Jimmy's Journal
THIS IS
JIMMY's JOURNAL
As part of Jimmy's home-schooling, he writes a short journal every two weeks. These are his entries.....
8th February 2018
My family and I are having a year out.
Our first stop was Disneyland in L.A. My favourite rides were the roller coaster and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Then we flew to England to stay at Nanna and Grandad's house. I loved playing with my cousins
23rd February 2018
We are living in Bali and Alex split her head open in the water pool. She had five stitches. Even though we didn't go in the ambulance it was disgusting to see it.
I don't know why Alex doesn't want to go on the rope swing even though her stitches are out.
6th March 2018
Me and my family went on a trip to a monkey forest. I fed the monkey corn. I looooooved it.
I wanted to go on a big swing at the rice fields but my mum and dad couldn't afford it, so I went on a little swing.
21st March 2018
This week we had visitors. My Nanna and Grandad from Australia came to stay for a week. I was so happy to see them.
We took them to the beach to watch the sun set but it poured with rain.
We went to a special Bali dance. The Monkey was my favourite character.
I went to a special Ogah-Ogah parade.
Nyepi Day is the day of silence and you have to be quiet for the whole day.
1st April 2018
A lot happened this week. Two things happened to my body.
My tooth fell out and I dropped a heavy chair on my toe. It really hurt!
A fun thing we did this week was going to the beach. I saw star fish and crabs.
Today is Easter Sunday. My sister and I got Easter Eggs, so we are both happy.
We have two more days in Bali before we go to Singapore.
9th May 2018
Since my last journal I have been to Singapore, Holland, France and Spain.
In Singapore I went to the Cloud Forest. I saw a real Venus Flytrap. I went on the Luge twice on Sentosa Island.
In Holland I went to a mini village called Madurodam. I loved pretending I was a DJ! I went in a working windmill.
In France I went to Puy du Fou. My favourite show was the bird show. I went to school in Saint Pompon with my friend Samuel. I had fun at Les Jardins des Marqueyssac. I loved the rope obstacle course and the wolf mask.
In Spain I visited a winery.
Soon I will be in Portugal for my birthday!
26th May 2018
In Caceres we went to a music festival. We bought a wooden sword and had blue ice-cream.
Then we drove from Spain to Portugal.
In Portimao we went on a real pirate ship, we went in caves after. Then we set sail for our journey home. I also even got a pirate headband.
In Burgau, it was my birthday! I got cars, dinosaurs and lots of money. I bought a boogie board, a lizard and a snake, a Beanie Boo too. I also had lunch with my friend Anders.
The next day I went surfing with my Dad.
This week I had two sleepovers with Anders, Kasia and Alex.
9th June 2018
On Thursday me and my mum had a golf lesson. I hit a ball 81 metres. On Wednesday I played at the beach and saw an eel and it was slimy and big.
I also did surfing at a beach called Arrifana.
We went to a dinner and there was a presentation about sea animals in Portugal and there wasn't just sea animals, there were also dinosaurs. There is a dinosaur footprint at the beach near us. It is over four hundred million years old.
This is my last week in Portugal. Alex and I had our last day at Zany kids' club. We had good fun.
21st June 2018
My family and I have left Burgau. We drove all the way to Barcelona. It took 13 hours! Then we caught a night ferry that you could put your car on.
On the ferry I met my best friend Anders. I had ice-cream for dessert on the top deck. I played skills. I was the fastest, Anders was the most disguised.
Now we are in Sardinia. We are staying in a villa with Anders and Kasia's family. We have been to lots of beaches. We have been playing in the pool, also building cubby-houses with cushions and towels.
But my favourite thing was going on a boat for a day. We went to La Maddelena Archipelago. We played on beaches, climbed rocks, went snorkling and ate gelato.
6th July 2018
Last week I left Sardinia on another car ferry, this time to mainland Italy. I said goodbye lots to Anders because he was going on a different ferry. I will miss him.
After that we drove to Tuscany. Tuscany is the area, Montepulciano is the town. We saw a giant horse statue. We went up a big hill to the Old Town and I even went to a rope climbing place called Saltalbeco. We went to a museum and the museum was about inventions. The inventions were made by Leonardo da Vinci. After we swam in a lake, we drove to La Spezia. We went on a train to Cinque Terre.
Tomorrow we are driving north to Liguria. We fly back to Nanna and Grandad's in one week. I am excited to see them!
3rd August 2018
Since my last journal I have been to England, Iceland and Canada.
Today what I wanted to write about is the Lake House in Ontario. We heard there were beavers on the other side of the lake, so my Dad and I went over there, on a kayak, to take a look. We saw the beaver there! I was thinking it was kid of cool.
Two days after that I caught a huge fish while Dad was getting a beer, Everybody loved it!
17th August 2018
In Canada I went to Niagara Falls. I went on a boat. I didn't go inside the water fall, but I still got soaked.
Two days after that I went to Toronto. There was a big storm and I really wanted to go in the CN Tower. Then I flew to America.
Then we drove to Tristan and Liam's house. I was the same age as Tristan and Alex is the same age as Liam. I swam in the pool with him, played with his toys went to the museum, I got a toy bird, climbed on the Rocky Mountains. We flew from Colorado to Atlanta.
