From The Linguist...
It was bound to happen...our departure day arrived. We had to leave to head back up to Barcelona. I've never been a big fan of goodbyes and prefer saying see you later. We knew it was going to be difficult to leave but I didn't realize how difficult.
After getting everything together, we made our way down with a few bags to start loading the van. I had been quite fortunate because parking wasn't too difficult or far from María's house. Once I got the van parked (thanks to Will who had saved me a parking spot in front of their house), I went up to get the rest of the bags. Sadness was in the air...the kids didn't want to leave. They enjoyed the pampering, the food and especially the dogs. Songbird and Deep Thinker were beside themselves.
After taking them up a second time to say goodbye to the dogs (after 15 minutes of full-up wailing), they were happy to say goodbye to the dogs again. We again made our way downstairs tearfully. As the kids stood out front crying and hugging María, people walking by were wondering who died or what could be the cause of such anguish. One woman stopped and asked if they were lost children! We finally got everyone in the van and slowly pulled away. What a great time we had!! The drive north was not too bad though the tears over not seeing the dogs returned again a few times. As did the request to get a dog...
It was bound to happen...our departure day arrived. We had to leave to head back up to Barcelona. I've never been a big fan of goodbyes and prefer saying see you later. We knew it was going to be difficult to leave but I didn't realize how difficult.
After getting everything together, we made our way down with a few bags to start loading the van. I had been quite fortunate because parking wasn't too difficult or far from María's house. Once I got the van parked (thanks to Will who had saved me a parking spot in front of their house), I went up to get the rest of the bags. Sadness was in the air...the kids didn't want to leave. They enjoyed the pampering, the food and especially the dogs. Songbird and Deep Thinker were beside themselves.
After taking them up a second time to say goodbye to the dogs (after 15 minutes of full-up wailing), they were happy to say goodbye to the dogs again. We again made our way downstairs tearfully. As the kids stood out front crying and hugging María, people walking by were wondering who died or what could be the cause of such anguish. One woman stopped and asked if they were lost children! We finally got everyone in the van and slowly pulled away. What a great time we had!! The drive north was not too bad though the tears over not seeing the dogs returned again a few times. As did the request to get a dog...
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