Birthday

It was my BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

13 YEARS OF AGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can now have a job if I want to, very small one but still it pays.

So, for my birthday we went out to lunch at Daphne's near Harrods and that was absolutely delicious,
my brother, sister and I were then ushered of to where to or our cousins were staying because we had to leave to go to a concert, which was supposed to be a surprise but some people spilt the beans; my cousin and my uncle. Anyway we were going to an


ELTON JOHN CONCERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And it was wonderful, however we arrived 2 and a half hours early………., see my cousin made the mistake of thinking it started at 5 (which it said on the tickets GATES 5PM) But that only meant the gates, the actually concert started at 8PM, so we had to find a way to waste 2 and a half hours in a place we DIDN'T KNOW: Buckinghamshire………..

we didn't know what to do.
But then it rained. and when it rains in the UK, Man does it rain, we had to get those raincoat things, they were weird.

once the concert began, all was forgotten because of his AMAZING VOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!, It was magical, probably the best birthday EVER!!!!!!!!, 

Now I am 13 and loving it!!!!!!

xx

Fishbourne palace

I went to fishbourne palace on Tuesday 3rd June with my school. 

Fishbourne palace is a roman palace which was supposedly lived in by king T/Cogidubnus, most of it burnt down about 200 years ago however there is still remaing flooring mosaics, gardens and a vague floor plan. 

It was found about 50 years ago when digging a trench for a river when they came among the ruins. 

There were four wings each with a different purpose, and large gardens including a beautiful two lawn courtyard. 

We left school at 8:15 and took a 2 hour journey to Chichester, Sussex. The journey was fun, we listened to music, played consequences and told jokes. 

We arrived at about 10:15 and went straight to the bathrooms. After our long bathroom break we went to the museum. After learning a lot about trade, clothing, food and design we set off to watch an15 minute film. 

The film was about how fishbourne ( which from here on in I shall call fishy) was found, 're made' on a computer and come back to life. 

Then it was time to become archeologists. We deciphered a lot of information from one small piece of painted mosaic, too much to write down. 

Now it was lunch, a whole 45 minutes to eat, drink and relax in the cold, wet and windy weather of england. 

Now it was time for the mosaics. While rooms were filled with increasing details floors, with colour and just plain black and white. A few pieces were even whole, which was amazing! A lot of the work was gone but still it was impressive. 

We then visited the gardens and saw different types of vegetables, herbs and fruits growing. 

After a 4 hour stay at fishy we headed home, another 2 hour trip. 

Overall the trip was very interesting and I was surprised to find that barely any of the actual palace remains, only the mosaics in the north wing, all the other wings are beneath the ground!

You should really visit it is quite interesting! 

( the attached photo is a computer version of what fishy would've actually looked like)

Sara

:)

Fishbourne palace

I went to fishbourne palace on Tuesday 3rd June with my school. 

Fishbourne palace is a roman palace which was supposedly lived in by king T/Cogidubnus, most of it burnt down about 200 years ago however there is still remaing flooring mosaics, gardens and a vague floor plan. 

It was found about 50 years ago when digging a trench for a river when they came among the ruins. 

There were four wings each with a different purpose, and large gardens including a beautiful two lawn courtyard. 

We left school at 8:15 and took a 2 hour journey to Chichester, Sussex. The journey was fun, we listened to music, played consequences and told jokes. 

We arrived at about 10:15 and went straight to the bathrooms. After our long bathroom break we went to the museum. After learning a lot about trade, clothing, food and design we set off to watch an15 minute film. 

The film was about how fishbourne ( which from here on in I shall call fishy) was found, 're made' on a computer and come back to life. 

Then it was time to become archeologists. We deciphered a lot of information from one small piece of painted mosaic, too much to write down. 

Now it was lunch, a whole 45 minutes to eat, drink and relax in the cold, wet and windy weather of england. 

Now it was time for the mosaics. While rooms were filled with increasing details floors, with colour and just plain black and white. A few pieces were even whole, which was amazing! A lot of the work was gone but still it was impressive. 

We then visited the gardens and saw different types of vegetables, herbs and fruits growing. 

After a 4 hour stay at fishy we headed home, another 2 hour trip. 

Overall the trip was very interesting and I was surprised to find that barely any of the actual palace remains, only the mosaics in the north wing, all the other wings are beneath the ground!

You should really visit it is quite interesting! 

( the attached photo is a computer version of what fishy would've actually looked like)

Sara

:)