I hope this year will be a productive and exciting one for you.
So tell me 6th grade: what was something exciting you did over the summer?
As for me, my husband and I traveled to Europe and we visited Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. Since we used to live in Germany, some of our travels were old favorites (like Salzburg, Austria and our old hometown of Schweinfurt, Germany) and others were new adventures (like Hallstatt, Austria and Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic).
Some pictures of our adventures:
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| In Salzburg, Austria |
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| Hallstatt, Austria |
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| View from our hotel balcony in Hallstatt |
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| Another view from our balcony |
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| My husband and I in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic |
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| Canoeing the Vltava River right before disaster struck: we tipped over and ruined our camera. Luckily the SD card still worked so we didn't lose our pictures, but the camera was toast. |
One of the coolest parts of our trip was that I was able to meet the illustrator of the adorable and wacky duo of picture books Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten? and Teach Your Buffalo to Play Drums, Daniel Jennewein. My husband I and actually stayed with him and his wife, Lenore Appelhans, (who is a soon-to-be published author in her own right) in Frankfurt the night before I flew home. I met Lenore through a community of book bloggers and when she found out we'd be in Frankfurt she offered up their spare bed to us. I was touched by their generosity given the fact that I have family members who won't even offer their spare bed to us. While we were there, Daniel was gracious enough to sign and sketch an impromptu picture of The Buffalo with my dogs in both of my copies of the books:
Not only that, but he made a watercolor of my dogs for me:
This is definitely one of the best souvenirs I've ever brought home from a trip: a one-of-a-kind piece of art from a children's book illustrator. How cool is that?
So tell me what cool things you did this summer. At the very least I hope everyone read a lot of interesting books! :)
Lanie c
ReplyDeletereading is totally cool
Patrick S
ReplyDeleteThis summer i went golfin alot it was very fun i mostly would golf with mason campau and michael lesha so ya we had a great time all summer and I also had time to finish my books so ya it was a great summer
Alex S.
ReplyDeleteI went to ceder point
Annie M
ReplyDeleteI went up north
Evan T
ReplyDeleteHey wazs up my summer was so cool but it was mostly travaling and playing golf
Harrison Y.
ReplyDeleteDuring the summer the most interesting thing i did this summer is going on a boat.
Hazel i read frankenstien
ReplyDeleteCaroline H. 9-13-11
ReplyDeletei went to niagra falls
Noah H.
ReplyDeleteMy favoite thing I did this summer was go to disney world. My favoire ride was ravenge of the mummy.
Micaela F.
ReplyDeleteThis summer I was going to go to New York City but the hurricane Irene came some My cousins and I couldn't go so My Brother and my parents and I went to Chicago and to a drive through I Zoo thingy
I had lots of fun even though I really wanted to go tho New York I had the Best summer Ever!!!
Lanie c
ReplyDeletethis summer while riding my brothers spooked the horse and I fell of and busted my shoulder and i went to six flags YYYYAAAAAYYYYY
Thomas W
ReplyDeleteI went to Cedar Point and Kalahari water park,and I read Big splash.
I went to my loaded cousins mansion (rented) for 3 days with all our other friends. It had a beach in the back yard.By the way just to let you know he already lives in a mansion so I don't know why he had to rent another one.:)
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MKF
ReplyDeleteI went to Italy, and ate very VERY good Gilato! ( that's ice cream, but a lot better! :)
I also saw the pope! :P So cool! I also saw wild dogs on the lose, while my neighbor and I were on our motor scooter. We rushed out of their sight! Nothing else really happened, it was a great summer though!
Bye!
Joe B.
ReplyDeleteI went to Michigan State University, played golf, and ate tons of food thats yummy, and more and dont think I forgot about eating coney island.
Mason C.
ReplyDeleteI went up north to Bay Harbor and stayed at my grandmas cottage with my cousins. We played a lot of golf, swam, and played in the lake. we also went on our boat and watched the fourth of July fireworks.
Emily VDH
ReplyDeleteI didn't do much this summer, went to the village with friends a lot and often got feathers in the village with friends.
Mitchell P
ReplyDeleteI went to St.lois this summer it was crackin
Lucy V.
ReplyDeleteI went to Canada to go camping at the Pinery and to go to my Oma's for her birthday. I read alot of cool books.
