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Castellers

The famous Gracia festival is going on and one of the highlights is the performance of Castellers of the Villa de Gracia. Castellers form human pyramids, anywhere from 6 -10 “stories” high. The top two/three stories are teens and kids, with the top story being a kid, 5-7 years old, who scales the [...]

Girona

Next to Dubrovnik, Girona is the most gorgeous city we have been to (and Dubrovnik only takes the prize because it is next to the sea). Here are a few images.

Random images of Barca

The view from the beach club:

A street festival near our flat:

A kayak exhibit at the Olympic Museum:

This yacht followed us from Barca up the Costa Brava. It’s the 79th largest yacht in the world.

A Day in Fake Life

We have affectionately dubbed our time in Barca as “fake life”. Why? Take a look at a typical fake life day…
10:00 wake up
10:00 – 11:00 surf internet, read, drink chocolati
11:00 motivate to run or go to gym
11:00-12:30/13:00 work out at gym
12:30 – 17:30 sit in lounge [...]

A Study in two Meals

Last week, we had two of the best meals ever and they could not have been more different.
The first was a tasting menu at Cinc Sentits. We didn’t realise the restaurant was tasting menu only, which can be problematic for me (or I can be problematic for it). But the restaurant [...]

Barcelona Update #2

Hola! Thought we’d let people know what we’ve been up to. We’ve been in Barcelona for 3 weeks now and it is definitely feeling different than just a long vacation. We’ve done lots of exploring in the city, found a gym/beach-club, a few great local pubs, have started to venture outside of the [...]