Turó Parc—by Ella
Feb 25th, 2014 by willmarks
Turó Parc is a park that we live across the street from, and we go to very often. It is a big park with lots to do. There is a café, a playground, a grassy area, fountains, trees to climb, a big pond, and plenty more.
This is the view of the park from our deck.
When you go to the park and see the small outdoor café, you’d infer that it only provides small, basic dishes. But after you take a look at the menu, you’ll see that there are many more options than that, including chicken nuggets. (They’re my favorite!) Or if you want to be fancy like my parents, you can settle down with some wine.
This is a picture I took of the café in the park. Can you find my mom? Also, our apartment is in the background.
The playground is a fenced area near the front of the park where you’ll see most of the kids. There is an area for the little kids, and an area for the older ones. Sometimes we just play in the open space. I’m pretty sure that Max thinks that the best parts of the playground are the ping pong tables. They don’t provide paddles and balls, but we were lucky to find the equipment supplied in our apartment.
This is a picture of the playground. The fenced area is for the smaller kids.
We like to play baseball and other sports on the grass, but most of the time it is filled up with dogs and is muddy. When we first got here, there was a fence around the grass, and you weren’t allowed to go inside it; but now it’s opened, so we are free to go in. Most of the time I prefer going somewhere else to play sports because my shoes have gotten very dirty by playing baseball there, but it is really nice when it’s dry.
Here are some of my friends with Max and Maggie.
I love to climb trees there, especially a certain tree that used to have a bunch of roly-polies inside its holes. Near the front of the park, there are many small trees that are quite easy to climb, and great hiding spots when playing hide-and-seek. One time I hid there while playing hide-and-seek with my friends, and they never found me! (Probably because it’s such a big park.)
The pond is next to the playground, and has some fish, and even a few turtles! There used to be about ten giant lily pads that were made up of tons of normal-sized lily pads to look like one huge lily pad!
Here’s another picture I took. The lily pads are gone, but I like the reflection of the trees.
By Ella
Ella, this is a great write up, and I am sad that we never to got to see the park when we were there. Sounds like it would have been a lot of fun to explore it, especially when you three!
Dear Ella,
You write well. I thoroughly enjoyed “being in the park” with you through your writing as well as in the real. I am glad I got to treat you and Maggie to your favorite chicken nuggets that first full day I had in Barcelona. As for the water lilies that are no more, they were pointed out to me on my last full day of my November visit. The park is a delight to visit, but I also love looking at it from your balcony.
I wrote your mother and father that when I think about your apartment , I think : Sunny Spacious Space overlooking Scenic Turo Parc. ( I need you to show me how to get a type font with accents so I would be able to write Turo Parc properly.) I love being on your balcony. When I am on it, I feel as though I am experiencing a little slice of heaven .
Dear Gran-m’ma
Thank you for your compliments. I remember when you were here and we went to the park and the cafe. I’m excited to see you this summer!
Ella