Tag Archives: nature

Vall de Núria

Aquest Diumenge vaig fer la caminada de Queralbs fins al Vall de Núria. El paisatge va ser molt impactant i vaig aprofitar per fer moltes fotos. Molt recomanable!

Vall de Núria

Back From Holidays

Back from holidays after a couple of weeks in Ibiza. Was going to go a few days to Marrakesh before but ending up just doing two whole weeks in Ibiza. The holidays were excellent and managed to completely disconnect from the “city-life”. Basically went to the beach almost everyday, did some snorkeling in some amazing coves and ate well, really well. Definitely some excellent holidays and for anyone who’s up to date with Ibiza news, the oil spill reports were greatly exaggerated : it was almost all cleaned up in less than a week. As always, there are some funny sites and contrasts in Ibiza as the summer months attract all kinds of non-indigenous human fauna and over sized nautical vehicles but, also as usual, we mostly managed to steer clear of all this. Also went to Formentera for a couple of days which is really amazing and still relatively unspoilt. Hung out with Cris’ friends loads and managed to see a lot more of the island than on previous visits which was great : there are some really good trekking and biking routes out there. I didn’t take too many photos (as is becoming usual lately) but I did get some which are up in this set. What I do have is an ever growing collection of photos of Eivissa and Formentera.

Back in Barcelona, August is a great time to be in the city as it seems to literally empty itself of people and cars. Work is very quiet at the moment and I’m taking advantage to look into some music courses : I’m between MicroFusa and SAE Institute at the moment but really want to do some sort of audio course.

This week is crazy for a calm August with plans all the way up to Sunday! Hoping to go up to Illes Medes soon for a dive which should be amazing : its a protected area where you pay a supplement which goes towards the maintenance of the area and has all kinds of restrictions (which should mean its not annihilated by building and development). Also ended up not doing any dive in Ibiza due to extreme holiday relaxation (although did get some snorkeling done which is pretty amazing round there anyways)!

Anyways, enjoy the August calm if you’re stuck in a city!

Occitania

This weekend I was in Occitania with Cris and, Dabintxi and Sofie. It was a really good idea and I definately had a good time. We stayed in a really amazing bed and breakfast in the country just outside a little village. The house was really cosy and we had breakfast on the table each morning with homemade jam, fresh bread and mandarines from the tree we could see through the window while having breakfast. The house was really big and we had it all to ourselves which was great. They also had some horses out back. Excellent place. It was actually really close to Barcelona witht the trip being about two and a half hours.

We spent the weekend visiting villages and sampling the eats and drinks of the area. We did a bit of walking and even ended up in a market on Sunday where I finally got myself a pipe. I got a small Ropp pipe from some fishermen types in the market and yesterday I got some Borkum Riff tobacco : Original and Cherry Cavendish. After a good clean out, I’ve been firing it up in the park near work. And then at home at the end of the day. Really good to just relax. Bring me my slippers!

What was obvious from the weekend was that I tend to get a bit “excited” behind the wheel and so I going to try and minimize car driving from now on! I’ll supply the car but some else will have to drive as of now. It’ll be better for everyine involved that way. :)

Anyways, excellent weekend and definately one to repeat.

Short Ropp Pipe

Collecting Mushrooms

This weekend ended with going out and collecting mushrooms (a.k.a. bolets) in some woods not too far from Barcelona. It was actually quite a bit of fun and I’ll definately go and do it again sometime. Its not that easy if you’re not quite sure what you’re looking for and clearly you have to be quite careful as two similar looking mushrooms can have quite different effects on your body : one tasty the other toxic or deadly. Still, with a bit of practise you can definately learn and the hand picked ones are the tastiest of course. We did actually get some good ones but we’d mixed them up with some bad ones and so, to be on the safe side, we ended up not eating any of them. But we got some practise and next time we know what to look for. However, this is not something for the late riser as if you get there late there’s nothing left to pick!

After the picking session, we had lunch in a smallish village know for its mineral water. Great lunch with a few plates of the elusive mushrooms : tasty tasty lunch with some strong wine to wash it all down. Good relaxing day with some fresh mountain air. Always good to get away from the city for a bit.

Férias em Tugaland

Acabo de voltar de férias em Portugal. Fui com a Cris e dois amigos de Ibiza. Foi um espectâculo : alugamos uma auto caravana e fizemos a costa toda desde da fronteira com Espanha no Algarve até a Lisboa. Foi a primeira vez que tive numa autocaravana e vale mesmo a pena. Aquilo é um luxo : tomavamos banho todos os dias num duche normal, tems sanita e tems uma cozinha com forno e frigorífico. Muito fixe. E claro, a cena mais fixe é que podes dormir mais ou menos em qualquer sítio : várias noites adormecia com uma vista do oceano atlântico pela janela que estava aos meus pês. Brutal. Muito recomendado. Pro ano tou a pensar fazer uma cena parecida mas em vez de ser só Portugal e para baixo de Lisboa, fazer a peninsula iberica inteira! Quem curtir a ideia que diga qualquer cena.

Ainda tivemos ums dias em Lisboa em casa da Anne e ainda deu pra ver algums dos usual suspects. Até fui a um concerto de More Than Hate…parece que foi de propósito :)

Como sempre, é fixe tar em Portugal e ver a todos que chego a ver. Um gajo até fica com saudades de tudo e de todos!

Ainda não descargei as fotos da camara mas quando fizer uma escolha das melhores das fotos de todos, já meto aqui um slideshow.

Férias em Portugal e Clases de Catalão Outra vez

Vou ter férias outra vez e já tá marcado. Vou a Lisboa dia 21 de Octubro, até dia 1 de Novembro. Veêm ums amigos da Cris também e vamos alugar uma autocaravana e vamos fazer a costa a surfar. Tem muito boa pinta esta viagemzinha e quem quiser vir dar uma surfada o pasar um bocado ai perto do mar, é mais que benvindo. Dormir ao lado da praia, ver o por do sol, tomar o café da manha a ver o mar…

Começo com as clases de catalao outra vez hoje : já vou no básico 3. Quando acabar este curso, já posso apresentar-me ao exame de nível B, que sempre é porreiro. Mais uma língua. E sempre dá mais posibilidades, pois parece que algumas vezes até pedem um nível de catalao pra algums trabalhos, etc. Mal nao faz com certeza. :)

Delta de l’Ebre

Foi Delta de l’Ebre este fim de semana, um parque natural, perto de Tarragona, na zona sul da Catalunya. É brutal. Um festival da natureza. Não dá pra descrever, vejam.

Delta de l'Ebre

Fim de Semana Comprido em Ibiza

Fui passar a passagem de ano em Ibiza com a Cris, e foi um espectâculo! Grande festa e grandes paisagems. Vimos casas, praias, bosques, restaurantes, bars, mas sobretudo foi muito relax. Custou voltar…

Com a paisagem e todo o feeling do fim de semana, fiquei activado outra vez pra meter-me a fazer mais fotos e, com os meus anos a chegar já, vou aproveitar para começar a fazer fotos digitais decentes com uma camera decente.

Ainda fiz umas quantas fotos que meti no meu album das Ilhas Pitiusas. Espero que tenham curtido o vosso ano novo!

Eivissa