Barcelona Barcelona made me feel plenty of emotions and it's hard to describe them all. It has taken 3 months for me to write this sketch and one of the reasons to do it eventually is the necessity to complete the travel stories series in my journal. We had been hosted by Ulyana's (my friend) close friend, to be accurate, by friend of her family. He is a man about 55 years old, but he looks much younger, he has a wife and 2 children. It is very nice family which lives the most part of the year in Mataró, a town in the countryside near Barcelona, and moves to the U.S. for summer. Parents teach English and Russian and their children speak 3-4 languages. I think it's amazing. I would like my children would be bilingual or trilingual. Seems like they have a dream life but of course, I guess, they have their own obstacles. Mataró is very welcoming town where Gaudí designed his first building - we had been living right the opposite to it. At weekends students from the local schools play music on the town square where habitants sit at the tables and drink coffee with croissants or churos from the nearest cafés. Spanish people have very calm and leisured lifestyle, they enjoy every moment of life and respect wellbeing of others. They love delicious food, good wine at any hour of the day and appreciate the places where they live. It is useful to interrupt our hassle weekdays, to imagine warm south sun and sea and to feel the tranquility. That's what I imagine when I think about Spain. We have visited a lot of places in Barcelona, saw the brilliant impressive legacy of Gaudí. However, I think more about the Spanish and their lifestyle, about tasty food, the sea and sun.