Giulia's Continental Adventures

  We went to an animal park in Basel, Switzerland which was really cool & big. We saw almost all the animals at the park. There were a few that were hiding though, such as the fox and the lynx. There was supposed to be a cat but it was not in the cage that was labeled for it.  I don’t think it was a housecat, but all the labels were in German, so we couldn’t read the name or description. Some of the animals we saw were swans. There were both black and white swans. I’ve never seen black swans in person before! There were also chickens, two types of hens and a rooster. I also saw goats; there was a goat fight breaking out and the old wise goat made it stop. Baby goats were sleeping next to their mother. I saw a lot of fish in all the ponds in the various enclosures. There were two sleeping pigs, one (maybe the male) playing in a lake. Baby pigs were sleeping in two piles. A peacock and a peafowl were not in their cages, so they were wandering around the park! We saw donkeys, includi

  The flight. The flight into London took six hours from the Boston airport. We had a driver pick us up from our house and take us to the airport. We got there around 5:00 PM. We boarded the plane at 10:00 PM and took off at 10:35-ish.  We got an on-plane dinner of chicken rice and beans. We also got a roll and butter that was very good. The main course was not the best though. I had apple juice as a drink. My mom had a vegetarian meal and my Dad and Brother had the same thing as me. I watched one movie called “The bad guys.”  It was very good. Then I went to sleep for about an hour. When I woke up I watched TV and for breakfast I got yogurt and an apple. The yogurt was awesome but the apple had no flavor at all though.