I am a travel person and during summer vacation, my travel mode is activated!

Over the long weekend, my parents and me flew to Quebec City. We flew from our beautiful Saskatoon, to Toronto and finally to our interesting destination, Quebec! It was spooky midnight when we arrived and we went straight to our cozy hotel, to sleep.

When I woke up the next morning, I was extremely tired. Going back to sleep was irresistible, but I had to stand up. When I had finally peeled myself away from my comfy pillow, we searched for a place to eat breakfast. Almost at the end of a beautiful street lay a beautiful restaurant. It was called Café Roma! Their scrambled eggs were a sensation, just like the rest of the breakfast. After a wonderful meal, we walked to the harbour of Quebec. It wasn’t very spectacular, but across from the boring harbour lay a cute, little farmers market! It was a one of a kind market, with only products from Quebec. We bought white nougat, which was “exquis”, as the French people would say. (exquis = delicious) Then, we walked into the old part of Quebec. As you might know, Quebec is built on a hill, so there are lots of levels of the city. Quebec is also built by the Saint Lorenz River. The name Quebec actually means: Where the river tightens. The city is spectacular, because so many old houses still stand. The main attraction of Quebec is the Chateau Frontenac, which is an old hotel, a bit like our Bessborough hotel, but way bigger! Its pretty fancy. After a delicious feast of noodles in a restaurant called Parmesan, we went to bed.

I was just as tired as the day before, but it was my dad’s birthday that day, so mom and me sang happy birthday. Well, mom sang, I mumbled it. After the birthday wishes were completed we walked to the street we had eaten breakfast in, on our first day. But when we arrived at Café Roma, it was closed shut. Disappointed, we went to the end of the street, where we found a beautiful, open, modern restaurant. My croissant was a blast! After a very delicious breakfast, we made our way to the plaza at the Chateau Frontenac, where we would participate in a sightseeing tour of Quebec City. The tour was very interesting and informative, and the bus ride was great! After another looonngg walk through the city, we concluded the day with a ghost tour in the evening. Tragically, we were VERY disappointed by the tour. The stories were boring and not one percent of the tour was scary! Victoria’s ghostly walks are for sure the best! After the tour, we went to bed. (Tired but NOT scared!)

I was just as lazy and tempted to sneak back under the blanket as the first two days. Café Roma was open and we ate the same thing we had eaten on Saturday. It was epic as last time, but the watermelon slices were the special highlight! Hmmm… We had rented a car the day before, and would drive to a gigantic waterfall and a small island in the middle of the Saint Lorenz river. The first thing on the list were the waterfalls. They were called Montmorency Falls and are longer taller than the Niagara Falls! To get to the top of the waterfalls, you had to walk up a gigantic flight of stairs! After accomplishing that exhausting task, we walked over a bridge that went over the stunning waterfall. It was really cool to see the water rushing down below you, but also a bit scary. After a tiring walk down the stairs, we continued the car trip. We rove over a long bridge, that led to the island. On the island called Île d’Oléron, were many little shops and beautiful houses with a spectacular view of the water. We drove along the island for the day, discovering a chocolateri, a cheese shop and lots of other places. I was so sleepy and had a few “one second sleeps”. Those are when you nod off for a second but then suddenly wake up again. We ate dinner in a French restaurant on a wonderful crowded street, filled with life. Later at night, we went to bed.

The next morning, I woke, knowing that we would have to fly to Saskatoon in the evening, but was still very sleepy. (Like usual!) We ate breakfast in Café Roma one amazing last time, and then strolled through the old city. I knew I would miss the beautiful ancient houses a lot. We walked down a crowded street, looking for a place to eat lunch, but there was none. At the end of the road, where the people had lessened, lay a little restaurant only serving crepes! It was lucky for us, and extremely good. We trailed back to our hotel, where we packed our luggage and drove to the airport. From the airport, we flew to Toronto and from Toronto to Saskatoon, our super home…

– Katharina Laukner

Yay! Summer was finally here! Now it was time to go on an amazing trip through Canada!!! I had been waiting so long for this vacation to come! I raced home from school and opened the door to my house, only to find my parents standing in the midst of a small ocean of bags. It seemed to take forever until we had gotten all the luggage into our car. I quickly climbed into the car. The sky was blue and sunny. There was no cloud in sight. It was the perfect day! But little did I know what I would find later on the journey…

It was soooooooo amazing! All the places we had went to already,  all the stunning things I had already seen! But the trip was still not over. There was still a lot left to see! Waterfalls, hikes, small towns… so much fun!

