Allison and Amelia's Adventures Abroad

 Hello! I am going home in 4 days, and am super sad about that. I am currently in the Netherlands, and before that I was in Romania. For the first 2 days we stayed in a hotel in Bucharest, with an amazing breakfast! We then drove to Brasov, and stayed there for another 2 nights. On the way to Brasov we stopped at a castle, that is apparently the most beautiful castle in Romania. We also went to Dracula's castle, which has no connection whatsoever to Dracula. We then went back to Bucharest for 3 more nights, and visited my mom’s cousin.  Yesterday we went to the zoo, and it was super cool! It had seals, with an underwater exhibit that you could watch the seals in. It was not busy at all, and the seals were super easy to spot. After that, we went to a pizza place (and the Italy pizza was definitely better). We then went to Micropia, which is the worlds only bacteria museum for kids! We could see so many different types of bacteria which was super cool. (Photos will come in the n...

 Hello! I went to Rome first, and it was super cool! We went to the Vatican which was amazing and adds yet another country to our list! We went to the Sistine Chapel in Vatican where Michelangelo laid on his back for 4 years to paint the ceiling. We unfortunately couldn’t take photos in the Sistine Chapel for copyright reasons, but you can find photos online and I took photos everywhere else in Vatican. My favourite painting in the Vatican was The Last Judgment, where all the blue is made out of lapis lazuli, an expensive gem found in Afghanistan. If you look at the photo I got online of the painting, you will find a droopy figure that is supposed to represent Michelangelo and how he was feeling while painting it. He liked sculpting much more than painting, and when he was asked to paint it he couldn’t refuse, so during the painting process he was feeling very upset. A few days after Vatican, we went to the Coliseum. The Coliseum was built for entertainment purposes. They would hol...