since the water was freezing cold, but eventually I did. Then we sailed back to Nerano.

In the evening we had another wonderful dinner at Charlot the restaurant. They cooked us a special dinner that was not on the menu just for us, that was made of typical dishes from the region.

Swimming Like a Queen

Today my Dad went to Naples and Herculanum, and the rest of us went to a place called the Queen's Bath. It's called the Queen's Bath because that is where a queen used to bathe. It's really a little tiny salt water lagoon, but it's super small and there is a natural arch that leads to the ocean next to it, and there are old Roman ruins around it.

There we had some home made sandwiches. Nobody wanted to go in except for me. Since I had forgotten to bring my bathing suit, I went in my boxers. It took a while for me to get in, and when I did, I cheered Linda on until she went in too, but my Mom and my brother did not go at all.

Then we went home. When we got back my Dad came back a few minutes after us and we found that every place he had got to was closed so he was not able to visit anything. Then we had a big birthday party for my Dad. We grilled all the meat that we had gotten, and took out the birthday cake that we had bought. The only problem that we had was that we forgot to get him any presents...

The Road of Hell

Today we drove to a place called Paestum, which took a while to get to, but it was worth it when we made it there because it was super pretty. And there were a bunch of things that were like mazes there! Paestum is the ruin of a very old Greek town. It has probably the best kept temples in the entire world - and I am not exaggerating. The temples looked as if you could use them today.

When were done looking at the temples, we went to a place that was a lot like a maze where I played hide and seek with my Mom and my brother, but it was actually the ruins of old Greek houses. Then we had a picnic under a big tree where we right sandwiches, chips and soda right by a temple.

While my father was at the museum, we bought him a birthday cake because it was his birthday, and we had the best gelato I have had in my entire life.

On the way back to Nerano, we took a road, that should have been called the road of hell. It was super super narrow, and sometimes we were behind a bus, then another bus came, and we had to go back many yards to let it pass. Sometimes it took 20 minutes to get a few feet forward. That road was the coastal road on the coast of Amalfi. Then we drove up the hill to a small town called Ravello, where we also got some meat to grill at home. But then we arrived home too late to cook because the road was so hard to drive on.

Magma Chair

Today we walked to Ieranto Bay. It is a tiny, unusually isolated little beach, in a bay where the Romans thought there were sirens. It was at least one hour and forty five minutes to walk, but it was still OK because the path was really nice. There was absolutely nobody at the beach and in the whole bay which looked totally uninhabited.

I found a little area made out probably of million year old magma that I more or less claimed as mine. It even had a bathroom (which was a little hole) and a living room, and a thinking chair. And also a place to put your stuff.

Most of the time I was climbing on the rocks, and skipping rocks on the water with my brother. On the way back, instead of coming up the way we came, we climbed up a path that was so steep that we had to use weeds as pulleys to get ourselves up. When that was finished, we took an easier path than what we came on which was going through a bunch of olive fields. But it was very hard for my little brother who was very tired and thirsty, and hungry.

For dinner we went to a really good local restaurant called Charlotte.

Hot Spot

Monday we went to Pompei, which I thought was really really cool. On the houses for which they knew who had lived there they wrote the names of the people. First we just looked around at a lot of houses in various streets, and then my Dad told us about what certain places were, and we even saw a few "fast food" places from 2,000 years ago. We saw wine tasting places and restaurants and bars from the Roman times.

I liked the big houses best, because many times there were a bunch of walls and passage ways and, as I have said before, I love mazes:-) We also saw old graffiti from the Roman times, which is basically carving pictures and words into the rock. Another thing we say was that, on each street, on the ground, were smooth little grooves that chariots had been going over for hundreds of years and made. We also saw some really nice paintings of mostly birds and animals on the walls of many houses.

Then we left and had lunch at a restaurant near by. Then we went back home, but we stopped in Sorrento to get some gelato and look at the view. The view was really nice and it showed the whole bay of Naples, and there were cruise ships and barges. You could also see Mount Vesuvius, which is the volcano that destroyed Pompei.

