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The
Mayan Castle at Chichen Itza in Mexico. There are
91 steps to the top, and there are stairs on all 4
sides. 91 times 4 equals 364. Add the one
platform at the top, and you get 365 - the number of the
days in the year. Cool! |
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Gondolas
in Venice, Italy. You can only travel in Venice by walking or by boat because there are no cars
in the city at all! Venice is sinking because all
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The
Rhine Falls in northern Switzerland. This is the
largest waterfall in Europe. When you stand where
I was taking the picture, the ground shakes from the
force of the water. |
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One
of the famous brown bears in Bern, Switzerland.
Bern comes from "baren" which is bear in
German. The noble who founded the town a long time
ago organized a hunt. He said that they would name
the town after the first animal they killed. It
was, of course, a bear! |
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The
beautiful lake at Montreaux, Switzerland. Across
the lake is France. It's the warmest place in
Switzerland and a favorite vacation spot for the Swiss
people. |
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My
grandmother's home in Neunkirch, Switzerland. It
was built sometime before 1540. Most of the town
is like it was way back then, but they have electricity
and plumbing now! |
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One of the two
bell towers in my grandmother's hometown of Neunkirch.
The other tower was built into the back corner of my
grandmother's house, but it was destroyed by a fire in
the 1800's. The arch in the bottom of the tower is where
you came into the town through a gate. The gate is
gone, and you can drive through it
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