Heidi's Haven

Hello guys! Last week, I went on vacation with my family. We drove from Wisconsin all the way to California and back.  We drove through Wisconsin to Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, and stopped in Reno, Nevada for a few days. We went into California a few days in a row but stayed in Reno each night. Going home, we drove through Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and Minnesota, and then back to Wisconsin. One of the first places we stopped on the trip was the Great Salt Lake in Utah. It really is huge! You could hardly see the land on the other side. Shortly after than, we saw the Bonneville Salt flats. It's literally miles and miles of natural salt covering the ground, and it's where quite a few speed records have been set. In Reno, Nevada, we stayed in a hotel called Circus Circus.  It was huge! There was a gigantic casino, stores, restaurants, and a huge circus midway inside. There were a bunch of really cool...

In the summer of 2012, I went on a trip through my school to France. The trip lasted about 10 days, which definitely wasn't enough time to see and do everything. It was still an amazing experience, and I had the time of my life. My little dabble in the country was enough to make me realize that I really want to continue learning French and hopefully studying (and maybe even living) there someday. The first stop was in Paris. We stayed near Bonne Nouvelle in the 2nd arrondissement. We did all of the things you'd expect in Paris, like seeing the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre, Notre Dame, and Versailles, among other things. Even though seeing all of the history there was amazing, one of my favorite parts was just walking around the city at night. The next stop was Geneva, Switzerland. We were only there for a few hours to do some shopping.  After Geneva, we went back to France to a small town in the Alps called Chamonix. It was so beautif...