After all the planning, dreaming, and preparing for this first ever Legado 6th grade graduating class trip, our day finally arrived! Up at 3:45 a.m., ready to go by 5 a.m. to head to the airport. We sent messages in our group chat to say that we were ready to go!
After a few tearful, anxious goodbyes to their families, we got our first of many group pictures before we made our way through security.
The "original" 7 to pioneer this first trip
We thankfully found enough seats altogether, in the very back of the plane! All smiles to start out our journey.
So thankful I brought a few card games to pass the time! They sure did come in handy on those longer traveling days.
First stop: Orlando, after a two hour flight. Time to each lunch, use the restroom, and then play some more card games at our gate while we waited out our layover.
Then we boarded our second plane to get us to our final destination: San Juan, Puerto Rico.
We got lucky again to find seats altogether.
Arriving in San Juan
We made it! "We're in Puerto Rico!", the kids often exclaimed to each other the first day or two.
Our guide, Adryanna, from XPeritas picked us up in a shuttle type bus, took us to our hotel to drop off our bags, and then took us across the street to our first Puerto Rican dinner.
Finally got to try Mufongo, a traditional Puerto Rican food that we had heard about. Basically, fried plantains served like rice. It was a bit dry to me, but I'm glad I tried it. I also ordered fried chicken and sweeter fried plantains called Maduros. Those were my favorite part of the meal, reminding me of Colombia.
Greicy tried two other typical Puerto Rican sides, but I don't remember their names.
The kids sure did love their desserts to end the meal!
Group hug for Adryanna for giving us a great start!
Back to the hotel to swim and settle in for the night before having to dry our swim clothes and be packed and ready to go by 8 am before heading to a different hotel and location the second day. I think by the time they swam, we debriefed, journaled about our day, got our clothes dried, and watched a little TV, they were all out just before midnight.
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