Sommersdorf

This is the first place we stayed. It is a midevil castle. There are even mummies that are here and burried. I didnt get to see them, but I got to see the caskety things they were in. Freaky! Thought I would just post some senic views of the area. We did a lot of driving around while we were there. Sometimes, for dinner we would order random things for dinner and not know what we would get because it was german, but everything we ordered ended up being great! We were happy about that. They have great pretzals and one town we went to had these amazing ball things... Really great! Chocolate, cinnamon sugar and way more! I will post a picture. It was really cool out there. There would be a small town, you would drive through it, get to a long straight road, and drive through another small town. Very cool. We had a stick shift car, so my mom had to drive, but that was OK. We got lost ton, or well, not ost, just not sure where to go. You know, in other words, we did a lot of turning around and drove in lots of circles. Haha! Here you go:

Traveling- The Mangan Style

Yes everyone knows the way us Mangans travel,right? No? Well we always have bad luck when traveling. Last year, a volcano errupted days before we were supposed yo go to ireland. Plus we were delayed amd almost missed our flight to Dublin. This time, we did miss our flight. We were delayed in VT and our plane left lots later than it was supposed to, and just as we ran to the shuttle, our plane had left. So we are staying here in Philly ad maybe today we will go see the city because our flight doesnt leave until 6:30 or so. Sigh. We can just say we added a city to our travel.

Much Ado About Everything

Wow, I havent written in forever, and I apologize for that. I have been so busy these past few weeks! I had a good 13th birthday, but I don't feel any older. I brought a friend with me to Lake Placid where Pad had a hockey tournament. I got a new camera, and lots of supplies for it, I got a new bathing suit, shorts, money, giftcards and thats it! In Lake Placid on Saturday, we walked around town and had crepes for lunch (they were really good), I swam for a little, ran around the hotel, tried Reeses peanut butter cup coffee. it was really nasty! We also went and saw Hop, the movie, which was really cute. I liked it. Pad came in first in his division, congrats to him and his team. We left early and got home by 1, which was nice. I have that big trip to Europe coming up. We leave the 12th, which is not that far away! I am really excited for that...it will be fun! I have lots of projects and tests coming up this week (great)(sarcasm) and have a weekend to look forward to. My friend and I recently learned how to do this type of braid 'a fish tail' braid, and with my new camera I took a picture of this one, that I did on my friend. It was my best one. Its quite simple, but it takes a long time. Wel, Im not sure what to say anymore, I said pretty much everything I needed too. Oh, I will be testing for my green stripe in Tae Kwon Do at the end of April, and im really nervous. Oh well, I think I will do fine! Bye for now.... Lex