Los Chicos del Coro

I may have mentioned that Saturday was a very full day. It didn't end there. At 8pm I met Roser (the director of my school) and her husband in the main portal, jumped in their car and off we drove to Manresa. Manresa is small city about 45 minutes from Solsona – it has maybe 70,000 inhabitants. Roser had an extra ticket to see Los Chicos del Coro perform and had invited me to join them at the theatre. When we arrived we still had about a half an hour before the concert began so we strolled about on the passeig – a much smaller version of Las Ramblas in Barcelona. There was an outdoor market happening there at the moment too. It was lovely to stroll up and down the walkway, looking at all the amazing artisan breads and meats, and honey and spices, all while chatting amiably with Roser and her husband. Have I mentioned how lucky I am to have connected with such nice people here. The people of Solsona have been amazing to me, so welcoming, generous and warm.

The show was delightful, they are a children's choir from France and are extremely talented. All the children are between the ages of 10 and 12 and they sing beautifully for ones so young. They have amazing control of their voices and sang in at least four different languages extremely well. There is a movie called Los Chicos del Coro and this choir sang the soundtrack for the movie. If you're interested just google it. 

The concert ended at 11:30pm, which of course meant that it must be dinner time. These Spaniards sure are night owls! So the whole group of us (by this time we had connected up with three other couples, friends of Roser, and her teenage niece) went to a restaurant bar and ordered some tapas. Laura, my friend from the program, lives in Manresa, so she also joined us at dinner and we had some fun. She is really chatty and I think they all got a kick out of las dos americanas. We finally made our way home around 1:30am. I was tired, but happy.