Barcelona y Cornella

Hola! Que Tal?

I'm about half-way through my month here in Barcelona and realized that I haven't posted a single thing on my blog.  Things are going fabulous, the congregation has welcomed me with open arms and muchos besos.  During the week is preaching till around 1pm (in Espanol y Catalan: Envision Spanish, French, and Portuguese all rolled into one dialect) grabbing a fresh Barra (baguette) then Siesta (Cena: usually our largest meal of the day and perhaps a nap or at least some down time). 4:45pm back into the territory till around 7-8 and perhaps a gelato along our way home.  Light snack before Sueno time.  

The weekends have been go go go.  Spent the first weekend in Las Ramblas, the Port,

 and walking through the Barrios which you could get lost in for days. 

 They have their own Arc du Triomph here as well.  Much smaller than Paris' but the colors of it are beautiful and it is in the area where the skaters tend to congregate.

  By the way, did you know that Columbus' name was not in fact Columbus.  It was Colum.  Trivia points for you :)  I couldn't figure out who they were talking about for the longest time then I realized they meant Christopher Columbus.  Crazy eh?!

Some from my congregation here in Cornella.  I'm going on a two weeks now of no Ingles!  I can feel my brain growing :)

Last weekend we took in the Parque Guell.  One of Gaudi's amazing creations.  You'll have to forgive my poor photography but his creations could never really be captured on film anyways. 

 We also headed to Montjuic the area where the district conventions are held and also where the Olympics once were.  There is usually an amazing light, music, fountain show there in the summer, we hope to catch it before I leave.

Today we took in the Museo de Picasso and all of his amazing works.  We also stopped in La Boqueria the large outdoor market with the most amazing candies piled high to the top of the vending booths and hams and other meats to die for.

Lemon Trees are just about everwhere.  These ones are at the house of Amparo's family.  Delicious!

Hope all are well, I'm sending you besos and hugs so open your windows quick and catch them :)

XOXO