The Global Scavenger Hunt

Today we explored New York. Not the most interesting. We went to the new World Trade Center and 9/11 Memorial. They were very fancy and pretty. The subway in New York, was super dirty. Being in subway stations in Europe has spoiled me and raised my expectations. I was telling Dad, "New York is like a dirtier, taller Europe. No offense to all the New Yorkers reading this. Anyway after wandering around, we went back to the hotel to announce the winners and have some drinks for happy hour. I love happy hour, cause I totally get wasted and raise the roof as the life of the party. Anyway, Zoe and Rainey won, for the 6th time. Kathryn and Eric got second, and Viviane and Sal got third. And I got a participation certificate and some merch, cause I'm just the coolest. After the drinking, we went to our last group dinner. The dinner was at a super fancy pizza place. I sat next to Katheryn and Kim, across from Dad and Eric. When we got there, I had a great conversation with Katheryn

Today is our last day in international territory. Next stop is New York. Not the biggest fan of NY, but hey there's cellular and that means more books whenever. Yay. I bet you thought I was going to say something a teenage girl would say. Nope. Anyway, first thing we did today was not sleep in. But after that, we decided to take a boat tour of the six bridges. Porto is beautiful and so quaint. The weather was great, the city was still waking up and the scenery was awesome. I would totally come back here. Anyway, on our way down to the docks, we passed a tourist shop, the only open shops. I learned that corks, as in wine bottle corks, are something that Porto is known for, so I got a snazzy sweater with writing made from corks. I am so wearing as many of the souvenirs to school as I can. I'll look like some crazy tourist who couldn't decide where to go. Very fashionable. While we waited for the boat tour, we saw that there was a huge pack of fish below in the water. It w

Today was our day in Sevilla. The bed was awesome and I slept so much better than usual and slept in kinda. It was very pleasant. It was about 9am when we left for breakfast, yet it was so quiet and deserted, I liked it. We couldn't find anything open yet since apparently in Spain everyone is laid back  and doesn't open up till late morning. Fortunately, there was one little cafe was open, but it looked like they were still setting up the cafe. Unfortunately, they didn't have much food options, so I just had a crispy croissant. Although the food wasn't top notch, it was a relaxing and peaceful meal. After breakfast we went to a nearby bike rental place to rent bikes, obviously. We wanted to rent bikes just explore by ourselves, but then they offered us a spot on a tour. So we decided, what the heck sure. We got our bikes, but mine was a little tall for me (which is a pretty common occurrence). Our guide spoke English and Spanish. We had five other people in our tour,

For those who doesn't know what the title means, it means the day of accidental hikes. Or I think it does, google translate isn't always right. Today we decided to go to the top of the Gibraltar rock. We took a gondola thingy up to the top, which was cloudy and chilly, but I prefer that over hot and humid any day. At the top, we just explored the views, cafe and gift shops. We sent some postcards, which I don't get why since we'll get home before the postcards. The view was amazing; we saw the boats, city and beautiful sunrise. Then we decided to take the nature trail. One tourist attraction on that rock is the monkeys. There are a lot of them and they are so cute and fluffy looking, Unfortunately, I was not allowed to pet them. I really felt a connection with them as a fellow monkey (chinese zodiac), so I was able to get close to them. They are cute from the front but their behind, not too pleasant. One monkey I called the Kardashian of the monkeys, cause his behind