Hello Everybody!
Maddy here again in France. Another week has gone by and I have another great adventure to share with you. Here in Europe, everything is so old. It is hard to understand really how old everything is since our country in America is only about 250 years old. The past two weeks I have told you about places we have seen where people have been there for nearly 2500 years. Way more, that is for sure!
This week I went to a chateaux (castle) that I can see from my fenetre (window) at our house every day. In fact, every night when we take our chiens (dogs) for a walk, we see this beautiful castle lit up with a lot of lights. It is really cool. The name of the castle (well actually it is a fortress) is Fort Mount Albon. The singer Elton John lives right next door. For those of you who do not know, he is the singer who sang the Lion King songs.
Fort Mont Albon is at the top of a hill right in my back yard. It was built in 1546 to protect the city of Villefranche. It is so big you can see it from miles away. I was sort of sad because you cannot go in it because the German's bombed it in World War II and it is closed to visit. But we could walk all the way around it and I got to climb on the draw bridge. And the view is really beautiful. I hope you like the pictures I am sending you.
I miss all of you so much and thank-you so much for your comments. Back again next week with my latest French adventure.
A bientot,
Maddy
Maddy here again in France. Another week has gone by and I have another great adventure to share with you. Here in Europe, everything is so old. It is hard to understand really how old everything is since our country in America is only about 250 years old. The past two weeks I have told you about places we have seen where people have been there for nearly 2500 years. Way more, that is for sure!
This week I went to a chateaux (castle) that I can see from my fenetre (window) at our house every day. In fact, every night when we take our chiens (dogs) for a walk, we see this beautiful castle lit up with a lot of lights. It is really cool. The name of the castle (well actually it is a fortress) is Fort Mount Albon. The singer Elton John lives right next door. For those of you who do not know, he is the singer who sang the Lion King songs.
Fort Mont Albon is at the top of a hill right in my back yard. It was built in 1546 to protect the city of Villefranche. It is so big you can see it from miles away. I was sort of sad because you cannot go in it because the German's bombed it in World War II and it is closed to visit. But we could walk all the way around it and I got to climb on the draw bridge. And the view is really beautiful. I hope you like the pictures I am sending you.
I miss all of you so much and thank-you so much for your comments. Back again next week with my latest French adventure.
A bientot,
Maddy
Thank-you For The Comments
Mrs. Herrera: Thank-you so much for your comments. I am really excited about meeting our new classmate. I have been very lonely this past week and missing everybody so much. Your letters really help. I have a great question for the class. Since this castle was built in the 1500's, you might ask the class what what happening in Florida at that time? That might be really interesting to compare. Thank-you again and I will see all of you in less than 3 weeks!
Mrs. Santello: I bet you are smiling now as it was you who gave me the idea for my Blog this week when you sort of asked about the castle in the picture in my last Blog. So, I have never been up there so I asked my mom and dad if we could climb up the hill and see it. Thank-you for the awesome idea! I miss you so much and thank-you again for the letters.
3 comments:
not bad.
Maddy,
I loved reading about the castle. Your question for the class is very interesting and we will have to do some research to find the answer. You're right that it is too bad that you cannot go inside the castle. I have been to a few in England and they are magnificent both inside and out.
Last week we had a busy week. We had our school pictures taken and on Friday it was Grandparent's Day. The kids have started a countdown until you return. We are all very excited. We miss you!
Great response Maddy! I'm glad I could help. I'm glad you got to explore something new. I really enjoyed your writing! Great job again this week!
Mrs. Santello:O)
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