Not to mention that this was probably the hottest I ever got in my entire life...

South by South East

Friday night we drove to the airport in Beauvais and left for Italy. We landed in Rome. When we got there it was very late and we took a shuttle to our hotel which was pretty nice. The next morning, my Mom and Dad went to rent a car with my brother while Linda (my new baby sitter) and I stayed and ate breakfast at the hotel. Then we drove to Nerano, which is a small village further than Sorrento, which is further than Pompei, which is further than Naples.

On the way there we only stopped twice: the first time to go to the bathroom, and the second time to get some money from the bank and buy some food and sandwhiches.

The place where we stayed at was called Olga's Residence, a very nice house which is probably the only modern place in the village. It had a really nice swimming pool (though the temperature was probably below zero...). Our place had two stories, and a tiny narrow staircase up to the roof which was a perfect place to sunbathe.

Right after we arrived we left again to get my brother some medicine we had forgotten at our apartment in Paris. First we went to a village called Termini to find a pharmacy, but apparently it was closed although we waited almost an hour because it was supposed to be open. Then we went to Sant'Agata and there the pharmacy was open.

For dinner we walked to the beach, at a place called Marina del Cantone, where we had some pretty good food.

Today my Dad and I went swimming in the pool. Well, I did not really go swimming: I just jumped in and jumped right out. But then I jumped in again, because my Mom and my brother wanted to see me jump in. The my brother took a nap, and my Dad stayed with him while Linda, my Mom and I went to a private beach that was reserved only for us. Then my Mom made pasta for dinner.

Notre Dame de Pompidou

The other day I went with Adin, Jennifer and my brother, to Notre Dame de Paris and the Pompidou Center (which in Paris people call Beaubourg).

First we took a little boat, called a bateau mouche, which travels on the Seine and takes you to certain places around Paris. We got off at Notre Dame de Paris. When we got here we stood outside for a while, just looking at the outside and the famous big round stain glass window. When we got in all the windows looked different, because from the inside you can actually see the pictures on them. We also saw many retables (they are long wood carvings that tell a story) and statues from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Then we got back on the boat, and went along to the place closest to the Pompidou Center. It is a giant art center but it's really weird because most of it is made out of glass and all the heating pipes, water, air conditioning, etc. are color coded and instead of being inside they are outside the building like the exoskeleton of a bug. That particular day by chance it was the last day of construction but it was still closed so we could not go inside. We went to a statue garden outside and got some hot chocolate. After that we went back home.

Eiffel Tower II

Yesterday we went to the Eiffel tower for the second time. This time we went at 10:00pm after my brother had been put to bed, so that he would not feel bad about not going. I went with Adin and Jennifer.

First we were only going to the second floor. Then Adin and I wanted to go all the way to the 3rd and very top floor. It was about a 45mn wait to get tickets to get to the first floor (second American floor, 1st European floor). We took an elevator to the first floor, then an elevator to the 2nd floor, then an elevator to the top. It was really, really fun up there, but Adin and Jennifer did not like being that high, so we went down quickly.

On the way down we took an elevator down to the 2nd floor, then down to the first floor. It took us a long time to find the elevator on the first floor, but when we finally did it took a long time to get there, but for some reason the doors did not open for a long time, so we finally took the stairs. But I have to say that I think the stairs were a lot more fun.

Le Louvre: Beetle Art

Today we went to the Louvre with Adin and Jennifer. We saw the remains of a hidden castle under the Louvre.

Then we went on through some of the art galleries in the Museum. There was a really disgusting worm creature, that was reall super, super long, maybe seven or eight yards long, or more, that had the head of a human being, and that was going through a fake graveyard. It was so realistic you could even hear it and see it inhaling and exhaling.

We also saw these cool art things that were made out of beetles, but the light reflected out of them in such a way that they looked like they were the colors of the rainbow. And you could not tell they were beetles unless you looked really really close.

There is only one thing there that I did not get to see that I wanted to. It was the stolen crown of a King of France that they found in a garbage dump many, many years later after it had been stolen. But I forgot to look for it.