MKF
ReplyDeleteI also adored my summer reading books!
MKF
ReplyDeleteLaine wants me to post about how this Italian got mad at me and started to yell at me saying, " NO TOUCHE, NO TOUCHE!"
I was scared!
ELLA T
ReplyDeleteDuring the summer i went to camp and the counslers did not like me so the whole time i read books and drew. One of the books i read was called Spellbinder. I also went to bay harbor for my grandparents aniversery the only bad thing was it rained the whole time. I got a creapy book called Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children.
Margot B.
ReplyDeleteI went tubing on my boat at my cottage.
Brian D
ReplyDeleteI played mini golf, laser tag, and saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 three times with my sister Kelsey.
John M.
ReplyDeleteI went to Cedar Point with Alex S.
Caroline F.
ReplyDeleteI went to New York City. I also went Up North.
ANTHONY H.
ReplyDeleteI went to Niagra Falls, played some golf , read, and swim in my pool.
Melinda C.
ReplyDeleteI went to Harsens Island and Lexington and went on my cousins boat a lot it was really fun but the water was freezing.
Brian D
ReplyDeleteI also went over to my friend Dennis' house a lot. We played Call Of Duty Black Ops a ton and i got pretty good at it.
Jake R.
ReplyDeleteI went to Cedar Point.
Elena R.
ReplyDeleteI went to Mackinac Island in July and Chicago in August for my dads B-Day. It was really fun.
Margot B.
ReplyDeleteCaroline F.
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Evan W
ReplyDeleteI went to the UP to go camping and went to Mackinac Island and biked around the island and ate a lot of fudge. I kayaked at Pictured rocks national lakeshore. I went to my cottage and swam in the lake. And I played baseball in my front yard.
Craig B.
ReplyDeleteThis summer I went up north three times. I went up north with John and it was very fun. I alsohad fun being with my family and playing outside. I had great food and I loved sleeping in. My summer was great.
Dani D.
ReplyDeleteDuring the summer I went to my cottage on the lake and did a lot of water activities. I also helped moved my grandma out of her house. iread a lot of good books!!! (INKHEART was my favorite.)
Amelia B.
ReplyDeleteThis summer I went to Cedar Point with some family friends. My favorite rides were the Dragster, the Maverick and the Millenium Force. I had such a great time!
Annie R.
ReplyDeleteThis summer i went to Colorado. My ggrandparents live out there and so do my cousins. By my grandparents house there is a club called the Broadmoor and the we golfed all the time. I had a great summer it was so much fun. But unfortunatley we are back in school and learning again.
Brian D... again
ReplyDeleteI ate some pumpkin pie even though it's not Thanksgiving! I also celebrated my sister Shannon's birthday.
Dennis B.
ReplyDeleteHi Mrs. S. this year I went up north and coincidentally Spencer was up there to. He invited me to Michigan Adventures and we had a lot of fun!
Ryan S.
ReplyDeleteThe most interesting thing that I did this summer was going to the University of Minnesota, for two weeks. It was for one of my hockey camps. It was such a beautiful campus and city.I had a great time staying in dorms with friends and also being able to play hockey with them.
Caroline F.
ReplyDeleteI went tubing in Canada
Santo S.
ReplyDeleteI went up north with my cousins and stayed at my grandmas cottage.I played a ton of golf and swam and played in the lake.I also went into the bay of Harbor Springs to watch the fourth of july.Sergio i mean fabio we have the exact same post.
Sarah M
ReplyDeleteI didn't really do anything but swim.
Rachelle W.
ReplyDeleteThis summer I went to Cross Village and stayed in a house on a lake with my cousins. I also went to Spider Lake with cousins. While we were at Spider Lake we went to Traverse City.
It was a lot of fun.
Elena R.
ReplyDeleteSame here Annie
Andrew B.
ReplyDeleteThis summer my mom and I went to Washington D.C. for a weekend. In July, we went to a family reunion in Tennessee for a week. All summer I was rehearsing for "The Music Man" through GPT. The opening night is Sunday, and I'm so excited!
Jessica B.
