"More than anything I want to be a world traveler. More than that, I am glad to be Mama". -Heather Lowe

I will post a few pics, that won't do my time with Darin in Barcelona any justice, but I do want to prove we were there. I also want to give you an idea of how fantistico it was, if you haven't had the chance to experience yourself. However, I am not going to give you the history of Barcelona. I am not going to write our daily itinerary of the places we saw. I am not giving the details of where we stayed or what happened next. Just because. Because its not what happened to me. And I don't want to write about the things you can find in a guide book or a google search. I want to write about what I experienced, which to me is different. But just to get it off my chest, I do want to say, Barcelona is everything you imagine it to be; beautiful, delicious, sexy, historical, exciting and diverse. I agree with all the guide books. Its all true. We did not have enough time to explore and experience the all of Barcelona, so I am just saving a secret hope that we can live there someday. For reals.
Ironically, what I thought about when I was there was the knowing that I have friends who are not that interested in traveling. And I never understood it, since the travel desire seems to run through my blood, and call me like a passion you would die for (and I did have fears of my own death before I left. Not for me, but my babies going on without me, and me missing out on their lives). And I went anyways. My calling. You see?

And after my time in Barcelona, and the things that mattered to me while I was there, I understand those friends who are ok to never go too far, a little bit more than before I left. Because what I experienced I had to travel halfway around the world for. But the pleasures I had, can be found in your own backyard if you are paying attention (which sadly, all too often, I am not). So...I have bottled up this vacation and I fully intend on taking secret sips of it and reminding myself of the simplicity of happiness and peace until I get the chance to take off once again (take off in a plane far, far, away that is).
In the meantime I am going to enjoy sunrises, sunsets, walking with my arm hooked in Darin's, a "let it be" attitude, silent meditations, human connection, good coffee, fancy scarves, siestas, seafood, art (including the art hanging on my fridge), patience, and inner peace as I did in Barcelona.


p.s. For those that are wondering...I missed the girls so much. It was a wonderful break, but I carry them in my heart where ever I roam. Darin and I are no longer just us, without them. We spent a good amount of time reminding each other that we have the BEST kids in the whole wide world. Well of course we do. Don't we all? :)