Day One travel day to Athens

Hello everyone!

So my excitement began before I even left for the airport. The day before my trip (Tuesday) was actually my last day of 2nd grade. After school, I got an adjustment by my mom’s chiropractor. She actually had an appointment, but since I came along, I got to get adjusted too. It’s really fun. Dr. Matt cracked my neck just like Maui from Moana! It is so cool.

But even more exciting than the end of school, my jiu jitsu academy (Paragon in Ventura, California) had a belt ceremony Tuesday night and I got promoted to solid grey belt. I was super excited. I train hard and LOVE jiu jitsu.

Wednesday morning we left for the airport. It took a long time to get there because a big truck had turned over on its side in the middle of the road! It looked really scary. But we made it to the airport with no problem.

When we walked up to the gate I couldn’t believe my eyes. We were going to fly on one of those two-story planes. It was so BIG! My dad has been on one before, but not my mom or me. As soon as we got to our seat, they had the coolest screens with movies and music. I got to watch two movies before my mom made me go to sleep.

Did you know Moana is Vaiana in French? I thought that was funny. I watched Moana (or Vaiana) after my nap.

We landed in Paris late so we missed our flight into Athens. We are now hanging out in the Paris airport waiting for the next flight to Athens.

This has been the longest day of my life! At least I got to catch a few new Pokémon in the airport!!

–Eli