GRAMANET - CATALUNYA- SPAIN . . . LA CASA (THE HOUSE)

THE CLAVEROL COMPOUND IS OLDER THEN THE FIRST ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN AUSTRALIA. THE HOUSE IS AROUND 300 YEARS OLD!!! I LOVE THIS PLACER SO MUCH. NEARLY AS MUCH AS I LOVE PAN CON TOMATE (PEOPLE POUR A TINY BIT OF OLIVE OIL ON THE BREAD THEN CUT A TOMATO IN HALF AND RUB THE TOMATO JUICE INTO THE BREAD) .

GRAMANET - CATALUNYA- SPAIN . . . CHRISTMAS WITH MARYS FAMILY

I LOVE GOING TO GRAMANET WITH CHAYS FAMILY. THE DRIVE THERE IS AMAZING. U PASS BY AND THROUGH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS AND LITTLE VILLAGES. IN HER TOWN THERE IS 5 OTHER HOUSES.
CHRISTMAS WAS GREAT AND THE FESTIVITIES WERE PLENTIFUL. ALL THESE PHOTOS WERE FROM CHRISTMAS EVE. THEY HAVE A TRADITION HERE CALLED CAGAR TIO (TRANSLATED FROM CATALAN MEANS 'SHIT LOG!'). THE CHILDREN HAVE A STICK AND HIT A LOG WHICH IS COVERED BY A POTATO SACK, WHILE DOING THIS THEY COMMAND THE LOG TO SHIT 'CAGAAAR TIO - CAGGAAAR TIOOO!!!'. WHAT IS HE SHITTING? OF COURSE CANDIES. THE CHILDREN ARE THEN SENT TO THE KITCHEN TO WASH THERE STICKS AND THE PARENTS SNEAK THE TREATS INTO THE LOG. THE KIDS COME BACK OUT AND HIT IT AGAIN, THEN AFTER A FEW WACKS THEY TAKE THE SACK OF AND OF COURSE THEY GO NUTS AT THE SIGHT OF ALL THE CANDIES!!! IF THAT WASNT ENOUGH EXCITEMENT A FEW MINUTES AFTER SANTA CLAUSE BLEW OUT THE SCENE AND DROPPED OF EVERYONES PRESENTS ON THE TABLE OUTSIDE ! ! THE WHOLE FAMILY RUSHED OUT AND THE CHILDREN COULDN'T BELIEVE THERE EYES!!!
AFTER ALL THE EXCITEMENT WE ALL SAT DOWN AND HAD AN AMAZING FEAST WITH SOME GREAT WINE. AFTER THE FULL BLOWN EATING AFAIR THE WHOLE FAMILY DRUNKENLY SUNG CHRISTMAS CAROLS FOR A SOLID HOUR. THEN MARY BUSTED OUT HER ACCORDION AND HER DAD STOLE THE SHOW!!!!! BEST CHRISTMAS EVER!!!!!!

MARYS BIRTHDAY. KARAOKE STLYE.

CHAYS BIRTHDAY WAS ON THE 17TH. I ORGANIZED A SURPRISE KARAOKE PARTY WITH AKK HER FRIENDS. IT WAS AN AMAZING NIGHT. A BUNCH OF AUSTRIAN AND FRENCH FRIENDS TURNED UP AFTER THE MOTORHEAD CONCERT AND THOMAS STOLE THE SHOW BY SINGING 'MY HEART WILL GO ON' THE THEME SONG BY CELINE DION FOR TITANIC. BY THE END OF THE SONG WE WERE DANCING ON TABLES AND RESULTED IN US ABRUPTLY GETTING KICKED OUT. WE THEN WENT TO A NEW NIGHT CALLED 'KLUBBEN' THAT A FRIEND WAS DJING AT AND THE REST OF THE NIGHT WAS A BLACK OUT FOR MOST.

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO COULD MAKE IT ! ! !

CANYALLES SKATEPARK GRAFITTI. FINDING A D.I.Y SPOT AND WINTER BEACH TIME

THE WATER IS FREEZING TO SWIM BUT THE BEACH PICNIC IS NEVER A BAD IDEA. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN ON THE SEARCH FOR A LOCATION TO MAKE A LITTLE SKATEPARK . . .