On to the sunnier side of Spain: Catalunya
On the 2nd of January I left Madrid for Catalunya via a seven hour bus, which wasn't so bad -- after the 22 hour bus ride in Peru, this was a piece of cake. I arrived at Barcelona Sants a little after 6pm and was on the 7pm high speed train to Figueres , the city with the nearest train station to my aunt and cousin. Spain has slowly been building train stations and introducing the high speed trains called AVE. The trains are much nicer and faster, and as my aunt pointed out, sometimes only 2-4 euros more expensive than the normal trains. My aunt picked me up at the train station in Figueres and we drove the 15 minutes to Palau-Saverdera where they live. I met my cousin Maya and her boyfriend Nardi at home, and we all had a good dinner before calling it a night. Me: Let's take a picture to send to Ange Maya: Wait, I need to hold a glass of wine! The next day we headed to Roses to take a morning walk by the beach and I was pleasantly surprised by how warm it was! Afte...