Preparing to Take off for Valencia, Spain

Just yesterday my family and I were planning a trip. We wanted to leave today, but there was one problem. We didn’t know (33) ______! The only thing that we knew was that we were going out of the country. At first we were planning on going to Costa Rica, then Nicaragua, but it was a rainy season there and we were worried (34) ______. The next trip we started to plan was going to Argentina. I don’t know (35) ______, but we decided not to go there. You know the saying third time’s the charm? It worked! Finally we knew where we were going. We are going to Valencia, Spain on the Mediterranean coast. I am very excited to go there (36)______.

Some of you may be wondering why we waited until the last minute to plan our trip. That is because our dad is a pilot and we don’t have to buy a ticket. We get put on the stand-by list. It is great to have a dad that is a pilot (37) ______. I am very lucky to have a dad like that. I’ll blog again (38) ______.

A Brief History of Chocolate

When most of us hear the word chocolate, we (39) ______ a bar, a box of bonbons, or a bunny. The verb that comes to (40) ______ is probably “eat”, not “drink”, and the most suited adjective would seem to be “sweet”. But for about 90 percent of chocolate’s long history, it was (41) _____ a beverage, and sugar didn’t have anything to do with it.

Etymologists (42) ______ the origin of the word “chocolate” to the Aztec word “xocoatl”, which referred to a bitter drink brewed from cacao beans.

Many modern historians have (43) ______ that chocolate has been around for about 2000 years, but recent research (44) ______ that it may be even older. The earliest evidence of chocolate consumption stretches back three or even four millennia, to pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica such as the Olmec. Last November, anthropologists from the University of Pennsylvania announced the (45) ______ of cacao remains on pottery excavated in Honduras that could date back as far as 1400 BC.

It’s hard to pin down (46) ______ when chocolate was born, but it’s clear that it was cherished from the start. For several centuries in pre-modern Latin America, cacao beans were considered (47) ______ enough to use as currency. Both the Mayans and Aztecs believed the cacao bean had magical, or even divine, properties, (48) ______ for use in the most sacred rituals of birth, marriage and death.

A Brief History of Chocolate

When most of us hear the word chocolate, we (39) ______ a bar, a box of bonbons, or a bunny. The verb that comes to (40) ______ is probably “eat”, not “drink”, and the most suited adjective would seem to be “sweet”. But for about 90 percent of chocolate’s long history, it was (41) _____ a beverage, and sugar didn’t have anything to do with it.

Etymologists (42) ______ the origin of the word “chocolate” to the Aztec word “xocoatl”, which referred to a bitter drink brewed from cacao beans.

Many modern historians have (43) ______ that chocolate has been around for about 2000 years, but recent research (44) ______ that it may be even older. The earliest evidence of chocolate consumption stretches back three or even four millennia, to pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica such as the Olmec. Last November, anthropologists from the University of Pennsylvania announced the (45) ______ of cacao remains on pottery excavated in Honduras that could date back as far as 1400 BC.

It’s hard to pin down (46) ______ when chocolate was born, but it’s clear that it was cherished from the start. For several centuries in pre-modern Latin America, cacao beans were considered (47) ______ enough to use as currency. Both the Mayans and Aztecs believed the cacao bean had magical, or even divine, properties, (48) ______ for use in the most sacred rituals of birth, marriage and death.

A Brief History of Chocolate

When most of us hear the word chocolate, we (39) ______ a bar, a box of bonbons, or a bunny. The verb that comes to (40) ______ is probably “eat”, not “drink”, and the most suited adjective would seem to be “sweet”. But for about 90 percent of chocolate’s long history, it was (41) _____ a beverage, and sugar didn’t have anything to do with it.

Etymologists (42) ______ the origin of the word “chocolate” to the Aztec word “xocoatl”, which referred to a bitter drink brewed from cacao beans.

Many modern historians have (43) ______ that chocolate has been around for about 2000 years, but recent research (44) ______ that it may be even older. The earliest evidence of chocolate consumption stretches back three or even four millennia, to pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica such as the Olmec. Last November, anthropologists from the University of Pennsylvania announced the (45) ______ of cacao remains on pottery excavated in Honduras that could date back as far as 1400 BC.

It’s hard to pin down (46) ______ when chocolate was born, but it’s clear that it was cherished from the start. For several centuries in pre-modern Latin America, cacao beans were considered (47) ______ enough to use as currency. Both the Mayans and Aztecs believed the cacao bean had magical, or even divine, properties, (48) ______ for use in the most sacred rituals of birth, marriage and death.

A Brief History of Chocolate

When most of us hear the word chocolate, we (39) ______ a bar, a box of bonbons, or a bunny. The verb that comes to (40) ______ is probably “eat”, not “drink”, and the most suited adjective would seem to be “sweet”. But for about 90 percent of chocolate’s long history, it was (41) _____ a beverage, and sugar didn’t have anything to do with it.

Etymologists (42) ______ the origin of the word “chocolate” to the Aztec word “xocoatl”, which referred to a bitter drink brewed from cacao beans.

Many modern historians have (43) ______ that chocolate has been around for about 2000 years, but recent research (44) ______ that it may be even older. The earliest evidence of chocolate consumption stretches back three or even four millennia, to pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica such as the Olmec. Last November, anthropologists from the University of Pennsylvania announced the (45) ______ of cacao remains on pottery excavated in Honduras that could date back as far as 1400 BC.

