I got back on Saturday from a business trip to London. What a shock - the pilot announced that it was cero grados when we landed at Heathrow. I had a few long days in the office, met up with Gareth, John and Miguel for a few pints at The Fox pub in Boston Manor, [...]
We have Isabel’s brother, Juan staying with us for a couple of nights. He’s here on business, so Isabel cooked a delicious tortilla de patata in his honour. Completed with morcillas and some spicey salchichas, and of course pan
Also had to do prepare the dreaded Self Assessment tax returns for last year as the dealine [...]
On Friday night we ate at Mayura lounge bar in C/Gerona 57 (Tel: +34 93 4814536). We had been in before for a quick drink, but thought that it wasn’t worth stopping to eat. Anyway, we decided to give it a go, as Isabel was “dying for a curry” and we had yet [...]
I’ve added the first couple of streets to our list of Barcelona streets. These are: C/Caspe and C/Gerona. I chose these to start with because they are the streets that we have lived in.
I just found this very well done Spanish language website Notes In Spanish. Run by Marina and Ben, it has a lot of useful sources and plenty of idioms to practise. They also have a link to a very useful grammar website from Bowdoin College in Maine, USA.
I’ve started a new page on where the street names of Barcelona come from. It draws on the existing street name dictionary available on the Ayuntamiento’s web site. Click on our blog page to see what’s there.
We went for dinner last night at Marc Blau in Roger De Lluria opposite the Ritz Hotel. The restaurant is basically non-smoking which is a plus in Barcelona, and the meal was of a reasonably good standard. I had a pasta starter (a bit too soft for me, but seems to be “al dente español”), [...]
We’ve finally got around to setting up a blog. It’s not the first time that we’ve done this, but hopefully we’ll have a better stab at it this time.
I’ve created the first few (blank) pages for Food and Drink and for the Eixample district where we live.