Iguazu falls

In 1542 a year after Pizarro's death A Spanish explorer named Alvar de Vaca with a small band of soldiers   was exploring a river that now marks the border of Brazil and Argentina. He was astounded by the beauty of the river but they soon began to hear strange rumbling noises. Puzzled they slowly they walked toward the sound and as they rounded a bend they saw the river go of into a waterfall that was 10,000 feet wide and in some places 60 feet deeper than Niagara falls! It is Igauzu falls one of the worlds biggest waterfalls. it is ruffly the shape of a horseshoe like Niagara falls. But unlike Niagara who has only two waterfalls Igauzu has hundreds of waterfalls that all sound different from one another. Although Igauzu was the first of the big waterfalls it is the least known. 

Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu lies in Peru and once served as an escape fort for the ancient Incas. The Incas were an ancient Indian tribe that had a lot of gold in their city and worshiped the sun. When the Spanish came to South America they could not stand the Incas having all that gold. So they sent a soldier named Pizarro to South America. He had 165 adventures against a nation of 11 million people!! First he captured the Inca king and killed him. The Incas without their king were thrown  into confusion. Pizarro marched into Cuzco the Inca capital and took all of the gold. In Cuzco the temple of the sun had 100 beautiful priestess who devoted their life to worshiping the sun. Pizarro tried to catch them and make them slaves but before they got there somebody had told the priestess and they escaped to Machu Picchu where they lived for the rest of their lives. In 1911 a archaeologist who was exploring south America found Machu Picchu and also found 99 graves of the priestess. But why only 99 graves? Well when the last priestess died there was no one to bury her.

Piano party

A few weeks ago we had a piano party with our friends Mark, Hannah, Max and Tommy. Our uncle Tom who is really good at the piano also came and played for us. Here are some pictures of the party:

 This is Tom and Tommy playing on the piano.

 This is my brother Adam playing.

This is my little sister Abby Jane playing Hot cross buns.