Bareclona in Spain was our starting point on what was a longer journey with an ulterior motive: to cross the border by bus into the micronation of Andorra nestled in the Pyrenees. A decade after first visiting Barcelona I was finally mature enough to be able to appreciate Gaudi's city like never before.
A burning desire to teach abroad led me to English Summer International Schools near Barcelona where I taught in a small town called Tamarit near Tarragona for a month. I headed out into the unknown, on my own, to work abroad, for the first time in my life. It was exciting and challenging in equal measure.