Zach´s World

Finally got the picture situation sorted, we have been fairly rubbish on taking lots of pictures so we will aim to do a bit more snapping soon!

Enjoy! http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k109/zach7112/Spain/

Love Zach and Sarah

Good afternoon,

Today we have sunshine, wonderful stuff and should hopefully only get better for a while. Yesterday we arrived in a small town called Malpica, north west Spain, to find it was having a fiesta. Having never been to one before it was quite an exciting prospect. After mixing with the locals our spanish friend Gerard informed us that the warm up drinks began at 11pm, the after party starting at 6am going on until 2pm the following afternoon. It would seem that the Spanish really love to party and they have some crazy stamina for it.

Before our more conservative drinking time began 3 germans, 1 spanish and 2 english attempted a spanish ommlette. Zach and i got a shock when ordering a totilla in a restaurant, our idea being triangular crisps with salsa etc and a custard looking triangle appeared instead, it turned out to be on closer inspection a delicious spanish ommlette; hence the reasoning behind trying it ourselves. Basically Gerard took control and it was delicious, only slight problem was it looked like scrambled egg as the non stick in our pan had disappeared.

So off we went into tyhe spanish night where we found a mini funfare, some music so excruciating you had to get into it or well, no or option really seeing as the had speakers everywhere. Towards the end of the delightful entertainment Zach and our friend Patrick lifted up a funny little man in horrendously white trousers who was posing as a popstar for the night. Hilarious, i think the man was in heaven.

After seriously doubting if we'd make it beyond 1 given our generally 10pm bedtimes we strolled into the van at about 4, 3 of our companions lasted til 6.30. Then awoke this morning to some dazed and confused people generally tripping up and falling onto the beach at around midday.

My spanish is vaguely improving though laziness is seeping in now we have someone who is fluent in our midst. This afternoon we are in Laxe, where hopefully the waves will be to the guys satisfaction; I say hopefully as if not hours can be consumed finding suitable waves.

We went to A Courna the other day, very nice city, the boys got very excited by a fountain with statues of surfers in the middle. Patrick got so excited in fact that he went into the fountain, taking his surfboard with him, to pose next to the fihures. Zach dutifully has it all on video and i daresay all reading this shall watch extensive amounts of random videoing. Like earlier in the van my attempts to get a view of a beautiful ocean mostly managed to get a view of a dishevelled Zach's head.

My aplogies, we are awful i know, but soon we will put photos up. It is proving to be quite a hassle linking them, finding wifi, or remembering the right leads. One place we managed to find a computer they were behind a glass panel. Soon, i promise, i shall take control of computer bag packing and hopefully we shall find a compatible computer soon.

Hope you are all wonderful and getting some sunshine, you are allowed it now we have some!

Love to you all

Sarah and Zach

Holla, we have moved on to Gijon in northern Spain now, we have been around the Santander area for the last few days hanging out with some new friends we made. The waves have been really really good the last few days and i even managed 5 hours the day before yesterday, although i do feel rather like an old man now!
I think our plan is to move on a bit further this afternoon with an aim of reaching A Coruna within the next few days. The weather hasn´t been to great yesterday and today but it is still warm, in the mid 20´s.

The van is still in one piece and has now covered 3700 miles since leaving the UK, apart from a wiring problem yesterday everything has been fine, touch wood.

No photo´s today i am afraid as we are in an internet cafe in the city, so we will have to wait and upload some from the laptop next time we find somewhere with wireless.

Hope everyone is ok and thanks for all my birthday messages

Love to everyone

Zach and Sarah x

Hey there,

Currently near Mundaka at the moment. Weather awful, rain and cold, waves good, but zach doesn't think he can work these waves so we both have attempted body boarding today. It was quite good, alot easier than surfing but when the coast guard people made us wear flippers i couldn't work them at all, maybe next time....

In Spain it seems the done thing to stay in car parks and things as camp sites are alot fewer and further between than in france. Last night was find but hopefully we will try to alternate.

Luke, Jo and Jacob, hope you are all wonderful, i heard about the imminent move, how exciting! Very sorry you don't have mine and zach's muscles to help, but we are good at decorating... Zach instructed me not to get him a big birthday presentfrom englandso i could buy him something he would like here, we have yet to find it! I got him aselection of usefulpresents,such as a drinks thing that looks like a fire extinguisher, some novelty pants and a giant dice to put cds in and supplied him with a meal accompanied by champagne. It was a fantastic restaurant, food amazing.

We have met some more friendly germans but the spanish haven't yet taken a liking to us, i may have accidently spoken french to one, they were less than impressed.

I hope cornwall isn't too rainy mother, maybe you have stolen our sunshine?!

Speak to you soon.

Love Sarah and Zach
x

So i think this link may work, enjoy! x
http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k109/zach7112/France/

Its my birthday!! Have had a lovely morning so far today opening all my pressies,thank you for all my lovely things!

