Seoul, Korea

Name: Jeff Rose
Student: Allie!
Where: Seoul, Korea

Things to do here!

Seoul is the capital and also the largest city in South Korea! The Myeong-dong Street is a huge Metropolitan shopping center there with lots of shops and market places! There are MANY great restaurants with some of the worlds greatest chefs there! Gyeongbok Palace is another great place to visit! It;s a beautiful and wonderful palace found in 1394! Flat Stanley is very much enjoying his visit here!

Thailand

Name: Jeff Rose
Student: Allie's Flat Stanley
Where: Phuket, Thailand

Things to do here:

"Sawadee Ka" from Thailand! That means hello! Phuket is the southern providence of Thailand and its beautiful here! It has wonderful beaches to visit and relax and really good food too! They have many national parks to visit with lot of waterfalls and you can even ride on an Elephant through them.  There are also cultural dances to watch and many festivals throughout the year.

Shanghai, China

Name: Jeff Rose (Amanda's Dad!)
Student: Allie's Flat Stanley
Where: Shanghai, China

Things to do here:
Shanghai is the largest city in China with around 23 million people! Flat Stanley is in front of the Pudong skyline which is on the river. There are many shops in Pudong and markets that you buy fabrics and food.  People compare Shanghai to New York City because of the amount of diversity and all of the busyness!


There are a lot of attractions to see here too! The Zhujiajiao Water Town is a whole canal of markets and you can get on a  little boat and go shopping! There are also beautiful gardens and museums to visit!

Curacao!

Name: Amanda (Rose) Henderlong

Student: Fidel's Flat Stanley 

Where I am: Curacao 

Things to do here: 

Curacao is a little island north of Venezuela and to the west of Aruba and Bonaire.  There are MANY beautiful beaches here and a lot of snorkeling! (I wanted to take flat stanley under water but I think he would have gotten too wet!) There are many different beaches to visit and lots of water activities to do : boating, scuba diving, snorkeling, etc! 

There is also a very cute down town here with different colored buildings that has many shops and restaurants to visit!! Fidel's Flat Stanley very much enjoyed his visit here! 

Flat Stanleys in Maryland...Part II!

Hello again!! It's Miss Tier and I'm BACK with some more adventures with Jesus Daniel and Nathalia's Flat Stanleys! But it gets better...these Flat Stanleys had an adventure with me AND Miss Neal!!! Miss Neal flew from her home in Texas to see me in Maryland! You might not know that Maryland is right next to Washington, D.C., which is the capital of the United States. Miss Neal and I took a train down to Washington D.C. for a day. There is a special festival going on called the Cherry Blossom Festival. Each year, thousands of people come to Washington D.C. to see many trees and their pretty pink flowers! These trees were a gift to the United States from the country of Japan many years ago. Miss Neal and I had a fun time!

Me, Flat Stanleys, and Miss Neal in front of the Washington Monument! This is a VERY tall  and famous statue!

Below, you'll see the Flat Stanleys in front of the Jefferson Memorial, an important building dedicated to one of our presidents! All around us are the cherry blossom trees!

Here's a fun surprise...does anyone remember when my friend Mr. Ryan came to visit us in school for a few days in first grade? Well, he works in Washington D.C., and we got to meet up with him for lunch! The Flat Stanleys enjoyed meeting him!

Troutdale, Oregon

Hello Ms. Ensing's 3rd grade class. Our names are Doss and McKenzieWhite. We received Angel's Flat Stanley. We live in Troutdale, Oregon, a small city that neighbors Multnomah Falls, a waterfall taller than a 60 story building. There are all kinds of fun things for Flat Stanley to do in Oregon like hiking, fishing, hunting, skiing, rafting and many other fun outdoor activities that are available year round. Oregon is known for Mt. Hood where there is a glacier that never fully melts, even in the summer! The U.S. Olympic ski team has been known to practice there because they can ski year round. Flat Stanley is looking forward to going camping this summer at the United States' deepest and clearest lake in North America, Crater Lake. Flat Stanley also can't wait to pick out his very own Christmas tree this winter because Oregon is also the largest provider of Christmas trees in the entire United States. Flat Stanley already loves Oregon and can't wait to do more exploring when it gets a bid warmer! Thank you so much for sending him to us!!

Flat Stanley has his own snow cave on Mt. Hood 

McKenzie, Doss and Flat Stanley
 at Timberline Lodge (it's buried under the snow)! 

Crater Lake's Wizard Island where Flat Stanley will visit this
summer when the snow melts off the roads.

New York City, New York

Flat Stanley (by Dariel) made it to West Michigan safe and sound on 3.6.12. He then met Paul Schab who was traveling to NYC for his 

cousins wedding. Paul, Henryk (Paul's father) and Stanley took a 830 mile trip from Grand Rapids MI to New York City. We drove through state of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey into state of New York via interstate 80.





Stanley saw George Washington bridge which leads right into upper
Manhattan in New York City. Flat Stanley took the New York City subway
around the city to see all of the famous sights.


Flast Stanley did a lot of sight seeing while he was in NYC and
received his nickname Flat "Foot" Stanley due to his traveling
endeavors. He saw the "ground zero" memorial and had a picture in
front of the new building being constructed where the towers once
stood.







Then he walked by Boradway Theater, Wallstreet (Stock Exchange) and
saw the famous Bull statue. At this point he was near Battery Park in
lower Manhattan and decided to visit a memorial "world" statue which
once stood in front of twin towers. When they collapsed the "world"
statue was damaged but survived with some damage.

Insert picture: Ground zero

Stanley, Henryk and Paul took a ferry boat to Liberty Island where
Statue of Liberty is located. He then went on the boat further to
Ellis Island where the Immigration Museum is located.
By the end of the day he saw most of the famous landmarks in NYC!

He had a great trip and returned to Grand Rapids, MI on 3.11.12 He has
been spending time with Paul Schab traveling around West Michigan -
today he is in Holland MI where Paul is meeting his customers.
Tomorrow he will be meeting up with Emily and who knows where the
world will take him next! (TBC)