{"id":13449,"date":"2024-08-18T16:37:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T16:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=13449"},"modified":"2024-08-18T23:31:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T23:31:00","slug":"a-visit-from-old-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=13449","title":{"rendered":"Happy birthday Val, and a visit from old friends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today our dear friend Montserrat and her family paid us a visit from their home in nearby Barcelona. We had a lovely lunch to celebrate Val&#8217;s birthday, which somehow lasted all afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5101-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5101-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5101-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5101-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5101-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5101-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5101-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5101-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/7dedba85-4b3a-4a42-a1fa-667112349beb.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/7dedba85-4b3a-4a42-a1fa-667112349beb-1024x694.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/7dedba85-4b3a-4a42-a1fa-667112349beb-1024x694.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/7dedba85-4b3a-4a42-a1fa-667112349beb-300x203.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/7dedba85-4b3a-4a42-a1fa-667112349beb-768x520.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/7dedba85-4b3a-4a42-a1fa-667112349beb-443x300.jpeg 443w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/7dedba85-4b3a-4a42-a1fa-667112349beb.jpeg 1182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ferran came on his bike. It\u2019s a lot faster than the train, but nobody accepted his offer of a lift back home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5104.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5104-1024x664.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5104-1024x664.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5104-300x195.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5104-768x498.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5104-1536x997.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5104-2048x1329.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5104-462x300.jpeg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had time for a wander around the village with Giovanni and Montserrat before it was time for them to head back to the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/c8aa5c21-b105-4a91-bbd3-15b610888fb6.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/c8aa5c21-b105-4a91-bbd3-15b610888fb6-1024x749.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/c8aa5c21-b105-4a91-bbd3-15b610888fb6-1024x749.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/c8aa5c21-b105-4a91-bbd3-15b610888fb6-300x219.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/c8aa5c21-b105-4a91-bbd3-15b610888fb6-768x561.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/c8aa5c21-b105-4a91-bbd3-15b610888fb6-410x300.jpeg 410w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/c8aa5c21-b105-4a91-bbd3-15b610888fb6.jpeg 1368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A very nice afternoon, spent reminiscing about when we were all a lot younger. 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