We were in the car, driving through a beautiful red stone valley when… rumble, rumble, rumble, whoosh, BAM, BOOM!!!!!! My heart beat faster, I whipped around… There, in the middle of the road lay a giant boulder!!! It was massive! We were all clearly relieved when we found out that nobody had gotten hurt. But we were still supposed to wait and leave our cars where they were to see if any more boulders would fall down.

So, mom, dad and me went out of our car to catch some fresh air. There was a little stream of clear water running by the street. My parents were talking to  a guy because they were wondering how it had happened. Slowly, I walked towards the stream. I put my hands in the water. It was nice and cold. The stream didn’t even reach up to my elbows as I touched the rocky ground. The sun reflected in the water. It was just beautiful!

I let my hands glide across the rocks at the bottom of the stream. They were mostly rough but… suddenly my hands  slid over something very smooth. It felt smoother than all the other rocks in the stream! Hesitantly, I reached for the smooth object and carefully took it out of the water. At first, it resembled a rock, but when I looked closer I felt something magical about it! It was light brown and oval shaped. Whatever it was, it was beautiful!!!

My parents called out to me that we would be able to drive on, so I quickly hid the thing in my pocket and got back into the car.

To this day, I still wonder what it is and where it came from.

(I hope it’s a dragon egg!!!)

Are you sick of having to put on all of your snow gear every recess? First snow pants, then scarf, next jacket and last your hat. I think that process takes away way too much time of your recess. But now there is a simple solution on how to fix this problem!!!!!!!!

Because now, presenting to you:

THE SUN BRACELET!

The sun bracelet doesn’t just look cool. No! It also has the power

to keep you warm outside in the winter without you needing to wear all your winter clothes all the time. But the best thing is that it also keeps you dry. So when you sit or play in the snow, it is like invisible snow gear power so you don’t get wet and cold.

How it works: When the recess bell rings, you don’t need to open your locker and put on your snow gear. You can just walk outside. When you get outside, you just press the sun on the beautiful bracelet and at once you will feel a cozy warmth within yourself.

 Now, you have way more time to play outside with your friends!!!

Sun Bracelet

The Florida Keys are soooo cool! I really want to go there when I grow up. Because there I want to work at the ONLY TURTLE HOSPITAL in the ENTIRE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But there is not just a turtle hospital on the Florida Keys. They have coral farms and the animals there are sooooooooooo amazing! You can even participate in an alligator swamp safari!It is all very environment  friendly!!!

 Can’t wait for my big journey!!!

Photo imported from Brittanica Image Quest

Photo imported from Brittanica Image Quest

…From Germany to Africa…From Africa to China…From China to France…..  Visit all these places in minutes, even seconds with the new 2016 TRAVEL PORTAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oops! I guess I got a little bit too excited with my new idea. I have already thought about it for years and each year the idea got better. Now it is ready for the world to see it, to be invented…

How it works: In every airport, there wont be airplanes anymore. No, but they will be replaced with these portals. (Picture below) At every gate there will be one of these portals. You just think where you want to go and how you want to go there and then jump into the portal and off you go…  As you jump into the portal, the way you want to travel becomes real life. For example: If you wanted to fly like a bird to your Destination, your arms will turn into wings and you can flap there.

But the best thing is still coming… The time you travel gets shortened. Hours turn into minutes.  For example: If you are going somewhere and the old fastest way was six hours, those six hours turn into six minutes.

Hooray!!! Doesn´t that sound  like soooooo much fun?!?! I think so! I really want it to get invented this year. Mostly because it is way safer than the other types of traveling and because it doesn´t take so long  to get to your destination. Well, I guess all I can do is wait until it gets invented. See you soon…

Picture imported from ImageArts

This post will be about one of my favorite things . Dragons!!! Writing all about dragons in this post would be way too much information at once. So this post will only focus on what happens when a dragon hatches and how long it takes for a dragon to get out of his egg. It is a very interesting process.

