I spent this past week in England with some family friends and we had many adventures, ranging from catching butterflies to our car being on fire(ish)! We spent the first two days in London. I had been really looking forward to going to Harry Potter land because I am a huge Harry Potter fan. But sadly, we couldn't get tickets. My mom made it up to me by researching different alley ways that inspired Diagon Alley, the wizard shopping center. The alleys didn't actually have shops in them, but each of them still had a magic aura. In my favorite of all the alleys, the windows were round! Later in the day, we went to platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross Station. Seeing all of this Harry Potter stuff inspired a new business plan.
Harry Potter Sleep-away Camp! Even though its only been a week since I first had the idea, its almost completely planned.
Another thing I really enjoyed in London was the Shards building. It is an amazing building. I love modern architecture, I find it FAR more interesting than older architecture. I went to the shards building with my mom, my dad and two of my friends. It was too expensive to go up in the building so we just went up and down the escalator, again, and again, and again. The Shards building inspired a story idea, and the Shards building is a main part in it. Read the first paragraph below the read more line.
Later in the week, we all went to a castle in Newark. This was every bodies favorite of the entire trip. It was a sunny day and the extensive fields next to the castle attracted many butterflies. So for the first hour or two we spent catching butterflies with our rented butterfly nets. I caught quite a few, I even caught a light blue butterfly. After a while of running in the fields. I went with my mom and Noa, the youngest and only girl of the other family, inside of the castle while the rest of the group went on a scavenger hunt. The castle was pretty small, but all the rooms still had most of the original items in them, and you could touch almost everything. We learned about the history of the castle by completing a worksheet. My favorite two rooms where the red bedroom, AKA the dress up room, and the library. In the dress up room, Noa dressed up like a princess and I dressed up like a prince and we waltzed around the room. The library had alot of used second hand books, and a coloring section. I bought two books. The first one is called the Illustrated Mum. I read that one in a day, so we left it in England. The second one is called The Key. And funny enough, the main characters name is Liv! After we finished touring the castle, we all went to eat a delicious English roast at a traditional English pub.
I had an amazing time in England and I hope to go back soon. So many other exciting things happened, too many things to write about. England is full of stories waiting to be written. If you need a good story idea, spend one hour in England and you'll have it.
Good Day!
Liv the Explorer
P.S. You may be wondering why I didn't write about our car being on fire. But you'll learn about that next week.
P.P.S. To read my Shards story press the read more button.
Harry Potter Sleep-away Camp! Even though its only been a week since I first had the idea, its almost completely planned.
Another thing I really enjoyed in London was the Shards building. It is an amazing building. I love modern architecture, I find it FAR more interesting than older architecture. I went to the shards building with my mom, my dad and two of my friends. It was too expensive to go up in the building so we just went up and down the escalator, again, and again, and again. The Shards building inspired a story idea, and the Shards building is a main part in it. Read the first paragraph below the read more line.
Later in the week, we all went to a castle in Newark. This was every bodies favorite of the entire trip. It was a sunny day and the extensive fields next to the castle attracted many butterflies. So for the first hour or two we spent catching butterflies with our rented butterfly nets. I caught quite a few, I even caught a light blue butterfly. After a while of running in the fields. I went with my mom and Noa, the youngest and only girl of the other family, inside of the castle while the rest of the group went on a scavenger hunt. The castle was pretty small, but all the rooms still had most of the original items in them, and you could touch almost everything. We learned about the history of the castle by completing a worksheet. My favorite two rooms where the red bedroom, AKA the dress up room, and the library. In the dress up room, Noa dressed up like a princess and I dressed up like a prince and we waltzed around the room. The library had alot of used second hand books, and a coloring section. I bought two books. The first one is called the Illustrated Mum. I read that one in a day, so we left it in England. The second one is called The Key. And funny enough, the main characters name is Liv! After we finished touring the castle, we all went to eat a delicious English roast at a traditional English pub.
I had an amazing time in England and I hope to go back soon. So many other exciting things happened, too many things to write about. England is full of stories waiting to be written. If you need a good story idea, spend one hour in England and you'll have it.
Good Day!
Liv the Explorer
P.S. You may be wondering why I didn't write about our car being on fire. But you'll learn about that next week.
P.P.S. To read my Shards story press the read more button.
England in Shards
Alice’s lungs burned as she sprinted down the narrow alleyway. She could hear the sound of the cops fading behind her. Alice looked up at the Shards building, towering high above the other buildings. It was one of the only skyscrapers that survived the war. She sped up with an extra burst of power as she skidded around the corner and stopped in front of the rusted metal door of the orphanage. Alice quickly grabbed a key from her pocket and opened the door, she slipped through it quickly before shutting the it with a soft thump. After stopping for a moment Alice carefully tiptoed into the orphanages communal sleeping room. She looked around to make sure everyone was sleeping before she carefully made her way to her blanket.
“Where were you?” a voice whispered shrilly from a hammock right above Alice’s bed.
“Shhhhh! Don’t be so loud Lizzy!” Alice whispered, “You’ll wake up Miss Alva!” After saying that, Alice automatically glances at the broken couch at the far end of the room where Miss Alva lay, snoring.
“Ok, ok. But where were you?” Lizzy, Alice’s best friend asked her, “You weren’t hanging out with Jorge, Edward and Zoe again were you?”
“Why does it matter to you?” Alice snapped back as she lay down on her blanket.
“You know I don’t like it when you are with them, you're always up to no good. You'll get caught!”
“We won’t get caught. It’s none of your business anyway.”
No reply. Alice turned over onto her side, and stared at at the wall. Alice was one of the first children that came to the orphanage, she was brought by social workers when she was 3, half a year before the war started. The war the ruined London, Britain and the entire world. After it started more and more children were brought to the orphanage as London burned to the ground. Alice was one of the only children that knew what England was like before the war. Lush fields full of flowers and butterflies. Alice fell asleep to the memory of playing in the fields, with her parents…
Alice’s lungs burned as she sprinted down the narrow alleyway. She could hear the sound of the cops fading behind her. Alice looked up at the Shards building, towering high above the other buildings. It was one of the only skyscrapers that survived the war. She sped up with an extra burst of power as she skidded around the corner and stopped in front of the rusted metal door of the orphanage. Alice quickly grabbed a key from her pocket and opened the door, she slipped through it quickly before shutting the it with a soft thump. After stopping for a moment Alice carefully tiptoed into the orphanages communal sleeping room. She looked around to make sure everyone was sleeping before she carefully made her way to her blanket.
“Where were you?” a voice whispered shrilly from a hammock right above Alice’s bed.
“Shhhhh! Don’t be so loud Lizzy!” Alice whispered, “You’ll wake up Miss Alva!” After saying that, Alice automatically glances at the broken couch at the far end of the room where Miss Alva lay, snoring.
“Ok, ok. But where were you?” Lizzy, Alice’s best friend asked her, “You weren’t hanging out with Jorge, Edward and Zoe again were you?”
“Why does it matter to you?” Alice snapped back as she lay down on her blanket.
“You know I don’t like it when you are with them, you're always up to no good. You'll get caught!”
“We won’t get caught. It’s none of your business anyway.”
No reply. Alice turned over onto her side, and stared at at the wall. Alice was one of the first children that came to the orphanage, she was brought by social workers when she was 3, half a year before the war started. The war the ruined London, Britain and the entire world. After it started more and more children were brought to the orphanage as London burned to the ground. Alice was one of the only children that knew what England was like before the war. Lush fields full of flowers and butterflies. Alice fell asleep to the memory of playing in the fields, with her parents…