Chroniclers

Buying the boys little notebooks to take along on this trip was genius, if I do say so myself. They forget them a third of the time, drop them while crossing streets a few times a day, but all in all, the attraction of drawing what is before them and, in Joseph's case, taking a few notes, really keeps them focused. Some shots from Saturday.  Tomorrow we return to the US. I am not anxious to return. This is a pleasant bubble in which to exist. But like all bubbles, it must be burst.  That first day in Scopello seems like a million years ago, but then these days, there's a lot that seems that way.




On the terrace of La Pedrera.



In the Maritime Museum

Katie (left) is not taking notes. She is alternately listening to the audioguide and reading a book, not about ships.

But that's okay.

What Michael was drawing:




The Maritime Museum is excellent. It's enormous, contained the old shipbuilding structure, and they can prove it: