MY BEST ADVENTURE II
By Kameron Pollock, ICC Kid Travel Writer

My mom and I are still traveling in Europe. The last time I wrote to you, we still had 9 months to go. The last two months have been as incredible as the first two! I have so many thoughts to tell you. I have so many new European friends - this place is awesome! And the best part of it all is that there are so many more things I can learn. My favorite part about this trip, though, is that I’m happy for my mom that she is doing something that she has dreamed about all her life.

The first thing I want to tell you is there are so many cute boots in Europe! Italy and Spain are filled with shops of fun boots and other cool stuff. They even sell stuff from the USA. Oh, and back to the boot thing, I may even buy some. I can’t decide whether I like the furry ones or the black leather ones. Or there are boots with shiny decorations on the outside. There are too many to choose from. My mom says that we should keep looking until the perfect pair show up. That didn’t happen yet, but I’m hopeful.

There were great things in Italy other than the boots. I saw beautiful horses and ate bread with delicious dip. The owner of the restaurant even let me go into the kitchen to watch him make it! That was definitely one of my favorite things. We may even get to go back there so I can have some more. I’ll be REALLY happy! Of course, I was amazed by the Duomo in Florence. My mom and I climbed to the top of the dome. There were SO many stairs in skinny hallways with many people. At the top, you have to climb this very steep ladder to get outside where you can see the whole entire city. It was so beautiful that my mom took pictures from every direction. We walked around the outside of the dome a couple times before going back down all those stairs.

We traveled from Italy to Spain on every kind of transportation, except a boat. Thankfully, we were prepared this time and brought food for our long trip. The last time we took a long trip, we didn’t bring any food and the trains didn’t have any food either! Granada is different from the other places we’ve been. In the afternoons everything closes for people to eat lunch and then go to bed! I haven’t taken a nap since I was little; but even the adults take naps in Spain. Many afternoons when everything was closed, my mom and I would walk to this river where there were probably one hundred cats. Some Spanish people told me that the river’s nickname is the River of the Cats because ever since they could remember, there were cats living there. Throughout the city, there are many little places to explore and every place we went, there were cats. When I’m an adult, I want to have a lot of cats and dogs. In Europe, people even bring their dogs into the stores and restaurants. The bad part is that the dogs go number two right on the sidewalk. So far, I haven’t stepped on any!

You can’t even believe how much walking we’ve done. Well maybe you can, but I can’t! Some days we even walked for 6 hours! My mom doesn’t like to take the bus because she would rather walk. She says that there are so many things that you don’t see when you’re on the bus or the train. I think you see everything, but you just see it a lot faster. Even though I would rather take the bus, I’m glad my mom makes us walk all the time because it’s healthier. In fact, I like to race my mom down 5 flights of stairs while she takes the elevator. I always beat her to the bottom with enough time to hold the door open for her.

My mom says that soon we’ll be going to a place in Italy where you have to ride in a boat to get to places instead of driving in cars. I can’t figure out what that will look like, but she says we’ll be getting some kind of ice cream there too. I know exactly what that looks like! If my mom will let me, I’ll eat some for you too. I’m having a great time and can’t wait to tell you more great things. Ciao for now!

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