The Adin is Coming! The Adin is Coming!

My friend arrived a couple of days ago from California! He arrived Thursday, and I actually was surprised to see him because I thought he was supposed to arrive really late in the day. I was super happy to see him! While I was at school, he seemed to have fallen in love with my dart guns. So we ended up having a lot of dart battles.

Yesterday we went to the Jardin des Tuileries, where we played on the trampoline a lot, and I finally mastered doing back flips on it. Then we also played a lot of soccer (football if you are British) with my Dad. After that, my brother decided to go to the merry go round, and we are not going to. Then we saw there was a cup that turned when the merry go round went around, but yhou could also turn it very fast with a wheel that was in the center of it, so we decided to go and make ourselves dizzy. Then I made myself a little bit too dizzy and nearly threw up on it. Right before we left we saw a little ice cream stand so we got some ice cream. In the picture above you can see me do an unsuccessful backflip.

Today, we went to the Eiffel Tower. Bu the lines were so long to get there we did not go up at all and just looked at it from close by. We'll have to go there another time. Then we had lunch at a Romanian restaurant, but instead of getting some Romanian dishes we just got roast chicken:-). This being because there were no Romanian dishes on the menu - but, still, even if there had, I think I would still have gotten roast chicken...

After lunch my Mom took my little brother home, and we (Adin, my Dad, Jennifer who is Adin's Mom and I) walked to the Invalides. It was really nice. We looked at a bunch of cannons first. Then we went to see the tomb of Napoleon. Then we saw a huge museum there on World War I and World War II. All in all I thought it was a really good visit.

Then we had to walk back really quickly to meet my Mom because we were going to the Passover Seder at my Grandma's house.

The Revenge Of The Burritos

Last night we had home made burritos to make up for the horrible ones at the Mexican restaurant. This time they were pretty good. Except for the beans which were only good if you didn't put to much of it in. That was the revenge of the burritos.....

But since we have so much I think we'll be eating it for many many dinners to come. We even had so much that we made sandwiches with to eat at the school picnic that was today! And Adin if you're reading this, considering the fact that you are coming on Thursday, I hope you like burritos!

WBE (worst burritos ever)

Last Saturday we went to a Mexican restaurant that my mom had seen. It smelled really good on the inside and the guacamole and chips were good so we started to think that it was a good place to go to but as usual we didn't know just how wrong we were.

Everyone except my mom got burritos con carne.

When we got our burritos we found out that they were just the lousiest tortillas filled with chili con carne. In other words they were the worst burritos ever.

Easter Week End

On Saturday we went to see l'Arc de Triomphe to take a picture of me next to it for schol. Then we picked up my brother at the train station and left to see a bunch of our friends who were in Normandy in a village next to the ocean. It took two and a half hours to get there. The village is called Villers sur Mer.

When we got there we looked around at what the place looked like, then we played a bunch of ping pong. Then we went out to dinner and got some pizza at a restaurant. When we came back, there wasn't enough room for all as we were at least 16 people. So I slept in a couch downstairs that could fold out into a bed with another boy named Arthur.

In the morning we had a big breakfast and I played on a mini-PSP that Arthur had where we played Grand Theft Auto. Then we went to the beach to do a treasure hunt in two teams. I found the first two clues, and then I was the first person to get to the next clue but somebody else found it. Someone in my team found the last clue. The winning team got to order lunch and icecream first. And, where we were, that was really a privilege, because, at the restaurant we went to, it took a long time to get our food!

Then we drove to a place called Deauville where it took forever to park, then once we finally did, it took us forever to find the restaurant. To top it all off, it was pouring rain. When we finally got there, it took them forever to find a big table for 16, then, once we ordered, it took them at least a half an hour to actually get our food... But then it got better because all the food was supergood. I got a really good fish with pesto and some French fries with ketchup. After that we went out to get ice cream, or crepes. There were also gauffres but I don't know what that is in English, but it looked like some kind of waffle with stuff on the top. I got some really, really good banana ice cream. I was going to get crepes, but in Paris we can't find good ice cream easily, and you can get crepes all the time, so I decided I would get ice cream for once...

