Meeting up with old Friends

In the morning Zach, Samantha (Sam), Steve and Carolyn met up with us at our hotel for breakfast before we were off to Sienna on the train. We knew them from when we lived in North Carolina. Zach is a month older than me and Sam is 19. The train was about an hour long, and when we got to Siena we got into taxis and went into the historic center. It was beautiful. 

Mommy, Carolyn, Zach and Steve

Ashlynn and Sam

Playing the Logos Quiz on the train

Italia!

School got off at noon and we got incredibly soaked as we cycled home. And then Mommy, Ashlynn and I were off to the airport at five for our flight to Italy at 8:30. Unlucky for us our plane kept getting delayed. And delayed. Of course, all of the stores at the airport were closed by nine and AlItalia only provided us with 3 euros for dinner each, which was enough money for one cookie each. So we were hungry and bored and there was no internet. So we sat in the terminal and waited as the time just kept getting more delayed. 

I slept.

The plane was finally scheduled to leave at 11:59pm.

When we finally arrived in Florence we managed to get a cab to our hotel, which was really nice. It was a two floor bedroom with an ancient wall. Very cool.

Last Day of Y10

Finally. The last day of Year 10. And yet we don't want this year to end. Zoe and Mayu are both moving away and next year is going to be so incredibly insane. Here's to a gorgeous year. Thank you everyone who made it so special. 

Ellie, Amelia, Nora, Lizzy, and Fiona eating lunch at Mike's Place

Sitting near the back of the field, eating chocolates in the sun. What a great way to end a great year. 

Last English class. We got to play charades on the bridge. 

Nathalie, Emilie, Me and Kelly

Throwing Ellie in the recycling bin.

Bye Zoe. Zoe's moving to Singapore. 

Amelia, Ellie, Zoe, Fiona and Lizzy

Adelina and Emilie worked really hard to make us each a photo frame with photos from the years. 

Goodbye everyone. Have a good summer! I'll miss you!

Top - Adelina, Emilie, Nora, Zoe, and Lizzy

Bottom - Me, Nathalie, Amelia, Ziyoda, Ellie and Mayu

The Lion King

Me, Saskia, Lili and Kelly

The show went really really well, the lighting was amazing and apparently we sang really well. Click here for the link to the video that Daddy made on his iPad. Mommy and Daddy say that it doesn't give justice to our real performance, but at least you'll be able to hear it. 

Lizzy and I

Ashlynn and I

The masks

Being Cheetah-fied

The animal that I choose to be was a cheetah. Here is me being cheetah-fied:

Step 1. Orange face wash and white beardy thing

Step 2. Dots. Lots of them. All over my face, on my neck and even a few down my arms

Step 3: Looks awesome. :)

Showstoppers Makeover

For months Ashlynn and I went to Showstoppers rehearsals every Thursday where we learned to sing and dance to a ten minute Lion King Medley. On the Wednesday of the last week of school we finally got to perform at the Summer Concert. The first step was the makeover. Everyone in Showstoppers had to get their whole face painted, or wear a head mask. As there were only about 6 head-masks, almost the whole group had to get their face painted as African animals or African women. 

Saskia the Lion

Lili the Tiger

The 'African Ladies' had beautiful designs on their faces and wore leopard print costumes 

Day 5: Bye Bye Switzerland

After a late night I don't think anyone was pleased to be woken up at 5 in the morning to leave for Holland by bus. We were already pretty much all packed so all we had to do was get dressed, brush our teeth and make our way downstairs with our suitcases. We picked up lunch and breakfast bags on our way out, then we got into the bus and we were off. We had to leave early so that we wouldn't meet traffic at the border. We didn't and everything went smoothly, getting us home almost an hour earlier than expected. 

Bye Bye Switzerland!