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There is a awfully weird feeling you have when you leave your home country and go somewhere else. To experience the culture the land, the greatness of that country. Every single country has something special in it.

Russia is known for being cold and sending the first dog in space, South Africa known for gold mining and peace under presidential rule of Nelson Mandela, United Kingdom known for its royal family and colonial empire.

Every country has something unique about it. Whether it be its history, it people, its culture or just simply the color of its flag.

And the Gunderson family where going to experience just that. The United States of America. Home to liberty and freedom and corporate oppression and injustice. The ideal vacation spot in Blue's head.

Blu had been planning a vacation for the family for the entire year now and this Christmas he was planning the greatest vacation yet. The family would set sail for the greatest cities of the United States,

How they would do this would be a miracle, but Blu knew the perfect person to pull it off.

Her name began with an L. L-lull-Linda! Linda was planning to drive from coast to coast on a family vacation. Luckily in Linda's head family also meant Blue's family. A road trip starting in New York City, driving to Chicago, Salt Lake city, Los Vegas, and San Francisco.

Linda had a aunt in New York that she had to deliver a cake to for her birthday and then she had grandparents in San Francisco where she decided it would be a good idea to visit her 95 year old grandmother and her 95.6 year old grandfather.

But if Blu wanted to get there with Linda he would have to meet Linda at the airport. Which would mean his family would have to fly to Rio and find Linda.

It's a walk in the park really. If that park was filled with snakes, forest fires, bears, more snakes, spiders, quick sand, deadly tree snakes, clowns, clown- spiders, and its midnight.

Jewel honestly didn't want to go. She loved the Amazon. But the kids (with such short attention spans) wanted to experience human-land. Jewel doesn't even know what America really is. When she first saw the word she tried to pronounce it like Ah-me-Rye-Caw.

"Blu do you think this a good idea? " Jewel asked as her husband put a bunch of stuff in his fannypack.

"Yeah? What could go wrong? "

"I… Don't…really…wanna go to America. I like it here." Jewel said.

"Listen Jewel we talked about this. We aren't staying there, we are just going for a few weeks. It wont kill you to leave this place would it?" Blu said not watching his words.

"what do you mean something is wrong with this place?" Jewel demanded.

"Um… [cough] I really am having a scratchy throat today [coughing] man [not even coughing any more just like hacking or like a combination boiling water gargling and a rabid racoon]" Blu left the room leaving Jewel alone.

"(sigh) fine. I guess I don't really have a choice. Do i?" Jewel said to herself.

"Oh man I can't wait. We are going to see the London bridge, Mount Olympus and we get to see Baghdad! " Tiago couldn't control his excitement.

"actually none of those places we in America. Mount Olympus isn't even on Earth!" Bia informed Tiago.

"MoUnT OlYmPuS IsN't EvEn On EaRtH!" Tiago made his wings like a chicken and started mocking Bia.

"Stop mocking me!"

"StOp MoCkIng MeE!"

"Dad! Tiago is mocking me again!" Bia said walking out the room.

Carla was on her phone, because if she loses one like on OnlineTween she could die.

"Aren't you gonna get ready to go?" Tiago asked her.

"I got ready 2 weeks ago. So I can finally say this in your face. Ha! In your face loser!" Carla formed a L with her wing and put it on her forehead.

"Well at least I don't have fake profile on OnlineTween so nobody knows in a bird!" Tiago said.

Carla took the case off her phone and threw it at Tiago hitting him square in the head. Tiago retreated outside the room.

"Stupid!" Carla said.

"Dumb!" Tiago said in the other room.

"Your dumb!"

"your dumber than dumb!"

"Your word that means the same thing as dumb!"

"Woah, guys stop calling each other dumb. Carla are you ready?" Blu asked.

Carla nodded her headmen

"What about you Tiago? "

"No!"

"Well get ready! We don't have much time!"

Bia came back inside the room with a checklist. Alright I have my camera, book, a foreign translator, passport, visa, Identification Card" Bia checked through the paper.

"Why do you need a passport or identification card. You're a bird. Where did you even get that?" Carla asked.

Bia didn't hear her as she picked up something else.

"Bia?" Nothing.

"Bia?"

Bia!" Bia turned around when Carla raised her voice.

"Where did you get a passport and If from?"

"None of your business!" Bia crept out the room and flashed a devilish smile as she exited.

"That is my business. Im the oldest child!" Carla screamed.

"I don't care. Im smarter than you!" Bia said in another room.

"Stupid!"

"you can't even spell stupid!"

"yes I can! S-t-u-p-I-d!"

" add a u next to stupid! "

"A u next to stupid? U stupid. U stupid? Oh you stupid." Carla sometimes hated her siblings. Including now. She thought of throwing them off the airplane or abandoning them in a dumpster in New York. Nah that's not cruel enough.

Jewel voice went through the hollow.

"Alright everybody we are leaving! " Jewel said.

Blu was next her. Instead of his usual fanny pack he had a mail satchel slung around his neck and shoulder.

"Blu what is that?"

"oh its my mail satchel. Satchy for short."

"Satchy?" Jewel was wondering if the strain of the amazon and heat really was getting to Blu and his ever so precious brain.

"Yeah. I have a teddy bear at home I named Roosevelt after teddy Roosevelt." Blu said.

"You can't go around naming inanimate objects." Jewel said.

"Yes I can. This wall over here. I named him Mr. Wall"

"stop being sarcastic Blu!" Jewel said.

"Sarcastic? Goodness no. Im being totally serious Mr. Wall wants to meet you. He is saying hi right now. Don't be shy!" Blu and Jewel started laughing a little.

All three kids lined up in front of their parents and they took off heading towards Rio De Janeiro