Travel Blog Post - Day #6 (Seattle)

Hey bloggers! Today I arrived in Seattle! Seattle is located in the Washington State of the United States of America! It's really cool here and it has a really big city! Anyways let me tell you what we did! On the way to Seattle when we were arriving to the airport I was sitting next to my cousin and I was so excited to be in the United States!

Me and my cousin @ Gasworks

 I was amazed at the big city it had! First thing I did when I arrived from Kona International Airport to the Airport in Seattle, we got picked up by one of our family members and drove home! When we got home it was already morning time and I had the opportunity to attend school in Seattle! Yes! I went to school in Seattle and it was very fun! I went to a nearby middle-school my cousin attends and the school was very cool! We got to learn science, and history, math and heaps more subjects I don't learn at my school in New Zealand, which was pretty cool! 

Downtown Seattle - Troll!

After school I got to eat Jack in the Box (an fast food restaurant in the USA) then we went to my cousins family members football game and it was one of the best things I have ever seen in my life! It was located in Federal Way High School football field and it was HUGE! I walked into the gate with my family and I saw Cheerleaders, A Band, Football Players, and heaps more exciting things to see! 

Anyways we went to go sit down in our seats and we bought popcorn, drinks, hotdogs, and candy! The game was really cool and we also got to hear the band! The band was one of the most coolest things I've ever heard! There were drums, trumpets, flutes, and heaps more! After the game we drove to Downtown Seattle so my family could show me what it looks like in Downtown Seattle!

We first went to a place name the Troll! It's named the troll because a homeless guy made a troll figure using sand, clay and a car! It's really cool to climb on! Also if you go to the troll you can also see the car in the trolls hand which is pretty amazing! Anyways after seeing the troll we went to GasWorks in Seattle! Gasworks is a place in Seattle where you can view and see the whole city! I even saw the Space Needle, which is a tower in Seattle! Me and my cousins climbed up the hill to see the view and it was amazing! After all of that we went back home! 


Thanks for reading! 
By Mitchell.M 
 10/09/17

Travel Blog Post - Day #1 (Hawaii)

Hey bloggers! Today is Day #1 in Hawaii! I am so excited to tell you about what we did! Let's begin. So yesterday : me, my aunty, my cousin, my nana, and my great grandparents flew from Auckland Airport to Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii, USA! It was an 8 hour flight and it was pretty boring. Well the plane was really cool because their was a screen behind each seat you could watch movies on, play music, play games and heaps more!

Me and my family waiting at an restaurant!

I also listened to music on the way to Honolulu too! When we arrived to the Airport in Honolulu I was so happy! We got off the plane and lined up into Immigration Services and waited until we could be checked! We then put our carry-on luggage onto a machiene where the security could see what is in your bag!

They stopped my bag because it had a small pair of scissors in my pencil case! Haha but they let us through anyway! We then waited for an whole 3 hours until our flight to Hilo, Hawaii on an other island would come by. I had some American Pocket Money and decided to spend some!

Arriving at Hilo Airport

I bought my self a wallet and a mini souvenir for my school bag! It is a small surfboard that says "Hawaii"! Anyways 3 hours passed and then our plane had arrived. I was really excited. We went on a smaller one than usual and flew to the Big Island Hawaii. We arrived in Hilo, Hawaii where my uncle stays.

Getting a flower lei!

By the way if you didn't know we are going to Hawaii for a wedding! Anyways we went through the gates and got welcomed by his partner! I got my own lei as well with real tropical flowers.

From there we went into the car and drove to his house. I was so hot when we arrived because the weather here is very humid and Honolulu just had a heatwave which was really hot, but they do have air conditioning! Even at night time it is really hot!

Well that's it for now bloggers! See you later and I will update you on more!

Thanks for reading!
By Mitchell.M
01/09/17

More waiting!

Mitchell - Summer learning journey Day # 7

Hello bloggers. Today is Day 7 of the Summer learning journey. Let's begin!

Activity 1 - Breakfast

If I were to imagine that me and my family walked out of the hotel in the morning and walked across the road to a restaurant. At the restaurant we are offered a traditional breakfast meal. Here is the breakfast list :

Canada – Pancakes with maple syrup

Mexico – Chilequilas

Chile – Sweet tea and buttered toast

England – Full English Fry-Up

Germany – Brotchen (bread), cheese and salami platter

United Arab Emirates – Chebab (Wrap)

South Africa – Cup of tea and a rusk (hard bread)

Japan – White rice, fish, meso soup and natto (fermented beans)

Malaysia – Nasi Lemak (rice, vegetables and meat)

Australia – Vegemite on toast

Here is a comparisation of what I eat in New Zealand and what the country of my choice(Japan) eats for breakfast. Sometimes I have toast and tea but usually I have weet-bix. In Japan they have White rice, fish, meso soup and natto (fermented beans).  

The breakfast option I would prefer would be the Weet-bix. I would prefer this because I am used to it and it is very good for you. The Japanese breakfast kind of looks more like a dinner than a breakfast but it still looks very delicious.

Activity 2 - Kiwi foods

As part of Activity 2 I have to eat one of the Kiwi foods and take a picture of myself eating it. Here is a list of the Kiwi foods to decide from:  kiwifruit, lamb, whitebait, oysters, tuatua (shellfish), kumara, bacon and egg pie, hokey pokey ice cream, lolly cake, anzac biscuits and pavlova. Here is a picture of me eating one of these Kiwi foods:

Here is a picture I took of myself eating lamb. I did not eat the lamb because it was frozen so I just got this.

Bonus - Is breakfast healthy?

Some people say that breakfast is the most unhealthiest meal of the day. Some also say that it is the most important meal of the day. I think the most important and healthiest meal of the day is Breakfast. It depends on what kind of breakfast you have such as Sultana Bran or Fresh fruit. If you have pancakes that may be unhealthy but If you don't have breakfast you will have not so great learning the day you had no breakfast.

Thanks for reading

By Mitchell M.

23/12/16