Flat Stanley in North Carolina

My niece Briana sent me the Flat Stanley to enjoy some time in North Carolina. Here is Flat Stanley enjoying some time at the Womac Army Medical Center Labor and Delivery floor here at Fort Bragg. He is scheduled to get some Army time this week.

Flat Stanely in Washington DC

I got to go on another trip with Emily's Uncle Bill, we were lucky that we got to fly to our Nation's Capital in Washington DC. We visited then famous Smithsonian Museums and got to see a lot of the city.

I got a picture of the Washington Monument and 2 of our famous buildings. The FBI building and the Internal Revenue Service Building.

Your Friend,

Flat Stanley

Flat Stanley in China and Japan

Dear Class,

I went to China, with Emily's Uncle Bill; it was quite an exciting trip. We stated out in Dallas, Texas and flew to Chicago, Illinois. We got on another plane and flew 13 house from Chicago to Shanghai, China. It was a very long plane trip and I was very tired when we arrived. Shanghai is the largest city in China, 20 million people live there.

We stayed in Shanghai for 5 days before going to Suzhou, China for 2 days. Suzhou is an important center for China's silk industry. The city was built in 514 BC the city has many hotels and beautiful gardens. They have great hotels with lots of good food. When night falls the city is quiet and peaceful.

Suzhou is 3 hours north of Shanghai by plane. It was really nicer and not as much pollution. The food had been different from ours but good.

Our next town to visit was Beijing, while we were there we met a Chinese girl whose name was Emily She. I guess her family liked the American name of Emily.

We go to go to the Great Wall of China, it was amazing. The wall is approximately 4000 miles long. The wall was built in the 7th century when China was still divided into many states. In the fall the mountains are blanketed by colors, creating an amazing view. This could be the best season to visit.

When our trip to China was over we flew to Japan. We had dinner at a beautiful place outside the airport in Japan and they let me play the piano. The Gardens are very beautiful in Japan. Our layover in Japan was short only about 6 hours.

We left Japan at 6:00 pm on Friday and arrived in Dallas at 3:00 pm on Friday. We arrived 3 hours before we left.

Love, Flat Stanely

Prague (Praha) Czech Republic

Palace of Prague....It is the largest ancient castle in the world (570 m long, on average 128 m wide, area 7.28 hectares). Constructed in the 9th century by Prince Bořivoj, and is still the seat of all Czech rulers


The clock was built in 1410....info as follows....
The Astronomical Dial shows the medieval perception of the Universe: the Earth is the center. The blue part of the dial represents the sky above the horizon, the brown part the sky below it. There are Latin words ORTVS (east) and OCCASVS (west) written above the horizon, and AVRORA (dawn) and CPEPVSCVLVM (twilight) below. There is a Zodiac ring, which represents the stars in the sky and it moves according to it. The two clock hands bear the signs of the Sun and the Moon. There are three circles on the dial, showing different time: the outer circle with Schwabacher numerals shows the Old Czech Time (“Italian Time”), the circle with Roman numbers shows the Central European Time and the inner circle with Arabic numerals shows the “Babylonian Time”: the length of an hour differs there according to the season – it is longer in the summer, shorter in the winter. The Prague Astronomical Clock is the only one in the world able to measure it. Furthermore, the little star by the zodiac ring shows the sidereal time.

Flat Stanely at Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Heidelberg Castle, and Heidelberg Bridge

Hunter with Stanley at the Christmas Bazaar at Rhine Ordnance Barracks.....Zucker means sweets (candy)

Me with the Heidelberg Castle in the background....one of the most popular in all of Europe

Heidelberg Bridge and old city (Cathedrals) and a barge
Entrance (city gate) to the old city
with the night lights on

Heidelberg was destroyed during the 30 years war with France...it is over 700 years old ( built in 1212) and added to around 1600...was also struck by a lightening bolt., in the late 1700's

The French burned it in 1689
alot of this was religious to do with the Holy Roman Empire and Martin Luther (the German one not MLK)

lots of history....:)

Flat Stanley at the Rhein River, Rheinstein Castle, and the Shongau Castle

More pics from the wkd...these are the Rhein River...with the Rheinstein Castle and the Shongau Castle...the RheinS was built
in 900 AD Not sure of the other one...will find out...they are about 30 minutes apart on the South Rhein