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DFW

(60,094 posts)
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 10:26 PM Yesterday

Brief DU intergenerational meet-up in Spain

My wife often joins me in March when I have a longer stay in Barcelona. This time, longtime DU member blm told me that her daughter was studying there, and she would put us in touch, in case we all had time to meet up. It turned out that on Sunday, we all did.

So, a loud Catalan "Bon dia" from my wife and me, as well as "baby blm," who isn't much of a baby any more, to DU back in the USA:

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Brief DU intergenerational meet-up in Spain (Original Post) DFW Yesterday OP
:) Solly Mack Yesterday #1
That she is DFW Yesterday #3
Beautiful! Diamond_Dog Yesterday #2
🌺 Deuxcents Yesterday #4
Nice! leftstreet 23 hrs ago #5
Beautiful DU meetup! You all look great as usual. CaliforniaPeggy 23 hrs ago #6
Beautiful! ❤️ littlemissmartypants 22 hrs ago #7
Very nice! calimary 22 hrs ago #8
As Southerners have been known to say..... DFW 19 hrs ago #10
Ahh that's amazing! róisín_dubh 21 hrs ago #9
I will! DFW 19 hrs ago #11
That's so crazy and amazing JI7 18 hrs ago #12
She is loving Barcelona and its respect for the arts. blm 13 hrs ago #13
Barcelona has a gravitational pull that is disproportionate to the rest of the planet. DFW 8 hrs ago #14

DFW

(60,094 posts)
3. That she is
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 10:35 PM
Yesterday

If blm isn't bragging, it's due to pure modesty on her part, and not because she lacks a reason.

róisín_dubh

(12,305 posts)
9. Ahh that's amazing!
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 12:51 AM
21 hrs ago

Do let me know if you’re in London at some point and I’ll hop a train down

DFW

(60,094 posts)
11. I will!
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 03:04 AM
19 hrs ago

Although it’s only a one hour flight, we almost never make it up there. It must be at least ten years since we’ve been.

JI7

(93,523 posts)
12. That's so crazy and amazing
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 04:09 AM
18 hrs ago

I can remember blm talking about her baby who was actually a baby back then and now you are meeting that baby that is now all grown up.

blm

(114,589 posts)
13. She is loving Barcelona and its respect for the arts.
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 09:12 AM
13 hrs ago

Last edited Mon Mar 16, 2026, 08:44 PM - Edit history (1)

I miss her, but, love knowing how happy she is there while chasing that masters degree.

Thankyou.

And….Thankyou to DU, MWO, and Bartcop.

Ava spent plenty of hours on my lap where we would ‘Guggle’ various animal photos and videos. Remember when DU linked to Smirking Chimp, and the days of MIMS - Monkey In a Man Suit? Ava’s first day of preschool, the teacher pointed out a photo of ‘the president’ and Ava loudly replied, “George Bush is a monkey, ooo…ooo…ooo.”

DFW

(60,094 posts)
14. Barcelona has a gravitational pull that is disproportionate to the rest of the planet.
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 02:17 PM
8 hrs ago

Once you have established an existence there, it is extremely difficult to break free of it.

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