In Atlanta we went to a baseball game. I was going for Atlanta. Braves fans make an Indian call and do a chopping axe action.
Then we drove to South Carolina. We are living next to a river. We went down to the river and saw dolphins!
31st August 2018
These last two weeks I have been in South Carolina and Texas. In Bluffton we had been jumping off the dock and swimming in the river. Then we found out there was an alligator living under the dock! We didn't go swimming anymore.
So instead we went down to Burke's Beach and saw a huge ray jump out of the water and made a big splash. We also did body surfing and did a sand castle competition. We found this little kitten called Sir Nuse. We played with him lots and lots and lots because he was so cute.
Then we drove to a lovely town called Savannah. We went on a trolley tour and went to Leopold's Ice-cream. I had caramel swirl.
Then we flew to Austin in Texas. There was this pool and I jumped off it lots of times. I saw an old lady called Lisa and she did a back flip!
I went to Austin Public Library and did a scavenger hunt and won a book mark. We went to this art museum and it was so boring except the Pennies.
We are in Austin for one month!
14th September 2018
My family are still in Texas, although this we week we went to Miami for a short trip.
Last Sunday we drove Dad down to play golf because it was Father's Day. I kept on getting the second target because I was hitting the ball too hard! I had lots of fun, I think Dad did too.
On another day we went to San Antonio. We went inside the Alamo. I found that it was really interesting . I liked learning about the battle.
So this is what happened in the battle. The people in Texas wanted to be its own country. But the Mexicons wanted Texas to stay together. So they all had a big battle and all the soldiers living in the Alamo were killed. But Texas was then part of America.
In Miami I did lots of swimming. We went to a place called Gator Park and I got to hold a baby alligator! I went to the gift shop and bought an egg so if you put it in some water for two days a pretend baby alligator would pop up and grow!
28th September 2018
Before yesterday me and my sister went to Austin Children's Garden. I went outside and Mrs Laney sprayed water at me and all the other kids joined in.
The next day we went to Hoppin House. Me and Alex played NINJAS . Alex twisted her ankle and she cried but she's ok.
Last Thursday we went to the Science Mill in Johnson City. I really loved it. My favourite thing was discovering the T-Rex skull. I also liked the movie and when you put the 3-D glasses on, it's 3-D. I felt like I could touch the fish, turtles, dolphins and sea urchins.
This week we went to Mexico! We went on a long bus trip to get there. But before I tell you that story, I have to tell you this story. Before we went on the long bus ride we went on two planes. The first plane was one and a half hours and the second one was three and a half hours. Now I can tell you the second story. When we arrived to the house I jumped in the pool straight away. I put my flippers on and went back to swimming. I think Mexico is really hot. Plus I can count to ten in Mexican language. Uno dos tres cuatro cinqo seis siete ocho nueve diez
26th October 2018
Since my last journal I have been in Mexico the whole time. But most of the time I have been in La Paz which is on the Sea of Cortez. But we have done lots of things, but my favourite thing was seeing the whale sharks and sea lions. First we saw the whale sharks, then we saw the sea lions. I know two facts about whale sharks too. The first fact is that whale sharks have five gills on each side of their body. Second fact is that whale sharks are as big as a school bus.
After La Paz we went to San Miguel de Allende. To get there we went on an airplane, and then a taxi to the bus station. The bus station was strange because the security was pointless. The bus took 4 hours!
After that, we had art class where I made an Indiana Jones figure, but today I'm going to paint him.
I was also sad because I saw people that were begging on the street.
9th November 2018
For the last 2 weeks we have been in Costa Rica. First we were in La Fortuna which is in the Cloud Forest. Near La Fortuna there is an active volcano called Arenal. This means there are lots of hot springs. We went to 1 with 4 water slides. I met 2 kids named Lucas and Tyler and we payed for hours!
We even had dinner with them, and I showed them my magic tricks.
The next day we went to the Hanging Bridges. We walked through the forest and saw cool animals like Leaf Cutter Ants, Tarantula, Hummingbirds, Howler Monky and a Tree Frog. But the one that I liked the most is...... an eyelash pit viper eating a lizard! The lizard was still moving even though it was bitten.
After that we went zip-lining. There were 13 of them. The longest was 500 metres! We saw 2 toucans and a sloth. I loved it so much.
Now we are in Tamarindo. We are doing lots of surfing. Now I'm going to see some friends.
23rd November 2018
In the last two weeks, we've been travelling in Costa Rica and Peru. We flew to Lima. We visited the San Fransisco monastery, where there are bones of 25,000 people. We saw actual skulls and femurs.Next we flew to Cusco and drove to the Sacred Valley. We stayed on a small farm, near the farm we saw a salt mine and learnt how they make salt. (And when you put your hand in the salty water the sun dried the water off your hands the only thing that was there is salt.)
The next day we went to Machu Pichhu. We went on a train with very big windows! To get to Machu Picchu we then had to go up a really steep mountain in a bus. It was three quarters good, one quarter bad. Because there was a bit too much queuing. It was good because it was fascinating to see how the Incas built it. I actually went in the buildings!
Now I am on a train for ten hours! Going from Cusco to Puno.
