Yesterday I went on my first excursion with API. We travelled 45 min outside of Barcelona to a cute beach town called Sitges, this is also where the famous Carnival happens in Spain! (So I will be returning to Sitges on Thursday for some Carnival celebrations!). We started off the day in Sitges doing a scavenger hunt, which was slightly confusing but gave us a good opportunity to tour around the little town and check out the beach etc.
Our breakfast was included on the trip and we had a traditional Catalonian meal - Pan con tomate y aceite, which is bread with tomato, oil, salt and some meat like ham or sausage. It was delicious, and tasted so fresh! After breakfast we completed some activities and games through our scavenger hunt and then took a break for lunch.
After lunch I went on a walking tour of the city (which was all in Spanish) and learned about the history of the town. It had a very large Cuban influence and therefore had a large number of Cuban immigrants to the town. Fun fact - the man who created the Barcardi Rum company (forget his first name, but his last name is obviously Barcardi!) came from Sitges!
So they have a monument/statue for him in the town! Also there was a lot of trading between Spain and Cuba for wine, rum, coffee and other types of foods. The people who originally had settled in Sitges were quite wealthy and therefore built some pretty nice homes along the beach front, which are now one of the most expensive properties in Sitges. 
The day was absolutely perfect, it was about 18-20C and sunny, with some wind. So in between lunch and our walking tour of the city we laid in the sun for about an hour. :) Felt so nice to be sun tanning in such nice weather in FEBRUARY !!!
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