Londres: els miserables

Les Miserables is a musical that I've always liked, I've heard it many times, especially the tenth anniversary. They are still doing it, in fact, they are representing themselves for forty years. When we planned our trip to London, I had no plans to go see it, we had so many things to do that it was impossible to go there. But as we walked through Soho, the theater and music district, we passed the Queen's Theater and saw the poster that advertised it. Montse encouraged me to go there, and I searched for internet tickets, and I found it!
The theater was full, and it was a sensory experience and very emotional when enjoying the musical that had always seen on TV. It was three very intense hours hard to forget. When I finished, I took the 55 bus to go to the apartment on Beck Road.

Londres: el London Eye

London has one of the tallest wheels in Europe: The London Eye. The ticket are very expensive and I bought them online. We were lucky because there were not many people queuing. Each cabin fits more or less twenty-five people and the journey lasts thirty minutes. It goes slowly and the views of the city are very beautiful: The Thames, the Parliament, St. Jame's Park, and the Big Ben, that are repairing and their characteristic form was not seen.
After the London Eye, we went to Buckinham Palace going through St. James Park. There we saw, or we tried it because there was a lot of people, the change of guard. Then we headed to Hyde Park, the largest garden in London. Before, however, we made a tea at Hard Rock Café. The children got an ice cream. There we ate lunch and went to the science museum, one of the most spectacular in the city.

Londres: Museu Història Natural

One of the most emblematic museum in London is the Natural History. The entrance is free and is divided into four sections. In a room there is a great skeleton of a blue whale and throughout the museum you will find a large number of elements related to nature, among them an exhibition with dinosaur fossils.
In one of the sections there is a small garden with a pond where some museum workers had trays with pond water to discover the small animals that were there.
The visit was in the afternoon, in the morning we visited the Notting Hill neighborhood and the Portobello market. After the market, we went to the museum crossing Hyde Park, where Genís found a playground, dedicated to Princess Diana of Wales, where he was playing a good time.

Goteborg: els canals

Goteborg has channels that run through the city that lead to the Gothe River. The canals can be crossed with some boats called Paddan. We went to one of these boats, time threatened rain and the guide gave us some oilskin just in case. The route starts at one of the channels and along the route the guide will teach you the most emblematic buildings while crossing the bridges that cross them.
Then we went to the river, where we saw the opera house, and the lipstick, recognized as one of the ugliest buildings in Sweden. We went back to the canals crossing a mole bridge that forced us to crouch. The tour ended when we started it. It must be said that the guide that accompanied us had a great sense of humor, joking all the time. The explanations were made in Swedish and English.

Goteborg: El zoo i Haga

Goteborg has a zoo in the middle of a park. The first time I saw him was while he was running through the park in the morning. Suddenly I found a pool with seals. I followed a path and discovered the rest of the zoo: reindeer, deer, ducks, and above all, moose.
That afternoon we went the whole family. The children had a great time watching animals that they had never seen before, especially the impressive moose. All animals looked great because zoo caregivers gave them food at the same time we were there.
In the morning we went to visit the district of Haga, the most characteristic of the city with wooden houses and a very cozy shopping street.

Goteborg: Liseberg

Goteborg has an amusement park called Liseberg. When we went there day threatened rain. We bought tickets at an automatic cashier and we climbed into it. Genís and Èlia went with me to the majority of attractions, they had a great time, especially those of donuts that went down the water. There it started to rain, and we got wet both up and down.

There were places where large boxes were sorted out with all sorts of candy, you saw many people walking through the park with these boxes. We went up to a wheelbarrow where there is a magnificent view of Goteborg, a pity that it rained and it did not look very well.
After nine hours in the park, we went to the apartment walking in a very thin rain.

Goteborg: L'arxipièlag

This summer we made a five-day trip to Gothenburg. The city is very quiet and the time we have had was very pleasant. It is a city with many gardens and parks where Genís has had a great time in the playgrounds. One day we went to visit an archipelago near the city. They are small islands where you can go from end to end with twenty minutes. They have a very curious means of transport: a motorcycle with a tray in front. They say that it was when the women of the fishermen were going to find them, tired of fishing all day, loading them in the tray and taking them home. To go to the islands the ferry is used, there are many and they circulate very frequently. On one of the ferries we found a Swedish woman who knows the conflict between Catalonia and Spain.

Bicicletada

Today, the Riudoms bicycle has been done. It is a journey through the village of three kilometers that ends at the hermitage of Sant Antoni. I went with Genís, and he had a great time pedaling on the front. In the hermitage were Èlia and Montse with the sandwiches waiting for us.
In the afternoon we will go to the beach to finish the day.

Retrobament familiar

Yesterday I met a cousin that I did not know, Maria José. She is the daughter of my father's sister, who had broken their relationship for many years. We have been in Tarragona, with my sister, Neus and my parents. Her husband is called Ramon, and they have two daughters: Núria and Marina.
It has been a very emotional encounter, where my dad went to see his ill sister Alzheimer's after many years. Despite his illness, she has recognized him.
This encounter closes a page of enmity that has prevented us from knowing a part of my family and that has allowed us this reunion. Now I just have to meet the brothers of Maria José, I hope it will be soon.