A great time spent with the Bombero’s in Cartagena

I caught a really big fish

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What a natural….. Kite flying in Almerimar Spain May 2018

Sorry I haven’t been updating my blog so here’s a big update

January- the three kings came on the barco turistico and waved to lots of people including me. Once they had done their walk around the town they then did a little carnival. In the beginning there were lots of different floats and dancers. There was a dragon, some unicorns and very tall people that were glowing [because it was about 6:00 Spanish time]. When the little carnival was having a pause we had a photo taken by daddy of Livvy and me with one of the people holding a flag. After the photo, he let us hold his flag and he danced. At the end of the carnival the three kings threw out toys Livvy caught one and it was an emoji.

Olivia’s birthday- on the Saturday before Livvy’s birthday we went out bowling and Livvy invited our friend called Iain. On the second round Livvy won it. After that we tried to go out to dinner where Livvy and I had been before but it was closed. In the end we went to Burger King because Cotton Grill didn’t open until 8:00. On Livvy’s birthday she went to school and made Rocky Road Cakes and gave them out to some teachers, class mates and me. Livvy had already made up her mind what she wanted for dinner. It was a curry which I am not really a fan of.

Free slides-in the town there was a free fun park. All you had to do was pick a ticket and then you were in. The first thing you had to do was climb up and then a little slide down. The next thing you had to do was climb through a spinning thing that was vertical and then through a horizontal one. After that you had to bounce across four balls and if you touched the ground or didn’t want to do it you had to walk round. You then had to climb through a tube and then another. After it was a very high and swirly slide. Finally the humungous giraffe slide. At the top there was a man who was always texting and he was making sure that everyone went down safely. Avalon Star- thanks to Dave we went to Mazarron and to get there quickly we put the engines on full throttle and we were there in about 30 minutes. On the way back I got to steer and it felt different compared to a sail boat. When we were in Mazarron we slept on their boat.

School peace day- at school they had a peace day and specific people got chosen to be at the front and learn all the actions and I got chosen to do that! All of the school came out and to a square in the town. Mummy and Daddy came to watch me. The school sang the chorus even though you weren’t meant to. At the end the teachers and Daddy took a picture of the whole school.

February- at school there is always a carnival and this year’s carnival was special for me… this year my class was bomberos [firemen] and we made a trolley into a firemen’s truck. I got to push it once. I got taken out of my class place and put at the front to hold up the banner. In the carnival I and all the girls were dancing to the very loud music. When we walked passed Tania said my name and pointed to Daddy who was on a stage and was dancing to the music [it was very funny to watch].

March- we start in this month on a bus going to camp with some of the school. We are going to the same camp as last year but the campsite is a little bit different. This time it was just Friday to Saturday. The first thing we did when we got to camp was make the tents. After that we unpacked and figured out where we were everyone was going to sleep. After we had finished we went out for a long walk and on the way back Livvy scratched herself and it was bleeding a bit badly. On the way back we passed the peacocks. When we got back we had lunch. After dinner we had a little concert. When we went to bed it was about 1:00 in the morning! The next day we did the activities the first one was the zip wire I was really scared again. The next one was archery with proper arrows. Finally a bouncy castle game and after just any games.

Grandma and Grandad- this year we have had grandma and grandad come out to see us and this is what we did together. First of we took the car to a mountain and we climbed up it. There was a really dark tunnel that Daddy and I went through and it led to the other side of the mountain. When we went through a gap we saw 2 big cannons and Livvy sat on the top and I sat on the thin part of it. Daddy took a photo of us on it and then Mummy and Daddy came on as well and grandad took a photo of us 4. After that Livvy and I went to a lookout and to get to the top you had to climb up really thin stairs. When you got to the top you could see for miles. After I climbed down Daddy and I went through a really dark tunnel and I was really scared so we went back and then we went with Livvy. It wasn’t really scary with Livvy. The next day Daddy drove us through lots of mountains and the sights were beautiful. Just before that we had gone through a little town with a beach. Livvy and I skimmed stones. The day after Mummy drove and we did the same. We also saw a bird of prey. On the last week that they were here Livvy and I went back to school. On Grandma and Grandad’s last Friday Livvy and I also had to say goodbye to our friends for a very long time. It was our last day of school.

