Author’s Note
Dear Reader,
Hello, my lovely friends! I just wanted to fill you in on a little something to save you any confusion or frustration thinking I’d lost my mind and didn’t double check my Spanish. Both the Catalan and Spanish languages are common in Barcelona. They have similarities but are two separate languages. The use of each often depends on who one is speaking with. You will see my hero and his family use mostly Catalan throughout the book, though a few Spanish words are used here and there, depending on the scene. For example, ‘Mateu’ is Catalan for ‘Mateo’ and ‘miss’ is Senyoreta in Catalan but Señorita in Spanish. Enjoy Barcelona! I fell in love.
XO ~ MK