Just a few things...

Here is what I have been doing.  I have been sleeping late.  I get to pick the restaurant where we eat every third day.  Mommy gets to pick and Daddy gets to pick.   One of my new favorite foods is this Japanese kabob with beef and cheese.  I ate it so fast that Daddy blinked and it was gone.  I've been writing a book and Mommy will post it on Facebook when it's done.  At the Mini-Club we play games, go swimming, make stuff.  There was one day where it almost took us all morning to finish painting noodles.  I danced at the mini-disco to "Poker Face."  My partner decided he didn't want to do it so I did it alone.

We've got some catching up to do...

July 18
We've been to Seville and saw Christopher Columbus' grave.  I didn't know that he was buried in lots of places before he was buried in Seville.  We also saw the Rose Window, which many people believe is a sign of Jesus.  That's also where we saw Christopher Columbus.  I had an audio guide which was made for kids so I could learn about what I saw.  I really liked the Rose Window.

We found a boat!  It's brand new and it will smell like brand new.  While we wait for it to come, we are in this resort in Empuriabrava.  It even has a club called the Mini-Club.  Anki and Ivan are the ones who run it.  They are really nice and fun.  When I am there, I play "Color" with Ivan.  This is a game he made up.  When we play, Ivan says a color and he rolls the big block with different colors on it.  And when he says a color, he moves the big block.  To lose, I have to fall off (I forgot to say that I am on the block when he is moving it).

I made a Pokemon (you can see a picture of him in Mommy's blog) and Ivan named him Ivan.  We go swimming in the afternoons in the pool and Mommy and Daddy and I have been to the beach a lot.  There is a river that runs into the ocean.  Daddy has seen some fish but I haven't seen any.  They were small fish that Daddy saw.  There are lots of waves in the ocean and there are usually a lot of people.

Daddy is teaching me to play Sheepshead and I keep winning.  There was only one time so far that I've lost.  Mommy won.  It was the first time we played without open hands.

The Car Elevator

9 July


I went in this thing called a car elevator. It was totally cool! The elevator was near our hotel in Granada. We are still in Spain.

We ate at some really good restaurants and heard some people playing some really good music.  And today we even went to a castle called the Alhambra and it was totally cool.

The old inscriptions from the Koran on the walls and the lion fountain were neat.

We also saw Roger Federer win Wimbledon. I thought Federer might win. We are driving right now, which isn't even that interesting.

The car drives into the elevator and someone (the worker) presses the button and you go to the floor you need. Only one car can fit at a time.

8 July

Today I ate the wings of three chickens.  I also had TWO desserts!  Now that's rare!

I even tried a potato but I didn't like it.  We are eating dinner at a tapas restaurant that is playing my favorite music.  They were even playing Lady Gaga (Daddy says I have bad taste in music!  And I actually do!  I even like rap!  Can you believe it?

I'm happy here in Europe. Daddy is happy too.

We are still in Spain and we will be for a while.

7 July
Yesterday we didn't drive anywhere.  We stayed in Xavia and went to the beach.  Daddy and I swam all the way out to the raft.  I was really scared because I was afraid there would be a shark, but there wasn't.  I built a volcano out of sand at the end.  And I saw some fish while I was using the snorkel.

We Found Our Boat!

July 5

We found our boat!  It is the one we saw yesterday--the 40-foot Oceanis with automatic furling and automatic pilot.  I already chose my from.  One of the cabins in the back of boat has an entrance to the bathroom but I didn't want that one.

I liked that the boat smelled like new.  I liked that the faucet in the sink is also a shower.

I am going to have a sign on m door that says, "Danger!  Keep Out!  Private!"  I am going to have dangerous machines in there, like a dangerous pump.

But then someone else bought it.

Catching Up...

July 2

I finally swam in the Mediterranean.  The water wasn't cold.

I got a weapon at Carcassonne.  The game Carcassonne is named after the town Carcassonne.  Cool!

We toured the castle, which had lots of ways to defend itself.  It even had a drawbridge which is now just a bridge.

The other day we looked at three boats.  The second was the most useful because it had a button to press to tell rescuers in case someone fell overboard.

Now we are in Spain eating lunch.

Daddy and I swam naked in a very cold river.  There was no one around, though, except Mommy.  It was fun, but I was afraid someone would come.  I wasn't afraid of the current and Daddy was right there with me.

We looked at another boat today.  I still might have to go with Boat #2 from Saturday because of the button.  Buttons are becoming one of my favorite things.

July 3

Last night I slept in a castle that was built by Arabs a thousand years ago.  I am staying up ridiculous hours every night and my dad falls asleep before I do.  People in Spain eat dinner very late, like at 9:00.

You should know about the foods I've tried, like this thing I ate at dinner last night but we don't know what it is.

Right now we are sailing on the boat that we saw this morning.  The people who are showing the boat are taking us out so we can see what the boat feels like on the water.  The boat also has an automatic pilot.