14 Tuesday Jan 2014
Highlight of my trip to Barcelona was revisiting Casa Batlló. But I was determined not to spend 20€ unless it was a blue-sky day and finally on Sunday afternoon the clouds broke. Around 5 pm I raced up the stairs to get some rooftop shots before the light faded, then went back downstairs to do it all over again more slowly. As luck would have it I ended up back on the rooftop just before sunset. Gorgeous, eh?
11 Saturday Jan 2014
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Dig my crazy hotel room at Room Mate Emma… AKA Barcelona HQ.
Very comfortable and great location. More later…
09 Thursday Jan 2014
By the time you read this I’ll be on the super-fast AVE train on my way to Barcelona (or I may even be there already). In any case, one thing’s for sure and that’s that I will be missing these guys like crazy. Four whole nights away! What was I thinking? My original plan was to stay three nights but then I realised this would only give me two full days in Barcelona and I wondered if this would be enough, especially after all that travelling. Then it turned out that to stay an extra night at my fab hotel would only cost an extra 45€, so what the heck. I mean, it’s been 7 years since I was last in Barcelona and who knows when I’ll get back again. And so, four nights. Which seemed like a great idea until I thought about the cats. Ah well…
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08 Wednesday Jan 2014
Posted in birthdays, food & drink, friends, tapas
What a great birthday! I met up with Eduardo @differentspain and Saray @saraypineda for a lunchtime tapeo that lasted until very late in the afternoon. We stopped at three different tapas bars and had lovely snacks at each one. Then Saray had to go so Edu and I went off for a bit of birthday cake and rosé cava. After that I (finally) picked up my train tickets and then spent a quiet and cosy evening at home with the cats. Woke up in the wee hours to the Return of the Christmas Cold and tossed and turned for the rest of the night. Today I’m staying in – and staying warm – so that I will hopefully be in good shape to catch that early train to Barcelona mañana! Feeling both nervous and excited…
07 Tuesday Jan 2014
Not that every birthday isn’t special but I kind of like that I am 57 today, born in ’57. On the 7th.
So far I’m having a fab day. Started off with my “traditional” birthday pastries in bed, with coffee and cats. Now it’s off to the gym and then I’m meeting friends for lunch (follow @SevillaTapas for birthday tweets). Oh, and there’s also Barcelona to look forward to.
Thanks to everyone for being here on my 57th saucy birthday.
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