Archive for April, 2007

We’ve moved!

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

We’re sitting in the middle of lots of boxes, and the painters haven’t finished everything yet, but we have actually moved.  Fairly painlessly thanks to the very efficient (but expensive) removal team that arrived with a crane to take furniture out of the old flat.  Unfortunately because the facade of the new flat is covered [...]

Uncle George spotted in Barcelona

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

If it weren’t for the Barcelona number plate, I’d swear that this is my Uncle George on the Quad bike. We’ve seen a few of these in the city recently - I guess that they are easy to park!

Robert Fripp - Palau de la Musica

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

We went to the Palau de la Música on Thursday night to see Robert Fripp and the League of Crafty guitarists.  This concert was part of the 18th annual Guitar Festival that is held in April in Barcelona.  Last year we saw a great performance from John Williams at the Petit Palau.  Sadly, the hall [...]

Catch up

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

I haven’t posted anything for a few weeks, so a catch-up is long overdue. We had a wonderful week with Edmund over Easter. The weather was truly awful (by Barcelona standards) and it rained every single day, but that didn’t dampen our spirits! We paid a visit to the Natural History museum [...]

The rain in Spain

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

We’ve got my son Edmund staying for the first week of the Easter holidays, and it’s fantastic to have him here. Unfortunately the new flat was not quite ready on time to move in to, so we’re still in rented accommodation, but he doesn’t mind in the slightest. We took Edmund round to [...]