The snail reappeared suddenly, as it disappeared mysteriously last autumn..

It seems that it didn’t go far and it hibernated somewhere dusty and hairy in the balcony and unfortunately its comeback was more terrible than I could expect. First afternoon it attacked everything green.

Originally from a village near Castellon, it was forced by our neighbours to migrate to Barcelona last year. After a long trip inside a bag full of other snails, the snail managed to escape from the kitchen just a few minutes before they were thrown to boiling water. It became the only survivor among the others.

Our respect towards this heroic and independent spirit made us accept it as a refugee in our balcony, but this year the flower seeds that Barcelona town hall sent deserve tender loving care and the snail will need to leave the territory very soon…