9 members of my immediate family visited me here in Spain in early June 2009, it was like a reunion! It had been years since we had all been under one roof at the same time. We rented a house near Girona. We had such a wonderful time and everything came off without a hitch! Click here for photos. We visited many of the sites in Barcelona twice, also checked out some of the nicer beaches on the Costa Brava. We visited Figueres and France (well, just Carcassonne). I was glad for all of them to have a chance to come over and see me here, and the "european way" of living life. I think everyone involved had a great time!