New surfoard for my 10 birthday

for my birthday I got a new surfboard. These are at the groin. Kings beach

 

 

My dad also got a surfboard for my birthday...

 

 



La salvage beach

Today I had a surf with Anton and Peyo. Also mum had a surf. I borrowed a surfboard from Chris, my dad's friend that lives here.

Climbing and three sixty

Friday 14^th of June:

On Friday Albert and Silvia and I went climbing to a mountain, look at how much equipment we needed.

This is a picture of me with the equipment.

We started from a river and climbed 200 meters or more from bottom to top.

this is a picture of me climbing a quarter way through the mountain.

at the end we went to 360 extrem and most of the time I was free styling.

I learnt how to do a super man front flip a double front flip and back flip off a high platform and from a trampoline in to a foam pit  this is a picture of me doing a backflip.

Then I practiced with the skateboard

Up in the trees

Today I went climbing in the trees with mum and Albert.

We had to walk over a wall and go to the forest.

This is a photo of me mum and Albert

In the afternoon I went to an indoor freestyle centre called 360 Extrem it had skatepark, trampolines and ramps. Tomorrow I will come again and will post some photos. This is my coach Pepe

Port Aventura park

 

Today I went to Port Aventura park in Salou, near Tarragona. The first ride was tutuki splash, a boat than slide down very fast and you get wet. Me and mum had to wait for at least an hour, so when we got on the boat we were very excited.

 

 

We also went to far west  area me and mum went on Stampida a roller coaster. I was at the front row with mum at first it looked safe but when we took a heavy drop it was like 20 meters down. What happened is that my aunty got confused with the kids ride and we were on an adults one.
 

Climbing at la Musara

Yesterday we flew back to Barcelona and drove to Salou. On Sunday me Silvia and Albert went climbing. I thought it would be easy but I got very scared so Albert hooked me onto the a wall. This is a picture of me on the wall.

After climbing we went to Reus to visit Tata, Lourdes, Juan  and Joan. Joan taught me how to play his electric guitar. It was fun.

have a look:

The Cathedral

Today me and mum went to see the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. The cathedral is the destination  of the way of St. James, a major historical pilgrims route since the early Middle Ages. The building was very old. It took more than 100 years to be built from 1075 to 1211.

 

This is me inside, you can see the 'butafumeiro' this is used to burn incense and  swings side to side.

Cold surf in Pantín

Today I went to Pantín in the Atlantic ocean to go for a surf. There were plenty of waves. I just stood  there and watched ten people surf. The surf looked very small  but it was very big like bigger than the people out there. 

The water was  freezing cold so I came in about five times to get warm

This is a picture of me coming in from the surf. Zane was happy to see me. 

Finisterre

Today we went to Cape Finisterre. The name comes from the Latin finis terrae meaning 'end of the earth'.

Cape Finisterre is the final destination for many pilgrims on the way to St. James. 

In the old times everybody thought that this was the only land and that the world was flat. 

I was climbing rocks all the time and mum would say get off the rocks  you could get hurt but it was so fun

 

Combarro

Today we went to Combarro,it is a little town with little streets. We found this bar that sells chocolate con churros and it also had a keyboard that I could play.

 

Combarro had a lot of horreos those were very little houses to store  and dry the corn and other cereals. These houses are high above  ground to keep dry and out of reach from animals.

Here I am in a mini boat ramp you can see an horreo on the  right.

El Camino

On Sunday me mum Cristina and Xesca went to Galicia by plane. Galicia is in the northwest of Spain just on top of Portugal.

Since Monday, mum and Cristina have been walking el camino with Zane in the pram. There are lots of pilgrims walking to Santiago de Compostela. On Tuesday I walked 5.5 km in one hour pushing the pram with baby asleep.

This is a picture of me next to one of the signs that mark the way to Santiago. Most pilgrims carry a shell like that one on their backpacks.

Barcelona

Today I went to the football to watch Barcelona vs Murcia.

It was very fun because every now and then we had to stand up and wave our hands and say 'Olay'. The only bad thing was that Messi wasn't there playing but he was watching the game from the side

because he was injured and also the player with number twenty two was leaving Barcelona and this was his final game. I had lots of fun and a great time.

This is a picture of me at the Camp Nou.

The Romans

Today we went to see the roman empire's ruins in Tarragona.

We went to the amphitheatre were the gladiators fought to entertain people.

They also used it to kill people that were sentenced to death.

In rare occasions Christians were killed there because they didn't  recognise the roman Gods.

This is why in the VI century a church was built in the middle

of the arena.

This is a picture of me before entering the arena.

Skatepark

30 May: Today I went to a skate park that we saw earlier. At the beginning I found it pretty boring so I went to the park were Zane was playing. I had a little play with him and then mum came over and took a few photos.

Salou

29 May: Today we woke up in Barcelona and went to Salou.

Salou is located 100 km south of Barcelona on the Mediterranean Sea .

we are staying at my Grandma's place.

This is me on the verandah as you can see there are no waves here. My mum says that when there is a storm the beach underneath sometimes has some little waves but very rarely.

My holidays have started

We have been packing all day. When we finished packing Dad took us to the airport to catch a plane to Dubai. It took from Brisbane to Dubai 14 hours and 20 minutes. [this is a photo of us before landing in Dubai]

the flight 

The flight to Dubai was much better because it only took 7 hours. The best part was that we had a row of 4 seats so we could get a good sleep, Zane could get a chair, no one disturbed us.

it is three o'clock in the morning in Barcelona  now but we are having breakfast.

I know some Spanish words:

one - uno

two - dos

three - tres

four - cuatro

five - cinco

That's all for today.

Zac

Ann Street

Today I was surfing at Ann St It was fun because all the boys were there. I was lucky and took on some good waves.

My sufboard

  I love my surfboard, it was a Christmas present from mum and dad. It goes very fast and I chose the spay design. In this photo I am taking a wave at the Groin.