The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

A short film we watched in class a while ago that's very inspiring :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adzywe9xeIU

YAHOO!

The Calgary Stampede, the 'greatest outdoor show on earth' (while West Edmonton Mall is the 'greatest indoor show on earth'), ends today! Every year it runs from July 8 to July 17.
The Calgary Stampede is a world-famous 'volunteer-supported, not-for-profit community organization that preserves and promotes western heritage and values'. Basically it's a ten-day event with lots of farm animals, pancakes, and cowboy hats.
This year, Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Catherine Middleton and Prince William) came on July 8 to officially start this year's annual Stampede Parade!
Awesome, huh? To see more about it, go to http://news.calgarystampede.com/News/Latest-News/Release-Details/2011/Stampede-Parade-to-highlight-Royal-Couples-Tour-of-Alberta/default.aspx.
Go to http://cs.calgarystampede.com/basics/general-info/about-us/ for much more detailed information.

La Jolla Seals 2

Second video of the La Jolla Cove Seals series!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBkRlivCmmA

Here are some of the sculpture pictures I took! They are all outside the USS Midway Museum.


Sculpture of a head

 A WWII Memorial
                                      

The other side of the WWII Memorial

A famous sculpture, although I have no idea why

The guy at the front with the microphone is Bob Hope, and the rest is a crowd of cheering people

La Jolla Cove Seals

Here is the first video of some seals on my trip to La Jolla, California! Three more to come!
If you can't see it try using the link here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cnyUAodj5A

Where We Went

Here are the parks we visited:

• Legoland!
• Disneyland
• Disneyland California Adventure
• Getty Centre
• San Diego Zoo
• Sea World
• USS Midway Museum
• La Jolla Cove

Here are the food places we visited:

• 369 Shanghai Place
• Yogurtland
• Cafe Coyote
• Akbar
• J-Wok
• Yunnan Cross-Bridge Garden

Here are the hotels we stayed at:

• Assorted Best Westerns
• Assorted Holiday Inns
• Quality Inn

I'll elaborated on the individual places in seperate posts.

Yogurtland!

Believe it or not, there actually is a Yogurtland! It is a chain store/restaurant that sells frozen yogurt in so many flavours you can sample that you'll be pretty much full before you buy anything! Most of the stores are in USA (sad) so I visited the stores multiple times. It is so awesome! And the yogurt is very inexpensive so it is a good deal too. I like their Plain Tart Yogurt the best. It's not really plain at all! And also there are toppings (gummy bears, berries, sprinkles, etc.) that you can add to your yogurt. The crushed graham crackers taste amazing with any yogurt flavour. The yogurt is payed by the weight. Visit yogurt-land.com for more details.

Back From California

! I am back form California! Sorry that I did not post on my blog at all during my trip, but there was too much to do and see that I was kept busy the entire time. I will have the pictures and videos I took on here soon! See you!

Photos Of California

My aunt and uncle's awesome pictures.


A sculpture in LA downtown/plaza

A sculpture in LA downtown/plaza

A random bird on the beach (the sand looks so smooth)

Giganto Fig Tree!

Hollywood, obviously

Beverly Hills

Getty Center

Hearst Castle Pool

Fountain viewed from Hearst Castle

A bunch of random birds (So cute and chubby! And some of them look like they don't have legs!)

Disney Concert Hall. Is that an awesome photo or what?

Even MORE awesome photo of the concert hall!

Travel

I'm going to California (mostly the LA area) during CBE (the school board that I'm in) spring break (March 26 to April 4)! I love traveling, especially to fun, interesting and beautiful places. My aunt and uncle have gone there before and they reccomended some places to visit. I'm looking forward to going there and, using their reccomendations and my own, I came up with the following places to visit:

• Disneyland (OK, that's a given for any kid)
• Sea World (My aunt says there's lots of people and is pretty busy)
• Honda Center (stadium for the NHL team Anaheim Ducks)
• Walt Disney Concert Hall (Designed by Frank Gehry!)
• Getty Center (awesome architectual design!)
• Salk Institute (just to see the architecture)
• Hearst Castle (Very pretty)
• Old Town San Diego (sounds strange for some reason)
• San Diego Beach (the sand is super smooth!)
• San Diego Downtown
• Hollywood (well, duh.)
• Beverly Hills (see above)
• Universal Studios (I hear they even have rides in there!)
• LA Downtown Plaza (some cool sculpture thingies and buildings)
• Biggest fig tree (I'm not sure where it is, but I saw the picture my aunt and uncle took and it was GIGANTIC. I'll post the location on here as soon as I find out)

I'm asking my aunt and uncle if I can post some of the pictures they took here. Some of them are seriously worth a good look! Of course, I'll take many pictures myself and you can tell me what you want me to take pictures of! Just comment on this post. I'll try to meet them if I can and post them on here.