CHAPTER 22 Thursday 22 December 2016 Time: 3:00 pm David “I’ve already told you that we would be arriving in 15 minutes…” The words of the taxi driver rouse me from my thoughts as he takes me home. “…It’s always the same. Fifteen minutes. The traffic lights on this route are well-synchronised and there are […]
CHAPTER 21 Thursday 22 December 2016 Time: 2:30 pm Sofía “Is that you, dear?” I hear my mother’s voice from the kitchen as I close the front door behind me. As always, I drop my keys in the first drawer of the hall table next to the entrance into the apartment. “Yes, mum. It’s […]
CHAPTER 20 Thursday 22 December 2016. Time: 2:00 pm David From the time I was small, my mother has been teaching us that in life we have to make decisions and it is very important to have all the information necessary to make the right decision, but as she would say: ‘If you have to […]
CHAPTER 19 Thursday 22 December 2016. Time: 1:05 pm Sofía The sun continues shining and the wind has not dropped in intensity. In winter in the Ebro Valley, you always need to have a coat, although the sun’s rays make you think that it is warm. I can still remember my mother’s response when I […]
CHAPTER 18 Monday 19 December 2016 Time: 8:00 pm David As we enter Nicola’s house, I realised that it is not the same as the last time we were there. He is wearing the same clothes: a long white tunic. However, this time, I notice a little figurine at the entrance into the house. I […]
CHAPTER 17 Monday 19 December 2016 Time: 6:00 pm Sofía Normally, young boys on skateboards practise their new moves near the entrance of the Cathedral of the Saviour (La Seo) and next to the entrance of the old Roman forum. They use the slope for their jumps and use the steps near the fountain to […]
CHAPTER 16 Monday 19 December 2016 Time: 5:00 pm David Although my family live far from the city centre, on occasion we have visited friends of my parents who live in this sector. Almost all the floors were quite dark and filled with old furniture. I didn’t know what we might find in this house […]
CHAPTER 15 Monday 19 December 2016 Time: 4:30 pm Sofía Walking along Don Jaime Street can be a bit tricky at some points of the day. According to my parents, it was good that the street was paved with cobbles, which gave this part of the city an older look. So, it was a shame […]
CHAPTER 14 Monday 19 December 2016 Time: 4:00 pm David I observe my four companions as we walk through the centre of Plaza del Pilar. It is impressive. Each time I come here, I enjoy looking up to admire the whole scene from the great fountain. I like entering the plaza from the area of […]
CHAPTER 13 Monday 19 December 2016 Time: 3:00 pm Sofía It’s almost lunch time and, normally after school, we go home immediately as we would have been up from very early and would be hungry by this time. But today, the five of us have stayed chatting at the school gate to talk about what […]