It’s hard to pin down (46) ______ when chocolate was born, but it’s clear that it was cherished from the start. For several centuries in pre-modern Latin America, cacao beans were considered (47) ______ enough to use as currency. Both the Mayans and Aztecs believed the cacao bean had magical, or even divine, properties, (48) ______ for use in the most sacred rituals of birth, marriage and death.

A Brief History of Chocolate

When most of us hear the word chocolate, we (39) ______ a bar, a box of bonbons, or a bunny. The verb that comes to (40) ______ is probably “eat”, not “drink”, and the most suited adjective would seem to be “sweet”. But for about 90 percent of chocolate’s long history, it was (41) _____ a beverage, and sugar didn’t have anything to do with it.

Etymologists (42) ______ the origin of the word “chocolate” to the Aztec word “xocoatl”, which referred to a bitter drink brewed from cacao beans.

Many modern historians have (43) ______ that chocolate has been around for about 2000 years, but recent research (44) ______ that it may be even older. The earliest evidence of chocolate consumption stretches back three or even four millennia, to pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica such as the Olmec. Last November, anthropologists from the University of Pennsylvania announced the (45) ______ of cacao remains on pottery excavated in Honduras that could date back as far as 1400 BC.

It’s hard to pin down (46) ______ when chocolate was born, but it’s clear that it was cherished from the start. For several centuries in pre-modern Latin America, cacao beans were considered (47) ______ enough to use as currency. Both the Mayans and Aztecs believed the cacao bean had magical, or even divine, properties, (48) ______ for use in the most sacred rituals of birth, marriage and death.

A Brief History of Chocolate

When most of us hear the word chocolate, we (39) ______ a bar, a box of bonbons, or a bunny. The verb that comes to (40) ______ is probably “eat”, not “drink”, and the most suited adjective would seem to be “sweet”. But for about 90 percent of chocolate’s long history, it was (41) _____ a beverage, and sugar didn’t have anything to do with it.

Etymologists (42) ______ the origin of the word “chocolate” to the Aztec word “xocoatl”, which referred to a bitter drink brewed from cacao beans.

Many modern historians have (43) ______ that chocolate has been around for about 2000 years, but recent research (44) ______ that it may be even older. The earliest evidence of chocolate consumption stretches back three or even four millennia, to pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica such as the Olmec. Last November, anthropologists from the University of Pennsylvania announced the (45) ______ of cacao remains on pottery excavated in Honduras that could date back as far as 1400 BC.

It’s hard to pin down (46) ______ when chocolate was born, but it’s clear that it was cherished from the start. For several centuries in pre-modern Latin America, cacao beans were considered (47) ______ enough to use as currency. Both the Mayans and Aztecs believed the cacao bean had magical, or even divine, properties, (48) ______ for use in the most sacred rituals of birth, marriage and death.

A Brief History of Chocolate

When most of us hear the word chocolate, we (39) ______ a bar, a box of bonbons, or a bunny. The verb that comes to (40) ______ is probably “eat”, not “drink”, and the most suited adjective would seem to be “sweet”. But for about 90 percent of chocolate’s long history, it was (41) _____ a beverage, and sugar didn’t have anything to do with it.

Etymologists (42) ______ the origin of the word “chocolate” to the Aztec word “xocoatl”, which referred to a bitter drink brewed from cacao beans.

Many modern historians have (43) ______ that chocolate has been around for about 2000 years, but recent research (44) ______ that it may be even older. The earliest evidence of chocolate consumption stretches back three or even four millennia, to pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica such as the Olmec. Last November, anthropologists from the University of Pennsylvania announced the (45) ______ of cacao remains on pottery excavated in Honduras that could date back as far as 1400 BC.

It’s hard to pin down (46) ______ when chocolate was born, but it’s clear that it was cherished from the start. For several centuries in pre-modern Latin America, cacao beans were considered (47) ______ enough to use as currency. Both the Mayans and Aztecs believed the cacao bean had magical, or even divine, properties, (48) ______ for use in the most sacred rituals of birth, marriage and death.

A Brief History of Chocolate

When most of us hear the word chocolate, we (39) ______ a bar, a box of bonbons, or a bunny. The verb that comes to (40) ______ is probably “eat”, not “drink”, and the most suited adjective would seem to be “sweet”. But for about 90 percent of chocolate’s long history, it was (41) _____ a beverage, and sugar didn’t have anything to do with it.

Etymologists (42) ______ the origin of the word “chocolate” to the Aztec word “xocoatl”, which referred to a bitter drink brewed from cacao beans.

Many modern historians have (43) ______ that chocolate has been around for about 2000 years, but recent research (44) ______ that it may be even older. The earliest evidence of chocolate consumption stretches back three or even four millennia, to pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica such as the Olmec. Last November, anthropologists from the University of Pennsylvania announced the (45) ______ of cacao remains on pottery excavated in Honduras that could date back as far as 1400 BC.

It’s hard to pin down (46) ______ when chocolate was born, but it’s clear that it was cherished from the start. For several centuries in pre-modern Latin America, cacao beans were considered (47) ______ enough to use as currency. Both the Mayans and Aztecs believed the cacao bean had magical, or even divine, properties, (48) ______ for use in the most sacred rituals of birth, marriage and death.