After that we went to the Van Gogh museum and that was also an incredible experience. It felt so surreal to see his Sunflowers painting. I remember how Cik Dek had that in his living room. Actually I think it was Cik Dek who first told me about Van Gogh. It was really amazing to see his works. And I especially loved Almond Blossom cause the blue background is so intense and vibrant and it looks really nice.

The only downer was that I didn't get to see my favourite painting, Starry Night. I was really looking forward to that and Arlin had told me how amazing it looks for real and all. I looked at every single painting and couldn't find it. Turns out it's in New York, at the Museum of Modern Art. Argh!! Now I have to go to New York too! Oh yeah there was a special Barcelona exhibition too at the Van Gogh museum and we saw some of Picasso's works as well.

And after spending a total of 7 or 8 hours at the museums, we went for dinner at this nice little Italian restaurant.

A few days later, we went to yet another museum, the Anne Frank museum. It was the house that she and her family lived in for 3 years during the war. It was really small and cramped and it makes you wonder how she and everyone there managed to be cooped up there for so long without going out at all. And there were these markings on one of the walls which showed Anne and her sister Margot's heights while they were growing up there. I felt really touched to see everything cause I remember reading her diary when I was 13. I remember how when I got to the end of the book and it said that she died in a concentration camp, I cried and cried like crazy. It was a memorable experience to be at the place where she wrote down all her thoughts and feelings all those years ago.

*Renee*