Sunday, March 25, 2012

Day 13: Nature

There's this one particular mountain on the edge of Barcelona that we always go to to celebrate family birthdays.  Yesterday we went to celebrate Yago's cousin's daughter's (got it?) birthday.  Her name is Elena and she turned 5.

For those of you who don't know much about Barcelona or geography, Barcelona is basically surrounded by mountains on 3 sides and the Mediterranean on the 4th.  This is why Barcelona grows up instead of out.

Anyway, we went to this mountain - which is like a 20 minute drive from our house - and amazingly, were some of the first to arrive.  It did eventually get a bit chilly, but when we first arrived, it was beautiful out and I even took my sweater off because the sun was so delightfully warming.  There were happy puppies everywhere throughout this park/picnic area and I even got to play with a few.  We had a big meal and then Yago and I laid in the grass for a bit where I collected snail shells...there were billions!

This particular area is  pretty popular for family gatherings such as ours, so there's usually a good amount of people, there are lots of bikers and hikers passing through, and there are nice wooden paths throughout.  Because of all that, I was slightly confused - though I was not the only one - when a random shepherd walked right through the picnic area with his herd of goats and 2 sheepdogs as if it were the most normal thing in the world.  I thought it was awesome and it made my day.



(The second photo is just a bonus.  It's another one of Yagos' cousins' kids, Marc.  He's my fave ever.  I mean just look at that face!)

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