Oliver, Gracie, and I

Mr. Lubie

Me With a Bear

Me With Some Dude

Indiana University

The IU campus was so beautiful!  I loved it so much because it looked like Hogwarts!  It looked like a castle, with towers and turrets and pointy tops.  We walked around the campus for a while.  All of the students were home for the holidays, so it was empty.  We sat on the benches and talked for a while. taking in how cool everything was.  We walked through a park on campus, and played with Oliver.  There were some homeless people there that looked like they wanted to eat him.  We saw some greenhouses on our way out, and I wanted to go inside and see if Professor Sprout was in there de-potting Madrakes, but I guess the Hogwarts students were home for the holidays too.


While my dad went to get the car, my sister and I went inside one of the little coffee shops to get something to drink.  There were some Indian people in there talking in another language, very loudly.  We ordered some pomegranate tea, and sat down in some comfy chairs and read magazines.  Soon, our dad arrived.  We left the coffee shop, then Bloomington, and we were on our way home.  It was such a fun time.  I had a really great time with my family.  We don't get to spend a lot of time with my dad, so this was a very special experience.

Bloomington

My dad wanted to show us Bloomington, Indiana because Gracie is looking for colleges and it is just a cute collage town!  When we first got there, my dad took us to this place called BEARS ALE HOUSE AND EATERY.  He told us that he used to do comedy shows there when he was younger.  We snapped a picture and we were on our way.  We   parked a few blocks away from the university so we walked there and got to see the college atmosphere.  We got to see all of the fraternity houses.  I don't know why, but I love looking at the houses.  I think some of them are really pretty.  I have heard that they are not so pretty inside though.


My sister's favorite part about Bloomington was that her favorite store, Urban Outfiters.  We don't have one in Louisville, so she was very exited when she found it.  We were in there for about an hour, because it's a really cool store.  Gracie and I both got a new pair of sunglasses!  As we were walking to IU, a man stopped us and told us that we had the most beautiful dog ever.  We continued walking and we saw cute little coffee shops and book stores.  The collegeness of everything was palpable.        

Nashville, 3

We walked from store to store, looking for the perfect gifts for our cousins.  We didn't see anything that was amazing.  We walked around an art store for a while; it had paintings and colorful vases in it.  It also had a rocking horse out front! That was fun to play on.  I was trying really hard not to break it though.  We eventually came to a sign that told all about the history of Nashville, Indiana.  It said that there was a house built in 1827 in the center of the village.  It burned down in 1843 and the new one was built in 1848.  Soon, a village was built around it.  And that is how the village was made.


We went into an ornament store, and a creepy lady was watching our every move.  I don't blame her, my sister and I are always stealing ornaments.  We didn't think our cousins would want ornaments, with them being 15 and 19 and all.  We then went into this really creepy store that had hunting clothes in it.  We contemplated getting one of my cousins some camo boxers, but we changed our minds.  We found a sports merchandise store that had all kinds of stuff.  We got my older cousin some U of L stuff because he goes there.  My sister said we should just get them some candy from one of the many candy shops in the village.  I didn't think they would want any.  So we began to argue about what to get them.  We eventually just decided to get them gift card to Gamestop.  Everyone loves gift cards so we were satisfied.  We left Nashville, Indiana exited for our next adventure of the day.