As we crossed the Spanish border and arrived in Barcelona, we straight away went to a board game language exchange meetup at a bar and experienced a little bit of the culture by witnessing how passionate the Spanish got about certain Uno rules. Such meetups are a great opportunity to get to know locals and ask them about other cool events that might happen that week!
During our week in Barcelona, we also happily welcomed Theresa's cousin Elise. I got to know her during my time in the Bay area, as she visited us in Oakland a couple of times and we got to celebrate Thanksgiving with the entire family. She recently moved on from her job as a bioengineering postdoctoral researcher at Stanford and is currently considering moving to Switzerland. Her presence made our week definitely even more joyful and we desperately tried to convince her to travel with us further but unfortunately, she already had promised her friends in the UK to spend time with them.