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Back From Holidays

powlow — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:02:13 +0000

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!

Férias em Tugaland

powlow — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:08:58 +0000

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.

Delta de l’Ebre

powlow — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:51:40 +0000

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.

The Long Weekend Begins

powlow — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:22:13 +0000

Seeing as Monday is the 1st of May aka Workers’ Day, its a long weekend and its just starting. I’m off to the Barcelona Asian Film Festival (BAFF) to see Big River with Dabintxi & Sofie. Cris is off for the weekend to Ibiza so I’ll have a bike for the weekend which means I’ll be out and about tomorrow taking some pics. Tonight is party time altough the plan is not clear at the moment. But most definately party! Or even par-tey…

It was my cousin Rita’s 40th birthday this week and last night we all went out for dinner at a Greek restaurant with lashings of Taramasalata followed by some amazing Cuban rum. Cuban rum is just amazing and there’s quite a few diferent types. Last night we tried some made from guava instead of usual sugar cane. Amazing.

Let the weekend begin! Again!

Fim de Semana Comprido em Ibiza

powlow — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 12:39:27 +0000

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!

Christmas in Lisbon

powlow — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:30:11 +0000

Was a flying visit to Lisbon this year for christmas…went on Saturday the 24th and flew back on Monday the 26th. Was too short really but I did get to spend a lot of time at home with my parents for a change so that was good. As soon as I arrived we drove through the city centre and me and me mum ended up going up the newly reopened Elevador do Carmo. Was really good to go up it again after so long. There’s some amazing views from the top of the Baixa Lisboeta! Plus there’s a café up at the top where you can have a quick coffee, or a couple of beers when its warmer.

Stayed in Lisbon this year, just the three of us : me and my parents. Next year England or Porto definately. But it was good to have a quiet christmas at home this year, even if it was a shame not to see everyone. Ended up drinking and eating ALOT and this week I have been mostly eating soup since I need a break from heavy eating. Sunday night I could not eat dinner…oh the humanity. Anyways, ended up going over Alex K’s with Pedro V and Jessica was over too so we had some laughing fits watching weird mangled G.I. Joe videos…mmm mmm mmm.

I took some photos around Lisbon, although I never take enough photos when I’m there. Hope everyone had a good holiday…mine was rancho relaxo, and good thing too!

New Site and New Blog

powlow — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 01:04:06 +0000

I have opened a new web account here at host.sk and moved my personal stuff over from my sourceforge web space, which I will use only for development from now on, as is intended really.

powlow.com will go through some changes in the next few months but my blog is back, albeit with a new blogging system (wordpress). I will be migrating old blog entries over to the new system so they will all be available soon enough…ohhh you were worried there for a minute weren’t you??!

I am going to use flickr from now on for photos and have my sets here! I want to get back into the habit of taking random photos on a daily basis and posting them, as well as blogging actively again, so stay tuned for action here!