A Long Ride by Ryan

We said our goodbyes to the dogs and hopped into the taxi. It drove us to the airport where we got on our plane that would take us to Australia . The plane was the biggest plane I've ever been on. The first thirty minutes on the plane were terrifying. There was a small storm in the area so the plane shook back and forth a lot. At one point lightning struck close to the plane and I freaked out. They served us dinner, then I watched some movies and went to sleep. An hour after I woke up they served us breakfast. I watched some more movies until we arrived. After we got through customs we found our baggage and got a taxi. When we arrived at the apartment the first thing we did was take a nap for an hour. After the refreshing nap we decided to walk in the city. We found a sushi train restaurant (which is a sushi place were several different sushi chefs make different rolls and put them on a conveyer belt that goes around the room) and decided to eat there. It was surprisingly good. After that we walked down the road a while until we found the ferris wheel tour (which is basically a ferris wheel that tells you the highlights of the city while it goes up and down). We rode it and learned about the city. After exploring a park nearby we decided to have dinner and go home. The next morning we got up and had a quick breakfast. Then it was time to leave to go to the koala sanctuary. We had to ride a boat down the river an hour to get there. Once we got there we got to hold a koala. After lunch we also got to feed kangaroos and pet emus. After holding a snake it was time to go home. The rest of the evening we did schoolwork and then went back to the sushi train for dinner. When we got up the next morning it was time to go to New Zealand. After a three hour flight we arrived in Auckland. We got our rental car and drove to our hotel. We unpacked and my parents went to the small grocery store at the corner. After a nice dinner we walked back to our hotel to get some shuteye.