Summer holidays

Helloooo Charlie!

It feels so good to be back again!
After two long summer months (which by the way happened very quickly), it is time to go back to school, tests, homework... So as I do not want to be depressed about this, I am going to share my best moment of the summer! It was a rather long moment, in fact it was a whole week! When I went with my family to visit the Netherlands, and more precisely Amsterdam!!!



We have seen a lot of things:



For example lots of bikes in the heart of the city:

                 The famous pun "I Amsterdam"








Lots of interesting museums:


The EYE Film Institute museum:

The Van Gogh museum:

The Nemo museum (nothing similar to the movie, it is a science museum for children):

A clog museum:

and then a...hum... not so "educational" museum...

Parks:



















I was also surprised and really happy to see that the city was highly involved in LGBT rights and all (flags everywhere, shops everywhere, evening parties, even rainbows...) !

and the best to me: I got an undercut! XD



Carla 

Hi Charlie !

Before coming back to classes, I would like to share with you some amazing moments of my hollidays. Indeed, my summer 2016 was the most beautiful in my entire life.

The 4th of July, I went with my mum to Athens in Greece. It was the first time for both of us. I was surprised to see how Athens had evoluted since its height during the Antiquity and also how its evolution since the euro crises. I was really surprised by its beauty. The modern style of living grown all around the ruins which are well maintained. Monuments are everywhere in the city. You can't walk 5 minutes without discovering something. The weather is really hotter than Marseille. The landscapes are more arid and the beaches smaller.

The parthenon - Athens

Temple of Poseidon - cape of Sounion

At the end of July I went to Amsterdam with my cousin. It was her 21 birthday's present. I really enjoyed the canal with its romantinc atmosphere. It rains a lot overthere but I guess Amsterdam wouldn't be that beautiful without people able to ride a bike and holding an umbrella in the same time ! (Some of them can even text on their phone !)

I obviously went to coffee shops because as you all know, weed is legal in Amsterdam ! Funny experience ;D ..

I was also surprised when I first saw a prostitute in a window ... Around all the sex shops .. Our bedroom was just next to the "red distrcit".

The Red Light District

Finally I went to London at the end of August where I saw some of my dad's family member. We went to Manchester where I also first met some cousins and my aunt et her husband. I really enjoyed this trip because the goal was more than only tourism but also a family reunion. I really enjoyed London and the people overthere. They are funny in the way they dress. It's strange because some of them look really serious and some just completly crazy. Music seemed the center of everything and Amy Winehouse was everywhere (yes I am a fan). 
In Manchester they have a lot beautiful churches and everything is build with brick. Manchester sounded like an industrial city. 

Camden Town - London

A big church of Manchester

My holidays were amazing ! hope yours were good too !

Be yourself,

Amma.