Hanging out in Vic

Their pool;










This is Ana, the youngest of the family so far.


Paula loves her little sister;


All the kids loved fussing over her;




The clan. From left to right; Paula (May '01), Luis (Paula's dad), Talia, Ronnie, Luis' mom with Ariana (Gaspar's daughter, born Nov. '01), Christine, Luis' wife holding their middle child Marc (4 years). Baby Ana (Nov. '06) was asleep. Everyone was tired after the pool.


Here is the continuation with Lousia, Gaspar's wife with their son Nil (pronounced like "Neil" born April '03). She's expecting another boy in July. Gaspar isn't pictured. Notice that the names aren't typically Spanish in Catalonya.

Barcelona!

We took the train to Barcelona on the 23rd, St. George's Day. "Sant Jordi" is a big holiday in Catalonya. Traditionally, the men give the women roses and the women give the men books. There were tons of books and flowers being sold in the streets.



We took a double decker tour bus. The kids loved it and it was easy to keep us together and seated. Not easy to do a big city alone with three small kids (on a major holiday at that!)

























Unfortunately, the cable car was broken (although running, go figure) so we simply visited the park near the Olympic pool.

















The view sans enfants;







Another good way to keep the kids "contained" in the busy areas was to take a "Trixie" which I've also seen called a "Pedalo" in other countries. The guy was very nice and did a little tour of the back roads. I wasn't the only one with this idea. We saw a couple of others with little arms and heads sticking out. Barcelona requires a lot of walking, which makes it tricky with kids.





The kids liked the aquarium and bugged me to go back again the next day. Hard to say no to something educational?!? Especially when they had been dragged to a few of my choices.



Ronnie having a whale of a time;


The frog was a hit with the girls.











Davina had to do a little demo.







They also liked the sea turtle.











Ronnie in the dive suit;


Talia in the dive suit;



...and finally Davina in the dive suit;



Forget the suit, let's go for the submarine!









Here are some pictures of the actual fish. They didn't come out well since flash photography isn't allowed.







It's cool since you go through a tube to see the fish, including some rather big sharks. Every time Davina saw one, she'd say "he go like this..." and roar. She also would go up to the tanks and say "A big, Mommy look! A big. A baby. Here, a baby..."

It's the biggest aquarium in Europe. Here's their website in English;
http://www.aquariumbcn.com/AQUARIUM/informacion.php

The kids at the harbor, just outside the aquarium;









...and just the harbor, sans enfants;


We saw some cruise ships docked so I told them that's what we're doing in August and where Ronnie will spend his birthday.