Before Grandma and Grandad turned the corner in the car we were running by the side of them. When we were walking back I started to cry because if I cried when Grandma was with us she would cry too. Before they went we saw coloured birds and they were chasing the Mrs.

Big parade with sweets- when grandma and grandad were with us they saw us on TV because of a really big parade. In this parade you got given sweets from children who just came up to you and just gave you sweets. If you waved to them you would either get sweets or they would wave back. There were lots of people wearing triangle hats and there were drummers that were drumming very loud.

April-some weeks into April I started optimist sailing again. On the second time I did it I really liked it. After a couple of days Daddy went optimist sailing! After that Livvy and I were playing on an iPad and we then had 2 French girls come on board and they started playing with us and their names are Nolyne and Junswan. After a while Livvy and I made best friends with them. A few days after we saw a HUMUNGOUS cuttlefish. He was really really big. The very next day Livvy, Daddy and me all went to see what was happening in a medium square and it was because there was a running race going on and we were there with Nolyne and Junswan and as the runners were not there yet there was a band playing and us 4 danced to the music and made some more friends that were Spanish and they were adults.

May- this is the month when we started sailing. The first place we stopped in was called Punta de la Azohia and that night Olivia was cooking and it was chicken and chorizo [jambalaya]. The next day we went sailing again and this time stopped for 2 weeks in Garrucha which is where we met this lovely marinero called Coco and he was Spanish. On the second Monday he bought Livvy and I an ice-cream. The next day Livvy and I made him a thank you card all in Spanish for him and he loved them so much that the very next day he had gone out and bought me and Livvy a teddy each. Before we left there were 2 lovely people called Emily and Luke. This is crazy but they lived in Bury St Edmunds just like us! After the 2 weeks we went to Cala de Genoveses and it was lovely there. After dinner Olivia and I went to see where the anchor was so we didn’t drag. After that Daddy rowed us to the beach and there were lots of jellyfish but we didn’t get stung. When we were sailing to our next stop we had a little sparrow sitting on our deck for a little bit but then he flew of. Before he had flown off he had bumped his head on our window. Our next stop was Almerimar. When we got in we met these lovely people called Shirly and Andy, Collin and sue and finally Barbara and Peter. These are all very nice people and very good friends. There are also some more friends and their names are Robin, Lauren and Lina. Robin and Lauren are Dutch and Lina is German. Sometimes you get to see ducks and really big fish. You are allowed to go to the beach so you can go swimming. The third time we went to the beach Daddy taught me how to fly my stunt kite. Now I know how to fly it.

So that is all I hope you enjoyed everything that I have done. I miss you all.

May-the last day of May we were moving to a lovely place that we have been before and it is called Playa de Torre Mar. We stayed there for one night and then moved on the next day to La Linea or Gibraltar.

June-on the way we had our friends traveling with us (SY Merit – Sue and Colin) and they were friends from Almerimar. On the front of the boat Livvy and I were doing meditating and we had lots of mayflies land on us. After a while daddy scared me when he shouted out “Dolphins” so we saw them but I think they were chasing after he fish that the fishermen had caught. When we were just outside Gibraltar rock Mummy found out that all our veg had been  covered with rust killer. It was very late when we got in to the anchorage and without any veg daddy cooked what he called a ten minute curry. After we had eaten it Geoff phoned and we spoke to him for a little while. Whilst we have been here we have done lots of things. Very early in the morning Albatross and Samji arrived and daddy got five emails in one go all from Grandma Mears. A couple of days after we went into Alcaidesa marina and we stayed there for about three days. Some days after Livvy and I went paddle boarding on our paddle board. The next day we went into Gibraltar marina to get our Liferaft serviced. In the marina we met two girls that were ten and eight and their names are Phoebe and  Katie. We also met up with Rachel, John and Theo. They came over for dinner one night and Livvy, Theo and me all played mine craft on our PS Vitas that Grandma Mears got us for Christmas. The next day John came over and he helped daddy fix something whilst Livvy and me were doing school. Some days after we went back out on anchor. Two days after daddy, Livvy and me all went swimming and daddy was cleaning the bottom of the boat. A couple of days after Grandma Noble Skyped us and we got to talk to our second cousins. The next day Grandma Mears Skyped us and daddy told her to down load an app. About half an hour later she phoned back and told daddy off because she had a headache because she had been searching for a long time. We were in the middle of a film called Butch Cassidy and the sun dance kid.