Gladiator Guy!

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Mmmm, I think one of my new favourite fruits are Chirimoyas (thanks rost0037 for the name! :D), they are delicious. Please, if you haven't tried one, act today and go and get one! You deserve it!

Okay, I admit it: I didn't make any raw Halloween treats. Instead, I agreed to go to the pub with my dad and brother. Hmm, I only approved to go because it's Smoke-Free! ;) Actually, it's a pretty nice place to hang out.

Andddd I beat their arses (asses :) at Pool!!!!!!! Haha!
Okay, I didn't exactly win but I came pretty darn close. Not bad for my first time, eh (ah, I hope it's not just 'beginners luck'!).


Ohhh, we also went to an old friends house, and she has loadsssss of fruit trees!! Of course, most of them had no fruit except a fig tree! Yayyyyy! Mmmm, they also have a Mulberry tree, and they said we can come back in May for those! ;)


My mum was talking to the lady (Claudine) about my diet and such, and she was reallyyyyyy interested! - especially about green smoothies, surprisingly ;) She even asked me to come back and do a demo for her, and that she will pay for the produce!! Woooooop, how cool is that?!!


Me with a different friend, Cara, in mum's friends garden (:

Awww, Claudine had such a cute dog that seemed to like washing a lot, as practically the whole time we were there, he staying in the washing bag! (;


Claudine's mum is a very successful statue maker (is that how you say it?), and she has an array of statues' in her garden. In fact, in India, there's a whole public park dedicated to her with all her statues in! They're also scattered around all over the place around where I live.
Here are just a few photo's of many that were there:

After, we went on a walk in a rural park/public grassy place and I found a persimmon tree!!! Okay, the tree it might have actually been in someone's garden as I found out afterwards (signs are confusing) but anyways, I never even knew they could grow here!! :O
Unfortunatly, they weren't yet ripe.

I'll have to come back for them.


My brother has left now :( But before he went we go to go to this Martial Arts thingy, where they show off. It was Very good. Most of it, anyway. We didn't stay for the whole thing, as it went on in till 1AM, no joke! (it started at 6:30PM).

Before it started


We meet this Gladiator guy there who was meant to go on scene, but unfortunately we left before we could see him on stage.
Gladiator guy and my brother.

Gladiator guy getting a drink... as you can see, I'm distracted by shiny objects

Oh oh, cool news! They have raw crackers hereeee!!!!!!
hm, except I read an interview of the person who owns them and he thinks he invented them. Ha! If only he knew.....



Thanks for reading!




Raw in Spain!

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A little while ago, me and my mum went for a long weekend in Palma, Mallorca, to attend mum's friends wedding.
I bought a mango, and some other bits and pieces through with me on to the plane, thinking i would make it last the weekend, but as usual, there was only enough for breakfast the next day! (;

But, i thought, as it was Spain, and hot (to my standards!) i fought out to find a market. Mum warned me not to expect organic produce.
Well, not ONLY did we find an organic stand (YAY!) but they had my favourite AMAZING sharron fruit (also known as persimmons) and avocados and herbs, and tomatoes and sprouts etc.. (you get the idea.. :) that i stocked up on but they also had RAW CRACKERS!! That's right, they had Raw sprouted flax crackers!!! from this lovely lady: www.purepassionforlife.com
I gave most of the crackers to my mum, but did have a nibble and they were gorgeous, because dehydrated food doesn't seem to work too well with me. (:















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Simple, but ohhh so yummy!

We had LOADS of pictures, plus one of me standing in front of the stall (it was an inside food market) BUT mums phone got stolen on the LAST DAY!! In fact, it was on our way to the airport to LEAVE!!!! :(
Although i did take a few on my phone.

One thing i did notice while eating the organic sharron fruits was that they have large SEEDS in them, and i had never noticed that before. So, just out of curiosity, when we got back to France i picked up a persimmon at my local market, and sure enough, NO SEEDS. it was really a shame when i saw this because its just like seedless grapes, its not natural.

So, how did Spain go for a raw teenager like myself?

Well, there were some awkward times, especially as food was served. They eat dinner at 10pm or later! (i eat it at around 5, depending when i end school). The first night, we went to like (sorry, i say like alot - too much :) a little before-celebration to all meet up before the big finale, and out of ALL of the people there, something like 95% were family of the husband to be!!! (the bride is English, the groom is Spanish) Also, the the building were the party was set was owned by his family, and was divided into about 6 flats and all lived in by close reletivs! (he had his grandma living underneath!) How cool!

Although, this did make me feel alittle out of place, as they all knew each other, all were speaking Spanish (the next language i would love to learn! :) and already probably thought i was a little odd because i wasn't eating at 10:30 at night!!
But, i have to say, by the end of the weekend, i got on with everybody SO well, and the brooms parents even welcomed us to stay in her house if ever we are around that area again! How nice!

Ohhh, we went walking around around and we saw olive trees, date trees, lemon trees, orange trees, POMAGRANTE trees (i took pictures but, yeah..).. SO beautifull!!!

Wow! The 'wedding' Saturday night turned out to be more of a rave than anything else!! They had a DJ, lights, and we all danced through the night!!! It was the first time in agesssssss that i had worn a dress and heels, so my legs were killing when we finally went home at 5AM. Oh yeah, and out flight back was at 7AM!
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