It is Tuesday morning and life has returned to its normal pace. My parents departed for California on Friday evening and Rory left for Rioja and France on Saturday morning, so the children and I were left with a quiet Easter weekend.
Before my parents left, we toured the cathedral and surrounding area. My parents had visited before, but it was a beautiful day in Girona and we enjoyed walking around. I do think the cathedral is a good place for kids over the age of four. Eston loves looking at the tapestries and hearing the stories of what happened here over the years.
My dad purchased Eston a sword on his last visit, so this time around he took Eston to the shop to choose a shield. This purchase made his week and he has been playing with it non-stop as he begs me to tell him another story about the history of Girona. We have a huge history book about Girona and I am slowly (very slowly) reading it to Eston. The book is in Catalan, but thankfully it has some great pictures as well, hahah!
There are several parades during Setmana Santa and we usually attend the ones that begin a bit earlier in the evening (8pm) instead of the 10pm parade. The kids love seeing the soldiers and horses.
On Easter morning the kids were so excited to run around the apartment in search of eggs. They were even more excited to discover the eggs held a jellybean or two! I let them have a bit of candy freedom and they were thrilled. We decided to balance it out with a long walk through town.
The walk tired them out, so we stopped at a cafe for their favorite drink--cafe con leche, sin cafe. Yes, just steamed milk. They go nuts for it. I think they just like the grown-up cups and the process of sitting in cafe and having conversation over "coffee." I had a cup of tea as they ran around the square in front of the cafe.
We were thrilled to discover that one store was open on Easter. Very odd for Spain, but that's okay. The garden center was open. Kaitlin joined us for a trip out to the garden center, which actually has a bit of everything. The kids love looking at the fish and the ponies. Yes, I told you it has a bit of everything! We spent some of my birthday dough on new plants for the balcony. Eston picked out a ton of veggie plants and he is convinced that we will never have to buy food again. I hope he is right.
We spent the afternoon planting and re-potting things. It took us nearly two hours to get everything the way we wanted, but it was worth it. I am so thrilled with my lemon tree.
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