London #1

Hi guys!!! Today is my first full day in London. So we headed to the Child museum which was by the bank, which we were heading to because we were going to pay our rent, but it was bank holiday.

The child museum consist of toys that date from 1710 to 2013. It also talkes about the thinkings of children and their uses of toys. The most interesting part for me was the automated section, this showed mainly music boxes that did actions and also race cars which would drive without being pushed. Now you might all be like "really those things are like so lamé," ya but this was in the 18-19th century... THEY DIDN'T HAVE WIFI! sorry had a little panic attack there. But these were cutting edge back in those days. 

This is a 3D puppet theater that allows the puppet masters to walk the puppets up and down not just side ways. 

As you can see here it had multiple layers.

an important piece of info

This is a traditional Christmas decoration, that would start to rotate when the candles were lit.

As I said earlier, moving objects were quite revolutionary. 

This one had the child rotate the handle which made a monkey go up and down.

This bear was to copy the real life bears which were forced to entertain back then.

These later moving toys replicate the fastest moving cars of the time.

These monkeys can play 8 different tunes. Back when they were made these would have cost a lot, even among the rich.

This is a man who rides a pig.

The entire collection.

A multiple-scene puppet show.

quite amazing if you ask me.

 They have collections of everything. The entire top floor was devoted to clothing dress up and doll houses. Some of the doll houses were bigger than me.

This collection is quite exceptional if you ask me. I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did.

Have a great day!

Mont St Michel

Yesterday we went to Mont St Michel. IT was very awsome except for some problems.

So we have now left Belle Île and are heading to England. So yesterday we arrived just in time for the opening of Mont St Michel at Night time (7:30-12:00). IT was peretty darn cool. Except they put very loud scary music which made it very hard to enjoy the beautiful place. Which was frustrating because you are all like gees wonder what this room was used for and then horror music starts to play and then and audio recorded scream happens, which makes you run out of the room so you can try to think of the amazing thing you just saw. There was one part which I liked about the add ons. They put a giant plastic eagle on the out side which was kind of funky.

But back to happy thoughts. The veiw was incredible. I will try to show it in photos, but I am not sure if it will look as amazing. (ok after an hour of waiting I gave up. The world of wifi says you have to google whaat Mont saint MIchel looks like.)


They also had some pretty funky rooms.

I have to say. Don't think the biggest question you could ask there is about god but really "How the Hell did they get all that stone and chisel it in only a couple of hundred years? And how much stone did they use? and where is that huge hole they took all the stone from?" OK that is 3 questions... GIVE ME A BREAK! Lol

Anyways if you are in the area I suggest you go. IT is a great place and really cool. Just make sure you arean't hungry or thursty because it is 2.50 euros just for a small water.

Have a great Day

Belle île

For all that have been following my blogs will know that I am on Belle Île. A small Island in France.
But know we have to leave. So here is a blog of just general Belle Île.



Here are the things that I and my family like about Belle Île.

Cats.
Since comming to Belle Île they have been much happier. I believe this is from them having 5 achors to run around on. This might not seem like much, but for cats who have been cooped up for a couple months it is like heaven.


Mom.
She says her favorite thing is the playing at a resaurant, there is this groop of people who go there and play each day (but there are more players on the week end). They are welcoming and the have a laugh each time.


Grandparents
Though they are not with use they get the benifit of being sent flavoured, homade, organic, made by amazing person, very good tasting, etc. marshmellows (thank god I didn't have to say that aloud.) And earings (just for my grandma) and almost some Belle Île cookies (they were to expensive to send over (it would cost more than what we spent to get them)).


This will be uptaded.

Research London

My mom wanted me to make some history notes about London before we go there.

Here are some notes on each place.

Covent Garden

There are more types of jewel makers than I can count. So if you want some nice shiny things for memories when you have to go back home or you just want to admire it Covent Gardens is the right place for you.

And while you can just walk around for hours admiring the people and buildings there are many things to do. I found one thing very interesting. The Covent Gardens used to be part of the uglier London. And to see the older taste you can go to the 18th century pub "The Lamb and Flag" and London's oldest restaurant  "Rules" For things to do I found that this web site was very informative.

 http://www.visitlondon.com/discover-london/london-areas/central/top-10-covent garden#KjWbdSCMT1EFHHb1.97

Whitechapel

Used to be the horror movie of London in the 18th century,  where you were likely to get stolen/stabbed/both/then thrown into water to drown/ you get the point.
Now it is the industrial area and where many immigrants go.

Southwark

For all of you who like a nice refreshing pint. Southwark has many brewers.

or for people who enjoy religon or architecture Southwark has a beautiful Cathedral.

Big Ben

The big bell tower is commonly known as Big Ben. But in fact this nickname is for the bell not the tower it self. And if you want to be posh when you address this tower you shall call it Elizabeth Tower. The tower was completed in 1859. You can locate it at the North end of Westminister Palace.

Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge is a combined bascule (a.k.a by simpler people as the draw bridge (I am a simpler person)) and suspension bridge built in 1886–1894. It was officially opened in 1898.

Buckingham and Kensington Palaces (I have coppied and pasted this part here, because I would have said practically the same thing. I got it from (
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150805134142AAl7w9S) )

They're different places, of course. Buckingham Palace is where the Queen lives in London and where her office staff work, Kensington Palace is divided into several apartments and is lived in by several other members of the royal family, and Windsor Castle is where the Queen lives at weekends. You can also add Clarence House to this - that's the Prince of Wales's London "pad". 

Buckingham Palace is the most important as it's the Queen's central London residence. She meets the Prime Minister for a chat there once a week while Parliament is sitting, state banquets to welcome visiting kings and presidents are held there (though sometimes at Windsor), royal garden parties are held in the garden there, and investitures (where she presents knighthoods and other honours) are held there. The Queen actually likes Windsor more but Buckingham Palace is in a more convenient place. I don't think there has ever been a British monarch who actually LIKED Buckingham Palace! 

The upshot is that you can't visit Kensington Palace at all because it's all private apartments, you can visit the state rooms at the back of Buckingham Palace when the Queen goes away in the summer to Balmoral Castle for several weeks (but not the rest of the palace - that's all private apartments and offices, or other rooms with nothing much to see), and Windsor Castle is open to visitors nearly all the time because it's so big that visitors won't disturb the Queen. If you ever visit London, Windsor is just outside the Greater London area and an easy trip out for the day by train. 

Mayfair

Mayfair is now just shopping. So if you need a new shirt or a nice ring then here is a place to go.Soho

This area is like Mayfair, a shopping area

Paddington

The important landmarks of the district are Paddington Station, designed by the celebrated engineer Isambard Kingdom Burnel and opened in 1847; St Mary's Hospital; and Paddington Green Police Station (the most important high-security police station in the United Kingdom).

Victoria and Albert museum

This museum has everything from women's underwear, to the film industry, to engineering.

THANK YOU, 

AND HAVE A GREAT DAY!