Our Trip - Part 5 - Barcelona

After Palma, Scott and Lisa flew with us to Barcelona (about a 30 minute flight). We stayed in a hotel there for five days before flying back to Utah. We spent most of the time walking around the city looking for people, trying to visit everyone that Ryan remembered. We also saw Park Guell, the Sagrada Familia cathedral, the Christopher Columbus statue, and did some great bargain hunting in the souvenir stores. I finally got my I Love Barcelona T shirt (since my original one was cheap, iron-on letters that peeled off).

Us with Scott and Lisa and Julio and Lola

With Israel, Teresa, and Coral Ledo Morales (Ryan baptized one of their other daughters, Sabrina)

Up on top of MontJuic

Barcelona from the top of MontJuic

On MontJuic

With Rocio Popo (we ate lunch with her)

The Barcelona metro system

Sleeping...

Scott and Ryan riding the metro

Lisa assuming her usual position on the metro... just kidding :)

With Jorge and Gina Olmos and their daughter Sofia

One of Gaudi's creations - called La Pedrera

With Mila Sabogal (we visited her in the hallway because she was locked out)

Outside the church building for the ward where Ryan served

With Gladys Casco (we ate lunch here after church)

Ryan at Park Guell

Park Guell

Park Guell

Me and my in-laws... just kidding :)

Outside the Barcelona mission office

With Isabel Rivera and her sons Jean Pierre and Alex *I had to balance the camera on a coat rack to get this picture... it was crazy!

Ryan dancing in the kitchen... :)

In the Barcelona train station

With the Rojano family in Vilafranca (just outside of Barcelona)

With the Becerras in Vilafranca

With Susana and her son in Vilafranca - Ryan baptized her when he served here

Outside the church in Vilafranca

With Lusmila in Barcelona (we ate a third dinner with her... )

With Rosa and Carlos in Cornella - another suburb of Barcelona

With Ana Maria, Alberto, and Iveris in Barcelona

Our Trip - Part 4 - Palma de Mallorca

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We left Castellon on a Saturday night and flew out to Palma. Damaris met us there, a member who Ryan reactivated while he served in Palma. We spent the week at her house, spent Christmas there, and visited lots of people. Part way through the week Scott and Lisa flew out and joined us there. While there, we also helped mend some broken relationships between Damaris and her daughter Dana, and we spent time with them and with her other daughter, Dayana. 

They laid out the "red carpet" for us when we got to Damaris's apartment!

Ryan's apartment from his mission

Being a rebel and crossing the old train tracks after church

Wading in the Mediterranean on our second night there :)

This cool fountain/splash place in the town. Kids would have a blast!

Poinsettias for sale - outside - it was in the low 70s most of the time we were there :)

Palma cathedral - with flying buttresses like Notre Dame. Very Gothic.

Ryan got himself locked up... just kidding :)

Inside the Muslim Baths (super old!)

Visiting Jaime, the King of Spain's friend (he used to be his tutor).

Ryan with the head of our Christmas dinner. I didn't eat any of it...

With Yomaira, Edgar, and Melanie (investigators we visited Christmas Eve)

Christmas dinner with Damaris, Dayana, and Tamara

The Christmas tree :)

Opening our stockings on Christmas morning that Santa Claus packed in our suitcases for us :)

Mediterranean, Christmas afternoon 2012

Cold - but not TOO cold!

Proof that I DID actually swim

Ryan jumping in

With the Palma missionaries at a ward sports activity

With Leticia - we visited a big nativity thing with her

By the harbor

With Elisabeth at lunch at her house

With one of the missionaries

Eating churros at Dayana's work with Dana, Dayana, and Damaris

The night Scott and Lisa arrived - with Dana, Damaris, and Tamara

Up at Formentor, a lighthouse - with Damaris and Dana

Ryan and Scott jumping in

Me with Dana