http://blogs.bootsnall.com/go-girl Insights from a preteen girl (and her family!) Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:56:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi everyone who's been keeping up with our blog. There were even people I didn't know were keeping up, and we are so sorry that we didn't keep up with it better. We were just having too much fun I guess. But now we've landed in St. ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/go-girl/were-home.html   Day number 335 of captivity.  It was a dull day. We had coffee. We drove to Madrid. We walked aroung Madrid. And then, much to our horror, we saw a museum. An art museum. And then, just to liven things up a bit, I´m sure, God sent us a storm last night!  ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/go-girl/the-rain-in-spain-falls-mainly-on-our-tents.html When we got to Europe proper, we decided to lease a car, rather than rent, because we can get a pretty good deal this way, and it is much more economical for our family of four to drive, rather than take trains and buses. Also, for purposes of camping ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/go-girl/navigating-europe.html We have been traveling around the world and getting our guidebooks as we go, so we don’t have to carry around a lot of books. This was easy until we got to Europe, and then our supply dried up. We have a general guide by Rick Steves, but ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/go-girl/help-no-guidebook.html Me and my sister started this trip off with a shiny, white Ipod, bought second hand off of Ebay. Well, it doesn't like traveling. It's feeling depressed, and possibly contemplating comitting suicide. It won't be talked, coaxed, or wired into behaving like a good Ipod. Does anybody have any suggestions on ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/go-girl/my-ipods-sad-life.html What can I say about Egypt? The ancient sites are magnificent but wading through all the touts can be exasperating and exhausting. We were in the Sinai peninsula and climbed Mount Sinai- you know- where Moses received The 10 Commandments and saw the burning bush! We started out at 12 ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/go-girl/egypt-the-land-of-templestouts-and-ipods.html Well everybody, here I am again after taking a, let me see, ah! yes, a 4 month break from blog writing. It's such a stressful job, that sometimes you just have to take a sabbatical. Today I shall be informing you about speech and ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/go-girl/turkish-women-dont-stay-thin.html Part I Well, when we got to Istanbul, I really loved it. The magnificent sight of the great Ayasofya rising from the buildings takes your breath away. I was immedietly hooked. After we had spent a couple of days there, we got in contact with some of our relatives here in turkey (my ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/go-girl/a-more-indepth-analysis-part-i.html Well, we've been awful about keeping up with our blog, but when we get internet time, we tend to email folks. We've been in Turkey for about 3 weeks now, and just love it. This is a truly beautiful country, and this is where it all began. It ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/go-girl/67.html Vietnam is a beautiful country, and it is very long and thin, so going east to west is no big deal, but north to south is rather time consuming. We had to take an all night train to get half way down the country. Riding a sleeper train ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/go-girl/we-are-in-vietnam.html