Showing posts with label barcelona. Show all posts
Showing posts with label barcelona. Show all posts

Friday, 16 September 2011

Barcelona!!

A disgrace. My friends' son Max turned 1 recently and I had seen him for about 45 minutes in his entire life. So I booked a ticket to Barcelona to properly introduce myself to the wee man and catch up with his awesome parents. They had moved since I last visited, and I instantly fell in love with Gracia, where they now live. It's lively, leftish, youngish and with loads of quirky shops and little restaurants. Some of the old locals can still be found gossiping on one of the many squares in the area.

In between playing with Max, we had a lovely time catching up and when Martin offered to stay home with Max, Elena and I went out and did some shopping. In my case two identical dresses in grey and black from a local brand. Which was the same dress Elena wore on our Friday night out. So not very original but hey, we're not really at risk of being at the same time at the same place wearing the same dress. Saturday evening was spent drinking Aperol spritzers in Barcelonetta, where the pic was taken. A great weekend, again!

Oh, and one thing: when Martin posted this pic on facebook, one of our mutual friends commented 'Saskia looks ready to be a mum'. I would advise not to interpret this pic as such, or you could get very disappointed. ;-)

Monday, 22 February 2010

Barca

Mercat de la Boqueria, just off La Ramblas. The only activity of the weekend. My cold was so bad I couldn't really move too much. Thank god my appetite hadn't gone though. We had some of this lovely seafood and some more for dinner on Saturday. Lunch was pinxtos in El Born, in the basque cultural centre / restaurant. And we managed to squeeze in two more resto visits to eat some local food.

Luckily my friends weren't too energetic either for various reasons, so we kinda snugged up on the couch, covered by blankets, all weekend, catching up on all things and reading. Cosy. The rest of Barca can wait till my next visit. June ticket has been booked!

Friday, 19 February 2010

Barcelona!!


32 Tibidabo
Originally uploaded by Gypsy Saskia
Almost four year after my first visit, I am about to head back to Barcelona. And as a visitor-of-friends rather than a full blown tourist this time. A weekend full of chatter and banter with Martin and Elena, beautiful Catalan food, an expat soiree and whatever else might happen. Twelve hours and counting!