The swell is not as good this morning so no birthday morning surf for me, but hopefully it will pick up this afternoon. In Port Albret at the moment, a cool little town with lots to see and do (shops for Sarah)

We are now just a few miles up the coast from Biarritz and the coast of Spain,so i should think within the next 5 days or so we will be in Spain somewhere. Not much else to report really just chilling out and enjoying the sun and the beaches all very relaxing.

I think tonight we are venturing out for a meal by the little harbour / port bit which should be good, I am about to attempt to add some photos now so hopefully you should be able to see what we have been up to.

Hope everything is ok with everyone back home, mum say hello to Nan for me and Joanna and Ray have a good time in Cornwall, i am actually quite jealous (well not that much!)

Love to everyone
Zach and Sarah xx

Good afternoon.

Having survived so far i believe we are doing well. Sand is everwhere, in clothes, on floor, on sofa, on seats. It is a little ridiculous, and i am sweeping stupid amounts but i suppose it is the price you pay for being by the sea. We have seen some amazing beaches, the one we are by at the moment has old german bunkers on!

We made some german friends last night, very friendly, excellent english. Well, if not i wouldn't have understood anything. They were all tall and i was by far the shortest person there, what a joke. See luke, as if i could ever kill your baby brother!

It is sunny but it is windy so i am actually chilly alot, i was on the beach today with two jumpers, wrapped in a towel and rug, topped off with zach's yellow sunglasses. I conveniently forgot mine. I pretty much stuck out like a sore thumb. I think my body temperature is different to everyone elses, as zach likes pointing out what a weirdo i am in my jumper. Also forgot coat, so i have one jumper and one pair of jeans, nightmare.

Hopefully going o a surfing thing someone told us about tomorrow, should be exciting. My own surfing attempts have yet to yeild any sign of talent, i'm good at watching zach though. I just don't quite understand the waves at all.... maybe one day, i have plenty of time o practice!

Take care, speak soon.

Lots of love Sarah xxx

Hello everyone!! Good to see we haven't been forgotten back home just yet! Thank you for all your messages so cool to be able to communicate like this.

So we are currently working our way down the french coast, and currently about 80 miles north of Biarritz on a stretch of beach which stretches for 160km its awsome! It has been very hot and the waves are good.

The last few campsites we have stayed on have been right on the beach which is excellent, although i 'may' have got the van stuck in the sand the other day but she is still going strong (fingers crossed)

Sounds like you had a good birthday the other day dad although im not sure that i quite approve of you having a day off to socialise!! Its Jacob's birthday today so hopfully he is having a good day. Jeffrey good to hear you are alive and looking forward to a thrilling new term at school!! ha! oh yeah i am back on my old phone number which is 07739324977 thanks for that mum!

I will pass you on to my companion now! hope everybody is ok and having a nice summer? i know we are.

Love Zach xx

Hello,

After 20 minutes i have actually been allowed onto the computer! This morning Zach, my father, myself and william have laid a concrete floor, not a sentecne i ever thought i would be included in but my pink wellingtons did very well. William at one point was testing what it felt like to bury yourself in concrete but luckily did not go all the way. We will have been at the forge for exactly a week tomorrow and it has definately changed for the better but i am still not quite sure what my father is doing taking on such a huge project. He must be allergic to free time.

The neighbours seem to be rather fond of us, zach and dad put in an excellent performance in the first meeting; drinking lots and joining in with their supper. We had popped over for a drink and by half 11 they had put off their supper as long as they could. At any rate we livened up the evening, as well as out numbering the french there.

We have finally managed to locate this internet place in avallon, but there appaers to be a jumble sale everywhere in the streets. I do not quite understand why, but who are we to question weird french tradition. They also have speakers on all the streets alternately playing some french singing and a man talking, mmm.

Off to buy a double duvet now as i stupidly thought it would be warm at night, but have had to fight zach for my single duvet most nights. No more!

I hope everyone is well, hopefully speak soon.

Sarah
xxx

Hello everyone, finally ,managed to find a little time to locate an internet cafe and give you all an update!

So from Germany i travelled to the Bodensee, the german equivilant to the sea side, basically a huge clear lake 65km long bordering switzerland, austria and france very beautiful. So i stayed there for 2 nights then moved onto a site just north of Bescanon. The site was in a lovely location but ended up to be a kids club with a disco etc!! From there i travelled to just south of dijon to a beauty of a campsite set in the grape vine hills. I made some good friends here, a great Danish family adopted me for the night, so a big hello to them if they are reading!!!

So from there i travelled to Sarahs dads latest venture, 'the forge' which is where i have been for the last week. Well this french keyboard is stressing me out so i shall pass you onto sarah, hope all is well and i shall try to post a bit sooner next time.

Zach xxx