My first ever surfing lesson!

We all did 2 surfing lessons on the 2nd and 3rd of September.
Kian and I both stood up!!
We had the same teacher.
We did it in the surf beach in San Sebastián.

The water was 22 degrees and the waves were 1.5 metres high!

Firstly, the teacher told Kian and I how to do it on the sand. We had to run around and play tiggy to warm up. And then we went into the water. He pushed us onto the waves and when it was time to stand up he yelled out "up". I stood up two times in the first lesson and 4 times in the second lesson. Kian also stood up and rode the waves all the way into the sand.

After the two days of lessons Kian and I got key rings that are surfboards. Mum and dad bought a jumper each.

Surfing made me feel very tired but I loved it. I loved the second day the best because I stood up more times. I really want to go surfing again!!

Drinking a hot chocolate after surfing lessons

Kian and I playing in the sand after surfing

Kian and I getting dumped in the waves

Our surfing pose on dry land.

Guggenheim museum

Outside of building close to the river

We went to the Guggenheim museum. The building is in the northern Spanish town of Bilbao. It was built in 1997. It is made of limestone, glass and titanium. The man who designed it is Frank Gehry. It was very exciting.

Kian and I with the ball sculpture in the back

The front of the building

Inside the building with a cool glass elevator

Before going into the museum we saw some art work, it was a dog. It was as big as a building. The dog was in front of the museum. The man who made it is Jeff Kooons. He called the artwork "Puppy" . "Puppy" is made out of flowers. It made me happy.

Kian and I with "Puppy"

"Puppy"

My second favourite piece of art was a ballerina film. It was about a ballerina dancing on a table with cakes and candles all made out of plastercine.

Nathalie Djurberg
I found myself alone

Also at the museum we saw other art from famous artists including Picasso, Dali and Matisse.

Pablo Picasso
Woman Sitting in an Armchair

Overall I thought the museum was amazing and I especially like the building.

Adios Amigos, 

Kayla 

XOXO

Mummy, Kian and I outside the building

Our week with grandma

Grandma came and stayed with us for a week. We did lots of stuff when she was here.
In Belvés we went to Cafe de la Paris. They were doing a special dinner for the locals. They had a good band there so we danced. Bob, who cooks at the cafe, cooked a big paella for everyone. Grandma made some friends with some of the locals. Daddy, Kian and I had to go home early so we could go to bed, 10.30, but mummy and grandma stayed and danced till after midnight.

The tables set up outside the cafe

Bob, the cook and our friend

We licked our ice cream lids for Gerard (my uncle) because he hates it

We went to La Roque Gageac, where we went on a Norbert Gaberre - a Gaberre is a type of boat. The Norbert goes along the Dordogne river. There was lots of canoes on the Dordogne river. We have been canoeing twice.

From the Norbert

The village of La Roque Gageac

We also went to Brantôme. We stopped in Perigueux for a picnic lunch by the river. In Brantôme there is an old abbey from the year 769. Under the abbey there was caves. In one of the caves there was a big sculpture. We went through the abbey and then we got changed for dinner. We had dinner at Le Moulin de L'Abbaye. It was next to the river and it was a very fancy restaurant. While dinner was on, Kian and I went and watched some people on boats fighting. One person on each boat stands up and they try and knock the person on the other boat off.

Picnic lunch in Perigueux

The abbey of Brantôme

Changed for dinner

Le Moulin de L'Abbaye

The boat fights

There was a medieval festival in Belvés on the 11th August. Kian and I dressed up as medieval people. There was stilt walkers - a red one, blue one and a purple one. They threw papers out and danced. And then we went to a show with people dressed up as birds and they danced in long pieces of material. One of the birds came up to me and tried to peck me. Once this dance had finished, we went to a real bird show with eagles and owls. Then we went back and got a slushie because it was really hot. Then it was time to have dinner. After dinner we watched a fire show which was very exciting!

Kian and I got our faces painted

The stilt walkers

the people from the bird dance

Me having a go at what the bird dance did

At night time the stilt walkers changed their costumes and had lights

The fire show

And then it was time for Grandma to go home. We drove her to Bordeaux to catch the train. Before she left we went on the Petite Train around Bordeaux to see all the sites. There was lots of sculptures around the city, and there was a big water mirror - the biggest in the world. Kian and I got to run through it. It was lots of fun. Then we stayed in Bordeaux for the night.

One of the sculptures made up of letters

The water mirror

The water started spraying out of the ground

And then we were running through a giant puddle

Saying goodbye to grandma at the train station in Bordeaux

 Thanks grandma for coming, we loved having you here!

Au revoir!!

Kayla

Le Tour de France

We went to the Tour de France in Ax les Thermes. We saw Cadel Evans. Georgia (my friend from Australia), Kian and I all had BMC hats on. We met Emma and Georgia (from Fairfield) there. Then the giving out vans came.

They gave out lots of stuff like key rings, wristbands and hats. But we put most of it in the bin. I kept saying "is this a bike race or what?", and then the bikes came. I felt excited. The helicopters were going above us and then the bikes came.

Cadel Evans riding up the mountain

The Fairfield fans in France

Cadel gave us a little wave on his way down the mountain after the race finished

We also went to the end of the Tour de France in Paris. It was fun, but the mountain stage was better. The vans did not hand the free stuff out this time. The bikes rode around the city 10 times. They went down the Champe Elysees, around the Arc de Triomphe and back again.

I thought it would be more fun because it was the last time. Chris Froome won the race. I was very tired but I still loved it.

The jets showing the colours of the French flag, flew above us before the riders came

Au revoir,

From Kayla

xo