It takes exactly three years for a dragon in its egg to be ready to hatch and meet the world. In the process of hatching, the dragon egg may also change its colour. But it depends on the type of dragon. If you are willing to hatch a dragon, you will probably think:”Okay, if I find an egg, I will just stick it in the oven and wait.” But it is not that easy. First of all, a dragon that hasn’t hatched yet, will have to pick you. You are not the one to pick the egg. The oven where you keep the egg will need to be scalding and burn for three years in a row. Not as easy as you think. When the dragon comes out of its shell, you can tell its gender by its tail and horns. The male dragons have thicker horns than the female dragons.

Well, a lot of hard work to breed a dragon. I would still do it though because dragons are amazing creatures. I hope now you know that it is hard work to hatch a dragon and that you need to be very careful with little dragonlets. (Dragonlet is the name for a young dragon.)

In this post, I will be telling you about one of my favorite places, Berlin!!! Berlin is the capital city of Germany. I grew up very close to Berlin and my grandparents live there, too. When I still lived in Germany, I used to go to Berlin every Christmas to celebrate with my family. Now, I know Berlin so well and love it like it is. Even now, that I live in Canada, I still visit Berlin. Sorry, way too much about me!!! Okay, but now to Berlin…

First of all, Berlin is a city in Germany so the people there all speak German. But don’t worry, they speak some English, too. Of course, the basics of German are very good to know. So, here is how you say hello in German. In German, hello means “Guten Tag”. Here is something else in German. In German, good bye means “Auf Wiedersehen”. Pretty cool right?

Now, to get to some German food!!! If you have never eaten German food, you should try some real fast! It is very delicious. Some of the German specialties are  Bratwurst, Currywurst and Schnitzel. Lots of meat, right? But believe it or not, it is wonderful.

If you are a kid like me, you will probably think: ” Is there any “kid stuff” in Berlin?” And the answer is yes! There are actually a few things that you would really enjoy. The thing I think you would really like is LEGO LAND!!! It is in the underground and not so big but still very exciting to look at. Then there is the ZOO!!! It is very nice there, too. It is very big and there are lots of cool animals. They also have an aquarium with lots of amazing fish.  You would really enjoy it.

If you are taking a tour of the city, here are some very interesting places you might want to visit. The so called “Brandenburger Tor” is a very neat thing to look at. It stands where a long time ago the Berlin Wall stood. Although it is always very crowded there, it is totally worth seeing. Then there is the “Fehrnseeturm”. It is where all the TV comes from. You can even go up and look at it. There is also a place called “The East Side Gallery”. It is amazing! It is a long walkway where you can walk and beside it are some parts of the former Berlin Wall.  This big wall is very colourful because it is full of graffiti paintings. It is sooo amazing! Last but not least, there is the “Siegesseule”. It is a big stone tower with a golden angel at the very top. If you are fit enough, you can take the challenge and climb up the old stone stairs. It is really cool once you are at the very top!

Well, that’s all I can tell you. If you want to know more, than I guess you could just travel to Berlin and check it all out. There is soooo much to discover. It was a pleasure to tell you about one of my favourite city’s. Hope you enjoyed!!!

One of my strongest interests is reading. Of course, like everybody else, I also have a favorite book. It is called Eragon. I love it because it makes me think what will happen next and it is about dragons. It has deep feelings in it and changes perspectives a lot. the best thing is that there are four books. But I really wish that there was a fifth book. By the way, the author of Eragon was fifteen when he wrote the first Eragon book. Cool right? Well, if you want to find out more, just keep reading…

First of all,

What I am looking forward to with digital writing

I am very excited to be responsible for my own school blog!!! It will be a real internet adventure to be able to share your school work with other people. I can’t wait to get started on designing my web page and proudly presenting what I have learned. It will be very nice to also be able to check out the work of my classmates and get inspired to try new things! Well I better get started right away!

By: Katharina