The jet lag is wearing off, and the fun is beginning. We took a tour bus up a hill to Montjuic today. Some believe the juic in the word stems from the ancient Catalan word for Jew. Makes sense, as there is an ancient Jewish cemetary up there.
We stopped at the Fundicion Joan Miro. The boys played in the sculpture garden then Nate and Grandma toured the art with sketch pads and colored pencils in hand. I am biased, but Nate is a talented artist. He was able to sketch one of Miro's sculptures quite accurately.
When the boys were done with culture, we hopped back on the bus and headed to the ports. We got off at the Aquarium, which was wonderful. The hands-on kids area was just what my boys love. The climbed on giant turtle sculptures, drove a submarine and slid down a water tube.
In fact, they loved the aquarium so much, Jacob had a MAJOR tantrum on the way out. Picture a sobbing, kicking, rolling on the ground tantrum, yelling, "I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE! LET'S GO BACK TO THE QWARUM!"
We ignored the tantrum and the stares from the horrified onlookers and found an all-you-can-eat buffet for dinner. It was on par with CiCi's pizza, but the Haagen Dazs after was wonderful as always. Though, in the US HD is $$$ enough, add in the lousy exchange rate from dollars to Euros and ice cream cost more than dinner.
On a sad note, our trusty Maclaren stroller strap broke rendering it nearly unpushable. Matt, our trusty handyman does not have proper tools to fix it. We may suck it up and buy a second stroller at Le Corte Ingles. Oh, yes, I forgot to mention that Nate whined so much about walking yesterday, we ran into the department store and spent 50 Euro on a umbrella stroller.
It was not in our budget, but we may have to go spend another 50 for another stroller if we cant fix this temporarily. zoiks.
Tomorrow the zoo.
Oh, also I am going to start a kinder egg tally at the bottom of each day. Today I will catch you up on previous Kinder egg toys:
Day 1: Nate- Oscar boy, Jacob- Ana girl
Day 2: Nate- flying helicopter, Jacob- race car
Day 3: Nate- another flying helicopter, Jacob- strange double log faces
Day 4: Nate- computer guy, Jacob- a rocket car
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Thanks for writing, I have been checking regularly. Sounds like things are looking up and a good rest was necessary. The zoo should be icing on the cake.
I can't wait to see Nate's art work.
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