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Made My Día: Sun Prints, Countryside, and a Slower Morning Outside Barcelona
A creative morning in Cardedeu with cyanotype, local food, and an easy train ride from the city.
Sometimes you just need to get out of Barcelona for a few hours.
Not in a dramatic way. Not for a full weekend escape. Just enough to see a bit of green, walk somewhere quieter, meet a few new people, and come back with the feeling that you did something with your day.
That is what Made My Día offers.
Based in Cardedeu, around 35–40 minutes from Barcelona by train, the project was started by Joanna Steele, an artist and event organiser originally from London. Her idea is simple but very thoughtful: take people slightly outside the usual Barcelona circuit and bring together nature, local history, Catalan culture, and hands-on creative workshops.
I joined one of the Sun Prints experiences, where you make cyanotype prints using plants, flowers, and sunlight. It was one of those mornings that felt easy from the beginning.
