Cristina Brondo: "I rescued tadpoles, and they often grew into enormous frogs."

Barcelona"I was the happiest person in the world. I felt very free and connected to nature." Actress Cristina Brondo's best summers were spent at the Villalonga de Ter campsite from the ages of 4 to 11, and she also spent her winters there. At first, they went camping in a tent, and when they saw they liked camping, they bought a caravan. But she only made it to breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The rest of the day, she hung out with the group she had met there, enjoying the freedom she loved. "My parents were relaxed, and I felt like I could go everywhere on my own. We ate when we were hungry. We played when we wanted to play," she shares. A feeling that disappeared when they moved their summer resort to the Costa Brava: "They didn't give me as much freedom, and even though the sea was nearby, it wasn't the same. It was hard for me to find my space."

The river was the actress's favorite setting, which you can hear in the theater section of The Intertwined on Radio 4. "One of the moments I always remember and that moves me is when I used to go playing in the river alone. I rescued tadpoles that were left in stagnant ponds. Then I tried to make them grow, and many times, they became enormous frogs," she says. Often, during her adventures, she would trip over a stone and end up soaked. "I remember that once my mother, after changing my clothes three times, told me that if I got wet again I should put my pajamas back on." Evidently, she did get wet again. "I suppose what my mother wanted was for me to put my pajamas back on and stay in the caravan so as not to upset her anymore," she exclaims with amusement.

If she wasn't in the river, she would cool off in the pool. However, on the slopes of Vallter 2000, the water was so freezing that visitors needed 10 minutes to adjust to get in. The exception was his grandfather Pepito, who would dive in headfirst, amidst the exclamations of the other bathers: "The whole pool would be like, 'Oh, my God, one day he's going to have a fit!'" He and Grandma Montse would spend the week with him, waiting for his working parents to arrive for the weekend. Now he returns with his children at least one week a year, and currently, it's the little one who hunts animals. "He loves hunting lizards, just like I do. It's very rewarding to do it with him now. I like the fact that they have that contact with nature and can relax and play, that we're in a place with so much oxygen, away from the city and the town. It's a very peaceful place."