Los Galapagos Islands/ The Galapagos Islands

So, my family just got back from a 6-day Galapagos Islands trip. We started on May 14th and ended on May 19th. I took a lot of pictures and videos. I will post them on here so you can see. I will also include captions for each one, if I can. Hope you enjoy!

                                                                     A cactus

                                                                    A turtle

                                                             A land iguana

                                                              A big turtle

                                                               A flamingo

                                                                          A tree

                                                    A blue footed bobby

                                Foreground: Cactus   Background: Sky and Sun

                                                                A sea lion

A pool at our hotel

The hotel we were staying at

So, that's all for now! If you want me to post more, feel free to leave comment!

Empanadas Galore!

So, tonight, April 11, 2013, my mom, my sister, and I made delicious (and spicy and hot) empanadas. Empanadas are meat and vegetables in a doughy shell, baked in the oven. They are delicious! Oh, and one more thing: on the last post, I said that "morning" in Spanish was "manaña", but it's actually "mañana" (man-YAN-a).

Question Just for Fun: What is this math problem: 
[7-(7-5(6+4)+7)]+2.

Answer to Last Post's Question: George.

Spanish Vocab: Huevos (Spanish)= Eggs (English) 

Galapagos Islands Trip

So, my family finally decided that we could go to the Galapagos Islands in the middle of May. It will be a blast.

We will fly out at about 8 o'clock in the morning, and get there about 12 o'clock in the afternoon. There will be snorkeling, tours, boat rides, and tons of other stuff! It will be so cool.

I will bring my camera and take pictures, so I'll blog about it when I get back. Wish me good luck!

Question Just for Fun: What is the name of the famous turtle who died recently on the Galapagos Islands?

Answer to Last Post's Question: A Hole.

Spanish Vocab: manaña(Spanish)= morning (English)

School

So, school here is going OK so far. One of my favorite classes is math. The kids in the class started a unit on fractions...which I've already done. So, the teacher gave me one of those diagnostic tests and she put me separate from everybody else, in ALGEBRA! :)

Apart from that, school's going OK. It is a huge school, for it has to have room for Primary: International, Primary: National, Secondary: International, and Secondary: National. 

Some classes I have are Music, Sports, Math, Computers, Social Studies, Writing, Language Arts, Spanish, and Science. 

Spanish is the hardest, because the teacher only knows a little English, and I only speak a little Spanish. Sigghh.

Question Just For Fun:  What gets bigger the more you take away?

Answer To Last Post's Question: The Andes Mountain Range.

Spanish Vocab: Inglés (Spanish)= English (English)

Zoo Fun

So, today, my family took me to the zoo, about a 1/2 hour drive from where we live. I took some pictures, so I'll show you!

There was a petting zoo...

...and they put on shows with the animals!

Well, hope you enjoyed this post!

(Hope you don't mind my creativity with the models of animals I got from the gift shop. I took no pictures of any animals at all!)

Question Just for Fun: Without an atlas, guess what mountain range I can see through our living room window (Hint: It runs from just about the top to the bottom of South America).

Answer to Last Weeks Question: Guitar

Spanish Vocab: el nino (Spanish)= the boy (English)

Voluntary Research Project

"Wait- Voluntary WHAT!?!?!" You say. But, yep, I'm starting a voluntary research project! I was walking with my family to a restaurant the other day (actually, it was more like a week and a half ago), and my mom asked if I wanted to start some sort of voluntary research project. Of course, I said yes. 

The hardest part so far was coming up with a topic. I was just sitting, planning up possible topics. All of a sudden, I looked up and told my mom my list. She and I narrowed it down to 2 things: Ecuadorian Art, or the Galapagos Islands. I chose art as a fun thing to do, and the GALAPAGOS ISLANDS as my voluntary research project. 

So, I hope this goes over well. It's really exciting. I just thought of posting it and letting all you readers know.

Question Just For Fun: In my new school, we have to choose an instrument to play. Guess which I picked: Drums, flute, guitar, or trumpet.

Answer to Last Week's Question: None! That's what students are for!

Spanish Vocab: Uno mas, por favor (Spanish)= One more, please (English)

Dreamish Vacation

So, the school I go to has changed their schedule this year. So, that means all the vacations have switched. So, there is now a vacation starting on the 31st of January and having the last day be on February 17th. 

So far, vacation has been OK. At first, my family was planning to go to the Galapagos Islands. But, the weather would have been bad, and it would have been a hassle. So, my family moved our trip to May. But, my mom and dad came up with something else. I really wanted to go to the Galapagos, and that's what adds the "ish" part to "Dreamish".

However, one of the best things my parents said we'd do was take one of those lifts up to one of the mountains. We'd be going up another 3,000 feet! One of the other things my parents said we'd do is go to some museums (e.g. art). One of the last things my parents said we'd do is go to some restaurants and go out for ice cream. That will also be very good.

So, hopefully everything will turn out all right. We still have two weeks of vacation, so lets hope it does!

Question Just for Fun: How many teachers does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Answer to Last Week's Question:  Twenty-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-five dollars.

Spanish Vocab: El Helado (Spanish)= Ice Cream (English)