Global Bros - National Geographic Kids

Tyler and Stefan are two cool brothers going on an even cooler year-long trip around the world with their Mom and Dad. These two lucky boys (11 and 8) are excited to explore the world.

Monday, April 20, 2009
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Easter Fun in France

Photo: Global bros at Eiffel TowerHello people on the internet. This is Stefan and I'm going to tell you about my time in France. Our cousins, Casey and William, met us there and we had a great time with them. We started off in Paris, where we saw the Eiffel Tower and the Mona Lisa, two very, very famous things. The Eiffel Tower is pretty cool and bigger than I thought it would be.
 
The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 World's Fair, but a lot of people in Paris hated it because they thought it was big and ugly. When Paris got more advanced, they found out that it was a great place to put a radio tower, so that's what they did instead of tearing it down. The people of Paris, and the world, have loved it ever since. The Eiffel Tower is so big that it was the world's tallest structure until 1931. That's when the Empire State Building in New York was built.
 
We also saw the Mona Lisa, which is the very famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. It was in a big crowded room with lots of paintings, but it was the one hung all by itself in the middle of the room with hundreds of people gathered around it. We got a good view. I was looking at it for a while and noticed that it was really pretty small. I was wondering why the most famous painting in the world was only the size of a cafeteria tray. Though it was small, it was still very pretty. I thought it was nice.
We spent Easter in the countryside, where we rented a cottage. It was rainy and wet when we were there, but we amused ourselves with our cousins. On Easter we had a really fun egg hunt. At the end we found out that one egg was still missing. It was funny watching all of the adults looking in the bushes for an egg when we kids were supposed to be looking for them!
 
Photo: Easter egg hunt with cousinsSo I really liked our stay in France. Bye! Until next time!

6 Comments

You Global Bros must be having the time of your life! Being able to explore, travel, and experience the world's so many unique and different cultures at such a young age? What a life!

Wow! I just helped protect 100 square feet of the Amazon rain forest! Guess where my protected area is? It's in the Ashaninka Corridor in our beloved Peru!!! How cool is that? You can help protect part of the rain forest too! All you have to do is look on specially marked orange juice containers that say that something about the rescuing promotion. You can make a difference in this world just by buying orange juice! I can't wait to here about the 2009 HOEC winners and the 2010 HOEC contest!

I live in Paris!

You guys are soooo lucky to go to Paris!I've always wanted to go there!I just wonder if you global bros ate any snails?
I hope I go there when I'm older.

Bonjor!

hi hello i am faizan i ain't so rich and lucky as you but it is my dream to explore the whole world and see the statue of liberty and eiffel tower that's why i am studious thanks for your story i like it so much

so i don't care

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