MY 14th BIRTHDAY AAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!/ STEVEN"S MAIN PRESENT FOUND IN BIN!

FROM = 13 to 14 Years

On 16th September/Sunday was my 14th BIRTHDAY. It was an exciting day. After a nice long sleep-in, I looked out of the window to see how the weather was like and ........... it was GOING TO RAIN!!! YAAAY I LOVE IT WHEN IT RAINS!! It is sooo cozy and nice inside! I hummed the birthday-song while walking to the living room where there was my favorite music playing from Adele and when looking around the corner there was MY FAMILY !! SINGING " HAPPY BIRTHDAY"!!!!!. and a table with the most delicious BREAKFAST display with gifts !!!!! 

It was a breakfast with sweets, cut apples, tea, cheese and yoghurt!!!

PRESENTS

My birthday BREAKFAST!!!

I received a giant blue lolly pop, a voucher for a Spanish t-shirt, running get-jets for when Steven and I run (we can see how far we went and the km/time etc.) I also got a voucher for a new (school and travel) bag to replace my old one which is falling apart.......... & I GOT MY FIRST bright red, leather real CHANEL HAND BAG!!!! Which I got from my aunt. (aahhhhhhhhh!!!)

From Steven I had the most exciting, original fun present. I first had to do a word-search before I could open the presents. I had to figure where my presents were hidden and it was " MILK BOXES" I told Steven that he had made a mistake, but it wasn't a mistake..... I really got 2 milk boxes filled with small presents!! I got a shower cap with 2 red devil-horns, a purple folding basket to put goodies in , lip ice, a belt with the Italian flag on it and an Italian key ring!!! Funny enough he only remembered that there was another present when he went to bed that night. That evening we were all in bed when Steven woke up with a fright. He shouted and ran to the bin and was relieved that the rubbish was still there. He searched and looked for the empty wrappings in between banana peels and decorations and found his main present still sitting in the 'Milkbox'. His MAIN PRESENT that he gave to me in the middle of the night!!was a blue necklace with my first and second name on it. He had it specially made in Florence and almost forgot about it! I was very excited and happy about all the Skype calls, SMS', Whats Apps, Facebook and telephone calls. Thank you for all the Birthday wishes.

Well, you may be asking where did she have her birthday. We are now in Barcelona were we arrived a day before my birthday. This time we went by plane!! The positive thing of an airplane is that you can just sit and relax whereas in a train you have to keep and eye on the baggage and move them around. On the other hand there is 5 % chance that your suitcase won't arrive at your destination and this is what happened to us after a 9 months of traveling.

No, not with a suitcase (luckily) but MY HOCKEY STICK. The special one I got from my hockey club in San Telmo/Argentina. I was furious and sad! We asked everywhere in the airport. The only chance was to look at the " special luggage" so we waited for an hour, but nothing came. Finally they told us that they would send it to our apartment that same day, but after waiting and waiting, calling and calling we did not get it back!! Manana, Manana, manana, yes tomorrow. SOO ANGRY. That was not the only thing we were angry about this week......NOO way. 

Before I tell you; lets go back to Australia, 6 months ago. 

I got a late Christmas present in Melbourne, a beautiful watch with a white strap on which one could see the date and numbers and was water proof   We saw it in a surf-shop named RIPCURL!!! A month later in Beijing it just STOPPED WORKING!! Mom thinks it is the battery! We looked for 5 months to find somewhere a RIP CURL SHOP on our way!! FINALLY ON GOOGLE we found Rip Curl in Barcelona. We visited the shop and ...THEY HAD TO SEND IT TO FRANCE (where we were 2 months ago).  However, it would take 3 weeks to receive it back and NO the shop could not send it to us in Spain. We have to go back to where we bought it ???!!!!! Duuuhhhhh!!!! No assistance from Rip Curl to solve the problem, a manager who did not want to speak to us and 2 shop assistants who did not help because they were afraid to loose their jobs and be part of the 24% unemployments?? Mom was out of breath and tired! She eventually stopped suggestion solutions and could not go on. We/They did not have a solution themselves!  So far Rip Curl is more like a Rip off. The watch stopped working and no service to follow up!!! So...to be continued!!!!

BARCELONA SIGHT SEEING!

The first thing we learned from dad was about Catalan and that Barcelona wants to be independent (own country). They pay a lot of tax and do not get anything back in return. They even have their own language- it's in between Spanish and French. It's Catalonia.

Sangrada Familia

The first thing we learned from mom when we were in Barcelona was about Antoni Gaudi, a famous architect who was born in Spain and moved to Barcelona to study and work. The best know building was the Sagrada Familia. He began to build the church (Sagrada Familia) with a lot of dedication and Antoni Gaudi worked on the Sagrada Familia till he died in 1926. He died from a tram accident. The people brought him to a poor hospital when they found him on the street, because he looked very scruffy. No-one knew him. The church was never finished and today they are still working on the church.

We also went to see the Gaudi Museum in Parc Guell and the strange but interesting houses in the centre of Barcelona Gracia.

A REAL BARCELONA DISH = PAELLA

After walking through the Las Rambla street we walked all the way to the end. We were in the harbor and thought it was a good idea to eat  Paella. We sat outside on a terrace and we ordered Paella for 2 people which was enough to share. From our view we had seen people selling bags, Barcelona fridge magnets and glasses, but you could see that they did not have a licence to sell in the street. When the police came to check they wrapped their things in less then a minute and walked away! Look at the 2 videos below!

Gracias, Louisa

(Semana proxima : last but not least)

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