Day 1: Visiting Michael in Barcelona

After our arrival today, we were able to quickly freshen up and go meet Michael at his school.  However, Michael was an hour delayed due to a train issue, a tram break down and various other incidents.  Sophia was the vision of patience as she snipped at me and her sister at a continuous pace.  Melina was over talkative and driving Sophia absolutely nuts with her rambling and inability to just 'sit and wait'.  When we finally saw Michael it was WONDERFUL!  It was the first time in years where he appeared happy to be in our presence!!  We took a walk, had a bit of  lunch at one of his favorite lunch places, and planned to connect on Sunday for a dinner out with his roommate. We left amazed at the wonderful reunion and discussed at length how much he has matured.  A few hours later, Michael called to inform me had set off a fart 'bomb' in a neighboring room this afternoon resulting in a 2 hour detention.