Notre Dame, the Cathedral [By Jack]

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Hey guys, we visited Paris two years ago so I’ve decided to write about Notre Dame. The main reason I’ve decided to write about it is because its just such an amazing place. But when a fire broke out, I realized that I really wanted to write a report about it. We’re not actually going to Paris this trip, but we went there two years ago and I was really influenced by it, so here I am writing about it now.

History of Notre Dame:

Notre Dame burned partially two months ago. It had took hundreds of years to build.

In 1163, bishop Maurice de Sully ordered Notre dame to be built. Notre Dame was mostly finished almost a century later but continued to have modifications. Over the years, Notre Dame was admired greatly. But in the 1790’s the French Revolution struck out, which caused damage in many of Notre dame’s religious symbols. But Even after the revolution, it still stood proudly. Notre Dame has served not only as a religious symbol in France but also an iconic emblem for the entire world to admire.

Building the cathedral:

Notre Dame is one of the biggest cathedrals in the world. Builders had to think of very unique techniques to build it. The outside is made of stone to make sure Notre Dame is sturdy. Inside, there are chambers filled with historical artifacts. The cathedral was built with an upper spire which towered up at a height of 226 feet. The floor space ( inside area ) is built up at 52,000 square feet. It has towered for centuries as one greatest cathedrals ever created.

Emblem burning:

It fell and the crowds hushed. April 15th, 2019 was one of Notre Dames worst days. Five days after my birthday a fire broke out while it was being worked on. The upper level of Notre Dame is made of wood, not all stone. And sadly, the spire is there. You probably know what I am going to say now. As the fire grew more intense, crowds started to form on the streets. Firefighters were there, but they could not do much to fight a fire this high. But they could hope. That the spire wouldn’t fall. Then it did. Notre Dame was far from being completely destroyed, but still took a heavy amount of damage. The inside area was covered mostly from the fire. Notre Dame will be rebuilt by five years. Though a tragedy happened to it, Notre Dame is still one of my favorite land marks I’ve ever visited.

Thanks for reading NOTRE DAME, THE CATHEDRAL. This was one of my first blog reports, so there may be some flaws throughout it. Please feel free to leave a suggestion or just a note in the comment section below.

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-Jack

Mini photo timeline:

Notre Dame a long time ago
Photo taken by my dad 13 years ago
During the fire
Notre Dame being rebuilt after the fire

Getting Ready – By Jack

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Hi, I’m Jack and my family is going an an around the world trip. First, we’ve decided to go to London. We have wanted to go on this trip for years. I specifically didn’t want to go because the thought of leaving my friends, school, house and city did not sound fun. I play basketball, soccer, football, and I ski in winter. I do art, play drums piano, some guitar, and I’ve learned various other instruments in school. Eventually (after a whole lot of “I’ll sleep on in”), I realized that the trip would actually be a really fun experience for me. So, here I am on the plane writing this. Let me make one thing clear. It was hard. I didn’t think it would be so hard to pack for eight months or so, but I was pretty much wrong. On the one hand, we had to figure out what to bring, and on the other hand, we (mostly my parents) had to decide where to go. I’m ten years old and my older sister is twelve. Our parents thought that this was the perfect time to leave. They had been thinking about it for a really long time, and we kinda wanted to go last year, but not as much me. Getting six shots and swallowing four pills was not fun. I didn’t think we would get rabies anyway. We needed more time to prepare. When we left to visit our grandparents in Boston before we left, we had way too many bags. It was only me (Jack), my dad (Greg), and my older sister (lily) because my mom (Emily) had left early to visit friends in Florida. We had barely any time to do last minute stuff, so my dad stuffed a bunch of random (not literally random, stuff he considered bringing) stuff into his fold up travel duffel and a bunch of other bags we weren’t thinking of bringing anyway. Once we got through security and everything at the airport, we finally got to the plane. In Boston, some of our friends stayed with us in our grandparents’ house. But after preparing a lot even there, we finally set off to London.

PLACES I WANT TO GO & THINGS I WANT TO DO ON THE TRIP MOST:

> go to Rome

> see the Roman Colosseum

> see lots of ancient ruins and artifacts 

> ride and sleep in an RV 

-Jack 

So that’s basically all for my beginning post, I just wanted to say a little bit about my self and how we prepared for our around the world trip. On final note, of you haven’t already, please subscribe and like the post. Also, we have a YouTube channel called ON THE ROAD WITH LJ but it it not installed yet. Please leave a comment bellow and Thank you for reading my beginning blog.  

Preparation – By Lily

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Have you ever wondered how much preparation goes into a trip? Well if you’ve ever been on one then you have. It takes a lot of planning to go on a trip that’s even a week or two long. Imagine what it would be like to have to plan a trip that’s more than several months long.

We decided to go on this trip around the world in April but the preparation went way farther back. So today instead of talking about traveling, I’m going to be talking about the preparation that went into being able to travel.

One of the first things we did to prepare for the trip after we knew we were actually going to do it, was getting the bags we would use during the whole trip. We knew that whatever bags we got, we would need to put everything we were bringing for a number of months inside of it. So we went to REI and spent a long time trying on different brands of backpacks and suitcase-backpacks. (Ones that you can either carry on your back, or roll like a suitcase) The bags that we ended up keeping for the trip were suitcase-backpacks and we also got daypacks to put things in that we would need during the day when we were touring.

A very important part about preparing for the trip but definitely my least favorite part was hooking up with a travel doctor and getting medication for the trip. I definitely do not want to get sick on this trip but I know there are very high chances that it will happen.

After a while of chatting about all the possible diseases we could get in the places we were going and all the medication we would need, we had to get shots. We had to get three rabies shots, then two Japanese Encephalitis shots, and finally a yellow fever shot. They weren’t all at once of course which was good. In addition to the shots, we also had to take four typhoid fever pills over the course of eight days.

The next thing we had to deal with was renting and packing up our house. The renting our house out part was probably the easiest part. Our house was rented within a week. As for packing up everything in our house, that took more time. I started with packing up everything in my room that I wouldn’t need in the next month or two.The process went very slowly. I still had a good number of things still left in my room a week before we left. My dad was busy loading boxes into his car and driving stuff to our storage unit or the dump. We also stored some things such as boxes of clothing in our garage too. The last couple of days, we managed to get everything out of our house and we also swept and cleaned a little before the professional cleaning people arrived.

Finally, the hardest part of the preparation was packing. We could only bring about a weeks worth of clothes and a couple of things to do for fun in our free time. We also had to keep in mind that we had to sleep in whatever clothes we brought so they had to be comfortable. Since we’re going to be in fall weather as well as summer weather we each brought a couple of long and short sleeved shirts as well as shorts and pants. We also brought a sweater, a winter jacket, and a raincoat. My brother Jack and I also had to think about what we wanted to bring that we could use in our free time such as our sketch pads and a journal. For the airport I also brought a ball, and I brought putty for the plane. Iend, packing up my room and packing for the trip wasn’t actually as hard as I thought it would be, but it did take a while to complete.

As you can see, there were a lot of things we had to do to prepare for our trip including getting packs to put our stuff in, getting medication, shots, and travel advice from our travel doctor, renting and packing up our house, and packing for the trip. Of course, there were many other things we had to do too like booking plane tickets and deciding where to go next, but these were the things we had to think about the most. So if you’re thinking about going on a trip similar to this, I would say these are the main things you need to focus on.

I hope you liked my blog post, thanks for reading, and please subscribe and comment down below. I’ll be back with another post soon! 🙂🙂🙂👍 – Lily 🍦🍨