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30th Birthday

Thursday was my 30th and what a day! It all started with finding my bike completely wrapped in toilet paper, courtesy of Pablo and Cento, at 8 o’clock in the morning. Pretty funny and basically put a smile on my face all day. As I walked out, Pablo was there waiting to see my reaction and take photos. Was made even funnier by an old man standing in front of us on the other side of the road saying “Must of been some damn kids on the way home from the disco!”. Was a really full day as I went to work, had lunch with Cris and had three hours of music theory till about 10:30 at night. This meant I got home about 11 at night only to find 14 people jump out from hiding places (which is pretty hard in my flat) shouting “SURPRISE!”. Was a really good complete day and definately an amazing 30th. I had planned to do nothing! What happened was, of course, much better :)

Saturday was round two of celebrating my birthday (the day I had actually “planned” to celebrate, which was also a good one. Started off at one with some drinks and then lunch, and we were out and about till about three in the morning, which included a trip to Camp Nou which was great fun, especially since I hadn’t been there yet. I also got a really great present from everyone which was totally unexpected, just like the surprise party.

Thanks to everyone for making it a great birthday which will definately be remembered for many years to come!

Moltes gràcies a tothom per fer que aquest cumple hagi estat molt especial y per tots els regals : me’n recordaré de aquest cumple per molts anys!

Xmas and New Year

What a xmas and new year’s this year!

Update with photos soon… :)

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

Fim de Semana de Sant Juan

Este fim de semana foi de loucos. Foi a festa de Sant Juan que, junto com a festa da Merce, é a festa mais grande aqui em Barcelona. A noite da vespera de Sant Juan, que se chama la Berbena, é uma granda locura. Há festas por toda a cidade, em todos os bairros, e o pessoal fica louco com os foguetes. Na rua tems que ir a controlar uma beca, e claro, levar foguetes tu também pra tirar assim ao calhas de vez em quando! :) Eu tinha várias cenas e curti bué porque gosto de tirar cenas que tems de incendiar e que fazem barulho! Deve ser o que ficou da infância, e de Valencia também…O primeiro foguete até o larguei desde da janela de casa.

Eu e a Cris fizemos um jantar lá em casa pra finalmente sermos nós a organizar um jantar. Eramos pra ai 8 e é brutal porque com 8 pessoas a jantar em nossa casa, a casa tá cheia! 45m²! Mas bem, muito bem. E depois algums seguimos de festa, sem sair do bairro claro. Dançamos como loucos com a pior musica do mundo : clássico! Fazia tempo que nao me divertia tanto a dançar como um idiota : uma noite à maneira.

Nota : Chocolate quente às 7:30 da manha nao combina bem com uma barriga cheia de gin tonics!

Ando muito cansado últimamente : deve ser do calor, do trabalho e da idade. O cansaço mais a festa, igual a um dia a dormir. Sabado nao existiu pra mim. Mas valeu a pena. Boa noite, boa festa, boa companhia! :D

Week in Calonge

James, Vicky, David, Mike, Paul Nash, Candice and Paul Duggan where over in Calonge for about a week a couple of weeks ago. Was an amazing time! In the end, David sorted out the house and what an amazing house! We had a big big house with enough room for everyone. The pearl of the house was the swiming pool, with views of the house free mountain-side directly in front of us. The whole place was set up in a way that it felt like you where completely isolated, although there were houses all around you. Really good choice! We were near some amazing beaches and so got to do some snorkeling and the likes a couple of days. Really managed to disconect from the city and relax. Was really good to see everyone and I had a great time. Happy birthday Vicky!

I at the house for 5 days and Cris came along on the weekend too. On Saturday we went to an amazing wedding at what seemed like the end of civilization. Had a really good time at the wedding and there were some amazing country-side/mountain views. I did make some phone calls I don’t exactly remember and danced way too much when the old folks where getting down. Still, if you follow the 1 2 3 you can’t go wrong…;)

Lots of photos were taken and I’ve put them all up in an album : Week @ Calonge

Week @ Calonge

Riot in the Streets

What a scoop! Riots in the streets of Barcelona! Serously though, there was supposed to be a botellón in Barcelona yesterday, in the Rambla del Raval. Instead, ended up in some rioting, lots of broken windows and some fires. James is here visiting for the weekend and we went down to check it out. Was quite mental to see the police in full “darth vader” getups. All the accesses to the Rambla were cordoned off by the police and they weren’t letting anyone past with alcohol. By about 1 in the morning, people were running from the police and lots of people got batons to the arms, neck etc. Rubber bullets flew. Bins were burned. Police cars driving up and down the Ramblas, round the Plaza Mayor.

Crazy

The day after we meated it up a bit and went for a quietish night of pool and drunken conversations. Was good to see James.

jones77 + powlow meating it up

Quanto tempo!

Quanto tempo sem escrever uma actualização!

Finalmente já estou no caminho certo à recuperação das minhas hernias e o pinçamento do nervo ciático. Amanhã começo com a fisioterapia e, juntamente com os kilometros de natação que tenho feito, vai ajudar muito muito.

Entretanto, tou num trabalho novo mesmo no centro de Barcelona, onde começei à uma semana. Tá-se muito melhor e até posso ir a casa almoçar :)

Tenho estado a ver se começo a usar algum calendário agora pra organisar as coisas uma beca. Queria também ver se descubro os aniversários de todos pra ter um calendário que todos possam consultar pra saber esse dia importante…Já sei algums aniversários, completament ao calhas, que tenho num calendário que podem ver. Se o vosso grande dia não estiver, digam-me qual é num mail!

E pronto, vou começar a escrever aqui regularmente outra vez por isso fiquem atentos.