Spring break was so cool! We went all the way to a small town in Mexico called Akumal. It had a nice little beach where we went scuba diving, seeing tons of really cool fish and 4 sea turtles!  We saw the ancient Mayan cities of Chichen Itza, Tulum, and Coba.(which was my favorite because we could climb the pyramid) We also snorkeled in an underwater cave, and the stalagmites looked like an underwater metropolis! Then on Friday of spring break, we went to this water park called Xel-Ha, where we snorkeled in a tropical paradise. It had tons of schools of fish, and a Moray Eel swam 2 inches from us, and then we swam with a dolphin that the trainers had named Ocean. Sadly, on Saturday, we had to leave.

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Usually on Spring Break we go somewhere but this time we didn’t so I got to stay at home. The best part of spring break was I got to make fun of my brother having school when I didn’t watch TV  and also do a lot of fun things such as play soccer with my little brother,  play tennis with my coach and play on my playground. The worst thing was that I had to go to the doctors and get a  shot. My hand was numb for the whole day and I couldn’t do anything. But other than that it was just a normal week it was just that I got to relax a lot.

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What I did for spring break was that I went to Bogota, Colombia where I was born and where most of my family lives. I went because my dad had to go to a conference and we wanted to go visit my family. It was fun. The first day I was there we went to eat dinner and then my aunt, uncle and cousin came to the apartment that we rented to hang out. The second day we went to my grandparent’s farm and we had a mini family reunion. We stayed that night at the farm house. The third day we went to the pool and then we drove back to the apartment that we were staying at. The fourth day we just chilled in the apartment to relax and have visitors. Everyday we kept on doing things with the family but most of them had work and school so we would have to meet at night. Then the day we were supposed to come back our plane got canceled while we were on it because of failure of the motor that would not turn on. So then we had to leave the next day which was Monday. We finally got home at 1:30 am on Tuesday. That was what I did during my spring break.

This is a very good Colombian soup that I ate.

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This past week we had spring break. I actually went to school during my vacation. Last year, I lived in Germany. And last week I went back and went to school with my old class. It was interesting to see what they were doing at school, but mostly, I just wanted to socialize.

Monday through friday I woke up at 6:35 and went to school till one.I then took the the number 24 tram to school. On monday the first two periods are gym and thursday we spent the entire day doing statistics! It was really hard going to French class because they were ahead and I had to operate in two foreign languages at the same time. It was great to see my friends and they were really sweet and gave me a giant lollipop holder as a goodbye present. It was so awesome! I am so grateful hat I got the experience to go somewhere for a year. I will always remember it and I think it really helped shape me as a person. I admit, it was weird to be going to school during vacation, but it was worth it.

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This spring break I went on a trip to the USS Yorktown, Patriots Point, Charleston, South Carolina with my Boy Scout Troop. It was a great experience.  The USS Yorktown is an old aircraft carrier that is now a national museum. There were a lot of other Boy Scout groups there and people on vacation along with people just there for the day tour. It had planes and a flight simulater on the inside. I tried out the flight simulater but instead of simulating flight it simulated a precarious drive in the artic ice cliffs. It was still awesome! I got to explore the entire aircraft carrier with my some buddies and my little brother. I think it is great vacation spot and would like to go back there again.

For spring break I am going to Bogota, Colombia. I am going for two reasons : 1) My dad has a conference and he doesn’t want to go alone 2) I was born there and all my family on my mom’s side lives there. I cannot wait to see my family that I haven’t seen in forever. I will be posting some things that I either did that day or that if from Bogota.

I cannot wait until March 4th. My mommy, my sister, and ME are going to be heading down to Jamaica. The thing that I am most looking forward to in Jamaica is getting my massage. I am also going to swim with the dolphins and I am going to work on getting myself a great SUNTANNN!!!!!!!! Last year I went to the Turks and Caicos and I might be posting about the differences of the resort. On thing that I already know about is that the Turks and Caicos resort was a kid-friendly but this one isn’t??

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