New friends and new experiences

Trip Start Jun 07, 2008

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Trip End Jun 28, 2009

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Rudi and Christiane's beach house in Mallorca

(Bilbao hotels)

Flag of Spain Port de Soller, Mallorca, Spain
Saturday, August 23, 2008

Rudi and Christiane arrived two days ago from Freiberg, Germany. Rudi worked with my dad and Christiane and he live in Germany, but they have a vacation house here in Mallorca. Rudi is really funny and nice - he loves to play tricks and he really makes me laugh. Christiane is very nice - they took me to the store to buy Pokemon cards on Saturday, which was great. Today, they took us out on their boat. We went super fast over the waves out of the harbor of Port de Soller and down the coast towards Valdemossa. The cliffs on the coast are huge and rocky - there are no sandy beaches but lots of cool caves and coves. At the Spanish Armada (Navy) museum here I learned that this was a hideout for pirates and bandits for a long time, until the town built its own ship to fight them off.

Rudi stopped at a cove where I got to do something super cool - ride a banana float behind the boat. Basically, a banana looks like a huge blown up banana, with two flotation devices on the sides

On Rudi's boat

. It is like water skiing on a giant banana. Dad and I rode together and we went 40 miles an hour, at least. We jumped the wake and only fell off once, when Rudi was trying to knock us off! Dad also waterskiied, then we snorkeled in a beautiful secret cove. We saw wild goats on the cliffs - I don't know how they did not fall in it is so steep. I like Rudi and Christiane and hope they meet us somewhere.

Rudi also introduced us to some of his friends who have two kids, Sophia and Julias. Julius is eleven and we played futball (that is European for soccer) on the beach last night after dinner. We are hopefully going to see them again tonight a big festival in Soller for the saint of fishermen.

INTERVIEW WITH JULIUS ELLERMAN
Age 11
Port de Soller, Mallorca, Spain

Where are you from? Ettlinger, Germany

Who do you live with? My parents and my older sister, Julia

Where do you go to school? To a private school in Ettlinger

How do you get there? I ride my bike about 1km, but we are moving so next year it will be a 4 km ride

Dad and me riding the Banana!!!

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What is your favorite subject? Sport!

What do you do for fun? I play football, basketball, tennis, and play the piano

What languages do you speak? German and some English and French

What do you want to be when you grow up? I don't know yet.

What are you most afraid of? Sharks! And waves on water - we were out on the boat this summer and a huge storm came up and it took us four hours to get back to shore.

What would you tell the children of the world? Play tennis!!!

INTERVIEW TWO
Sophia Ellerman
Age 12
Port de Soller, Mallorca, Spain

Where are you from? I live in Ettlingen, Deutschland

What is your favorite thing about Germany? Friends and free speech

Where do you go to school? The same school as my brother

Banana Floats Rock!

. I also ride my bicycle[ to school.

What languages do you speak? German and some English and French

What do you do for ? Tennis, saxophone, dance, hang out with friends, shopping

What do you want o be when you grow up? Actress or doctor

What are you most afraid of? Being murdered, being in the dark

What is your earliest memory? When I was one and a half, we were in Miami, and I was scared that crocodiles would come through the wall and into the pool

What is your message to the kids of the world? Peace!