Telmo: Wind stopper and Bobo jumper. Paloma: Bobo jumper and Mercury pants. Uda: Mercury jacket and Stars dress.

Paloma was born in San Sebastian but she lived in Pamplona, Seville, Wales, Granada, London before moving to Barcelona, where she has been for thirteen years. She is a researcher in a group looking for ways to cure heart diseases and she is the mother of Telmo (4) and Uda (1).  Paloma love concerts, dance and the sea.

We took a walk around Poblenou neighborhood with Paloma and her kids. Enjoy her cosmos!

What would you like to be when you grow up?

P: I would love to travel a lot.
T: Firefighter, police, astronaut and mountain rescue specialist.
U: Yes!

What’s the best thing about an ordinary day?

P: Every day I think of something special that I’m going to do and that makes me excited. It can be something like my ballet class, a meeting with friends while the kids play or a special dinner.
T: Play, building things and watching cartoons!

What’s the funniest thing you’ve ever done?

P: A road trip with Aitor. I always have a lot of fun when I travel.
T: Going to summer camps with my friends from school.

What’s your favourite star?

P: A shooting star we saw once in Viniegra with some friends. 
T: The ones that move, because they are special.

What would your ideal planet be like?

P: Like the one we already have but without plastics, without pollution and without ultra-processed food. We would live in green cities and people would move around on bicycles and electric trams.
T: Like Saturn, because it is very beautiful and because it has a shiny ring.

What food do you order on your birthday?

P: Depends on how I wake up, but probably something like Italian pasta and lots of summer fruits.
T: Chocolate cake!
U: (she seconds Telmo)

What have you learned from your children?

P: To have more patience and not to hurry. Every day is a day to enjoy.

You live in Poblenou, a neighbourhood next to the sea and full of creative studios. How do you and the children enjoy it? 

P: We love our neighbourhood, there are few cars, lots of bikes and it is close to the sea. We meet lots of creative friends on the street: some architects having a work meeting on a bar terrace; Nordic furniture experts chatting at their shop door; artists riding their bike with their kids; stylists carrying some clothes for some fashion shooting; video clip shoots, there’s always something happening!

The Growing-Young series focuses on the particular universe of different individuals and families who share and enjoy the cosmos of Bobo Choses. Discover all the series here