ReplyDeleteI went to Mackinaw City, Mackinac Island, and Saugatuck. In Mackinaw City, I got 4 big slices of fudge! On Mackinac Island, I went on a carriage ride around the island and walked around Fort Mackinac. Saugatuck was pretty awesome, too though. I also read a few books. Some of them are: Twilight and New Moon. I LOVED them. The best thing I did this summer was every Friday at the beach with all of my friends.
Gabby B.
ReplyDeleteI went to Ceadr Point and Kalahari.
Anthony H.
ReplyDeleteWhen I went over to Dennis house I got pretty good at nhl hocky xbox and black ops
Madison G.
ReplyDeleteWhat i did this summer was,i went to South Carolina to visit my dad, hung out with friends,went to the village and more.other than that i just read and read
Eloise C.
ReplyDeleteI went to Cape Cod for 5 days and when I got home all I basically did was go to the pool and swim with all my friends until school started.
Olivia K.
ReplyDeleteHi I didn't do much this summer.Although I did have a couple awesome water fights with my super-cool Uncle George and all my cousins on my Dad's side of the family.
Lydia B.
ReplyDeleteOver the summer I went up north to Port Autstin, I went up north again to Frankford and we stayed right by Lake Michigan!! The water was freezing but I still had a great time! Lastly I went to Cedar Point.
Rachel Malinowski
ReplyDeleteI went up north to my aunts cottage,i also went to Ohio and visited the Toledo zoo it was a lot of fun!I love summer vacation!
Joey S.
ReplyDeleteI went to the pool and played football
thats mostly it
Matt M
ReplyDeleteI went tubing up north
Eric S.
ReplyDeleteI went to the Bahamas. While i was there i swam with dolphins and i went down water slides.They were awesome.I went to Cedar Point too.
Maddalena B.
ReplyDeleteThe most fun thing i did this summer was go to New York city! I saw a lot of cool things!
Bridgett B
ReplyDeleteThis summer i went up to my cottage with my family and i went to the pool with eloise and annie i have i lot of fun this summer.
Annie O.
ReplyDeleteThe best thing I did this Summer was going to Salamanca, New York and when I was up there I went camping half the time and stould at a great hotel for the rest. The worst thing I did was going up to Northern Michigan to drop off my brother at college.
Isabelle T.
ReplyDeleteHi I went to North Carolina this summer to drop off my sister Madeline at Brevard singing camp. When we went we got to go white water rafting with my cousins and we got really wet.
Rachel Malinowski again
ReplyDeleteI also went up to Port Austin and Port Huron for a day.
Sam N
ReplyDeleteHello it's Sam. Over the summer I mostly went to the Grosse Point Farms Park. Playing at the beach, the pool, and on my boat. I played with alot of my friends. One of them was Andrew. Altough I didn't get to go any where I am still happy about my summer vacation.
Kevin K.
ReplyDeleteI went up North to Harbor Springs and Petosky. I went ziplining at Boyne Highlands. We also went to an outdoor waterpark called Thunder Falls. My family stayed at our condo and went to our pool to go swimming.
max R.
ReplyDeleteI went to Arkansas to see my grandparents went to a wedding in Ohio went to our beach house in port Huron that we rented other friends come from arkansas to had a party came home on the day of school
Madison G.
ReplyDeletewhat I did this summer was,go to South Carolina to visti my dad,got to the village,hang out with friends,and more.Other than that I just read my books.One more thing is that I babysat
dominik lubanski hi mrss shaum I went to Bosten this summer we had alot of fun we went to Rockport and then we went to vermont to vist my ungle and then we drove home that mornig we got a home at 5"00 p.m. then when we got home and we stayed home for 2 days then we went to are cottage by traves city
ReplyDeleteAnnabel R.
ReplyDeleteI went to Myrtle Beach,SC with my cousins . It was a lot of fun except for the last day. It was raining so much and it was really windy. (because of Hurricane Irene) So I stayed in my cousins hotel room and played Celebrity all day. (Celebrity takes a REALLY long time to play and finish) And on our second to last day there the hotel shook a little (because of the earthquakes in Washington DC) and all the adults freaked out. Me and my cousin just went down to the beach.
Caroline B.
ReplyDeleteI loved reading this summer. We went on a lot of cool trips to Puttin Bay, Cedar Point, and our summer home in Canada.
Micaela F. my username for nanowrimo is mfraser
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