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When I think of Barcelona, I think of my parents. Not because they have ties to the city. They are Chinese — not Spanish — and have never been to Spain or even Europe.

But when my friends and I visited Barcelona two years ago, I left with wistful thoughts of my parents as an unexpected souvenir.

Wong was just a few months old when this photo was taken with his parents in the new house they saved up to build in Windsor, Ont. (Submitted by Keith Wong)

My friends and I were at a restaurant. Early evening, drowsy flies, music lilting from the radio. We were enjoying summer break after our first year of medical school.

At a nearby table, a middle-aged couple was sharing a slice of cheesecake. The woman's scuffed shoes peeked out from under a rumpled dress. The man's tubby stomach

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