Then, once we had gone back to the house, another family arrived with a really nice guy named James, and we played Monopoly while watching the movie "The Party". In the end, I got kind of tired of playing, and I landed on one of his places and I had to pay all of my money and mortgage all the places I owned, so I gave up and said he won, although I could have kept on going if I had been really determined. The kids had some really cheesy pasta for dinner while most of the parents went out for dinner. There were 13 of us kids!

In the morning, after another big breakfast, I played Monopoly with my Mom, then we had an Easter egg hunt and I found 7 eggs. We kept on playing but then we had to pack and get ready to go. It took us another two and a half hours to get back to Paris.

Don't Worry, I'm Working on my British Accent

Thursday I left for a four day trip to London. We left for the train about 11:00. We took a taxi to the station and we arrived so late that we almost missed the train. We found some seats, sat down, and relaxed. Then we went to the dining car and got some lunch. I got this pita thing that was kind of like a pizza on the inside and was really good. We played a game that we brought and when we finally got there we walked straight to our hotel. It was really nice and had the most comfortable bed I've ever slept on. Then we went to Burger Shack. They had some of the best burgers I have ever tasted in my entire life. I got a chili cheesburger and chili fries.

After that we left to see the grand opening of "Zorro" because one of my best friend's dad is the producer. The bus ride to get there took over two hours. I thought that it was a really good musical. At one time Zorro came down a rope with a safety belt and took a long time to unhook it. That was kind of weird. Then my mom got me some gummy worms and some hearts that tasted like fizzy peach Nestea. After the show there was a party that lasted about 45 minutes. I was so tired that I went to sleep on a couch with my jackeet and my dad's jacket covering me like blankets. My dad woke me up when it was time for the bus to leave. In the bus I also slept for long time. After that we went back to the hotel and went to bed.

The next day we took double decker buses all around London. On one of them I hurt my arm so bad that we had to stop and go to a pub to put ice on it and have lunch. Then we went to the Tower of London. For those of you who don't know, the Tower of London is a Medieval castle where many of the kings and queens of England lived. They also kept a lot of prisoners there before they were killed. We saw all of the jewels, crowns, and crests of a lot of the kings or queens who ruled England. We also saw a really cool armory. I really liked it and thought it was a really awesome place. Then we took a boat back to Westminster. We saw Big Ben and then went to try to get into Westminster Abbey but it was closed. After that we went to meet John and Susan, one of my best friend's parents, and had dinner at an Indian restaurant called Mela. After that we went back to the hotel and went to bed.

On Saturday we went to the British Museum. We were going to see an exhibit with thousands of sculptures of Chinese soldiers but the tickets were sold out so we couldn't go. Instead we went to see some Japanese Samurai armor and paintings. Then we went to see some Egyptian mummies, and we stayed at that exhibit for a long time. Then we went to see some sculptures of Assyrian lions and after that we went to see the Elgin marbles, some marble scultpures that were stolen from the Parthenon in Greece by Lord Elgin. The very last thing we did was go to see the Bog man from Lindow in Great Britain. He is a human who has been kept in a certain kind of soil which makes it so that even his skin is still there after 2,000 years. He looked pretty disgusting, but still it was cool to see.

Then we went to Covent Garden, saw some street preformers, and got pasties. I got a cheese and bacon pasty. After that since my dad had promised me that I could have Sushi, we went to a Sushi restaurant. When we got home we watched TV and waited for my mom. When SHE got home, she wasn't sure we would find the Sushi so she brought some more back and I ate some of that. Later at dinner I barely ate anything, just a few bits from other people's plates, since I had already eaten all that. I got some jasmine tea and drank a whole put of it and also two or three glasses of water. I had to go pee three times in about fifteen minutes. Then my parents had planned a surprise for me which was to go to a show called Spamelot. It was really, really, really funny. At the show I hit the bathroom I think four times because of all that water and tea.

It was really a good trip and I liked London a lot. But still, I wish it would rain less there.