QUID PRO QUO-Hosting Flat Charlie and Flat Stanlina

Well we have a bit of catching up to do as we've been hosting Flat Stanlina (all the way from Ireland) and Flat Charlie (here from Dearborn, Michigan).  

Here's Flat Stanlina with Niamh who is pointing out Los Angeles on the map.  Flat Stanlina has come a long distance to visit (5,143.60 miles/8,277.60 kilometers approximately-and as the crow flies).



Here's a picture of the measurement from Drogheda to Simi Valley: we've been using Google Earth to measure distances and to look up latitude and longitude. 

Here is Flat Charlie.  

It is about 1,973 miles or 3,175 kilometers (approximately) to get from Dearborn to Simi Valley.  Here is a Google Earth picture of our measurement of that distance (as the crow flies). 

Flat Stanlina and Flat Charlie helped Niamh with her piano practice this morning, particularly with those more difficult bits.

We also did some Spring cleaning in Niamh's playhouse today and both Flat Stanlina and Flat Charlie helped out with that as well. 

Then once everything was nice and tidy, everyone sat down for a cup of tea, as you do.

They helped us while we studied geography.  We located places on the map and the globe using latitude and longitude.  

We used Google Earth to measure distances between several places in Ireland where Flat Niamh is visiting at the moment.  Here is the picture we made of our measurements:

Here's some of the geography work we did with our maps, globe, atlas and Google Earth.  

We talked about the relationship between time and distance but Niamh is a bit mystified as to why Greenwich England determines the Mean Time.  I am hoping to figure out how to use Google Earth to show her exactly what the whole "sun never setting on the British Empire" concept was about historically.  

And Flat Charlie was very helpful while Niamh was working on her lines for Romeo and Juliet!