July 6, 2008

Day 188 - July 6, 2008

We spent our entire second day at the Prague Castle. It is a really interesting place to go. It is on the top of a hill and overlooks the rest of the city, as I suppose all good castles would do, but anyway. Inside the castle there is an amazing cathedral, great courtyards, an awesome hall which is the oldest freestanding hall ever made and lots of other stuff. This is mom and I listening to our audio tour on one of the castle's balconies.

July 5, 2008

Day 187 - July 5, 2008

Prague! So when I decided to come to Europe this summer I told my parents that while I was there we should take the opportunity to go somewhere besides just London, where they live. So we decided on Prague and spent three days there. The first day we walked up to the Charles Bridge and then into the Old Main Square and the Jewish Center. This is a picture of me on the other side of the bridge with the Prague Castle in the background.

July 4, 2008

Day 186 - July 4, 2008

I got to go to Wimbledon, which was absolutely incredible! Friday was the Men's semi-finals on Center Court, but we were on Court 1 so instead we saw a whole day of doubles. The first match was women's doubles and we got to see Serena and Venus Willams play which was awesome. Then we saw the end of a men's doubles match which had been rained out the prior day. Then it was mixed doubles and men's doubles over 40. It was actually a lot smaller arena than I expected, Center Court only seats 15,000 so Court 1 is probably about 12,000. However, the really shocking thing is how silent it is when the match starts. You can literally hear someone cough on the other side of the stadium. Also they are serving so fast, frequently over 120 mph. The whole thing is awesome.

July 3, 2008

Day 185 - July 3, 2008

I got to London at about 12:00 PM this day. We went to hang out in my parents house, of which the back is pictured here. Then we went to dinner at Dad's favorite Chinese place and had some amazing Peking duck tacos as one of four courses Dad's regular order when they have guests.

July 2, 2008

Day 184 - July 2, 2008

It is finally time for my trip to Europe, which is why I have gotten SO far behind on the updating of the blog. This is the room that I am staying at in my parents house in Chobham, England.

July 1, 2008

Day 183 - July 1, 2008

The Church Restoration is underway and there is a lot going on upstairs. You wouldn't believe the amount of work that goes into taking all of the altars and pews apart so that they can be cleaned and restored. I leave for London tomorrow, I am so excited.

June 30, 2008

Day 182 - June 30, 2008

The Bryant Park movie isn't nearly as much fun in the rain. Even though it did stop raining, Kumi and I were too big of wimps and we went to get cheesecake instead! Oh well.