Archives for: "June 2012"

Morning in Barcelona

June 17th, 2012
A full seven hours of sleep last night, which bodes well for overcoming jet lag. If I can stay awake at least until 9:00 p.m. tonight, then I will be in very good shape indeed. Started the morning with the most incredible shower. No water regulators… more »

Day and evening

June 18th, 2012
After breakfast I hopped on to the subway for Drassanes station. I wasn't expecting much interesting since today was Sunday, but lo, Las Ramblas was hopping. Las Ramblas is a series of tree lined streets that especially caters to tourists. It starts… more »

Sun's up, looks okay,

June 18th, 2012
♫ The world survives into another day ♫ And I'm thinking about eternity ♫ Some kind of ecstasy's got a hold on me Ah, what a good thing to have Bruce Cockburn going through my head today. Yesterday I woke up with that damned song "Moves like… more »

La Sagrada Familia, Parc Güell, Food

June 18th, 2012
By odd coincidence an old acquaintance of mine, Dale, who lives in Berlin, is also in Barcelona for a few days. Today we touristed together. We met at La Plaça de Catalunya, picked up his tourist bus ticket, and then headed down Las Ramblas to see… more »

More veal

June 19th, 2012
Last night's dinner... although technically it was slightly after midnight. more »