July 29, 2015

We left Minneapolis at 10:30am this morning and made it to the airport without any incidents.  We took one last photo and then said our goodbyes to our neighbors (they drove us).

It was kind of amusing to watch people stare at us while walking through the airport because they all have suit cases and we have these massive hiking backpacks.  While going through security I got flagged for a random security check.  When the TSA officer asked me to come over, I told my sister who is 3 years old that the officer was going to take me to jail.  At that point she just started bawling.  We stopped at subway on our way to the gate and then finished walking through the airport with our packs to the gate.  We almost got on the plane without any problems, however, when mom and dad tried to get on the plane they flagged them down and made them check their bags.  Our flight to Atlanta, Georgia was delayed about twenty minutes because of traffic.  That then made getting to our next flight very tight.  We rushed through the airport and made it just as they started boarding.  I got my last look at America for two months and we were off! 

After we got of the plane we went through customs and immigration very quickly and found our driver who was going to take us to where we were staying with a host family.  After about a forty minute drive we made it to the host families' house.  It was nice, we each had our own bed, clean water was provided, and we could take a hot shower every morning.  When Julia (pronounced hoolia) the, lady who owns the house, showed us to our rooms she decided that the adults would go in the room upstairs and the kids would go in the room downstairs.  However, mom and dad decided to stay on the safe side and split up, one parent in each room.  I think that Julia might have been offended by this.  I am exhausted, as it has been one long day of travel.