Adopted Mum and Dad

The remaining part of the weekend was spent with Emily’s mum and dad,  with Venicular (sideways metro) trips, Cable Car trips up to the Castle, where we got to experience some amazing views along with some interesting art galleries and photos, and some of the best food that I have ever experienced!! The weather at the latter part of the weekend was not too brilliant, with a lot of rain and no sun, very different from the Thursday, Friday and Saturday, where we were back to shorts, flip flops and sunbathing. However despite rubbish weather, we still made the most of the city with my newly adopted mum and dad! The cable car trip got me very excited for skiing, as the only time I have been in a cable car has been on the slopes, so that was a different experience. Even though it was a cloudy day, the views out of the bubble and at the top of the castle were still incredible. You can see the whole city, including the diagonal, big main road that runs throughout the middle. It is not until you look at the city from above that you realise how it created with a grid formation, other than that gothic part of the city which is made up of tiny little roads. The evening of our Castle trip we went to a restaurant called The Terrace that had a view over the whole of Ramblas, however the next day, and the day after that, and the day after that , we had dinner in a restaurant called “china” and it was possibly the best food that I have ever had! Chinese Barcelona style definitely has to be recommended. Emilys mum and dad was a very nice and homely visit, and I was sorry to see them leave after spending so much time with them, but again glad that they could bring me a little piece of home to keep me going. I am really really enjoying my time here, and I don’t think I have been missing home too much, but I think that might be because I have been lucky enough to have a constant visit of people from home and they bring a part of that with them and leave it with you to keep you going for a few more weeks.