Went for a quick bike ride and got yet another flat… have to change the strip in between the wheel and the tube… ran into JP and some new acquaintances he made, went to the Auto Show and then met with Karen and Julie at the beach and ended up at her friends bar. At night went to see the place Ale works on Fridays and Saturdays as a barman called Dancatoria… great 4 story house but the crowd was so so…
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Woke up late again and went to get my bike from the shop – was not ready – argh – and when I came back later they hadn´t even tightened the spokes… after getting it all resolved went down to the SONAR so that he could get his passes and finally to the beach for some “papparazzi” photos for his magazine Beat – an entertainment guide for Hong Kong.
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Tonight going to stay in to seize the day tomorrow.
Some more pictures of my meanderings through the streets of Barcelona
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Also did a little work yesterday at Karen´s house took some pictures of her for the Brazilian press… here are the selected ones:
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At night we went out to some parties… not bad but I was too tired to enjoy it fully.
Went to the famous Parc Guell and thought it was very nice but nothing astonishing or mouth dropping. Concentrated on the “macro” photography on the flowers. Was a great bike ride up there. On the way back I also stopped at La Pedrera, an interesting apt complex Gaudi built – again – interesting sculptural concept but nothing out of this world…
At night went out with Ale and his friend Jean-Pierre (JP) from Hong who is here for the SONAR music festival. After giving up on entering Buddha Bar we went to Club 13 – a cool night club set in a bunker – but very quiet on this Tuesday night. We then went back to Buddha Bar to say hi to one of their friends and ended up at City Hall… stayed up late but it was a quiet night – not too many people out.
Woke up late today and went over to Karen’s place to take some photos for her web site… and lets what tonight has in store for us 😉
With my good friend Karen Couto I went to the opening of a new line of chocolates and deserts by Oriol Balaguer at the gorgeous Miro Foundation.
Karen is a chef from Brazil who is now working with El Bulli here in Barcelona.
Oriol Balaguer apparently sells worldwide and as you can see, has a very refined presetnation (not to mention the taste!).
Here are some photos:
Went on a quick tour of the city on the bike today. Sagrada Familia, Placa Espanha, and the Fort. Quite small the city – will have to explore outside of town as well.
Here are the pictures… wondering what format to post the pictures… thumbnail only or this slideshow… any ideas?
Woke up late these past 2 days and going to the beach on the bike – at the airport I regret bringing it but when I reassemble it and ride it around its the best. Got a flat on the first day but was expecting it – that tube was about 15 years old 🙂
Barcelona reminds me of Rio – not only the obvious beach town aspect of it but also the young hippy crowd mixed with tourists and older locals. Interesting town – not convinced that it would be a city I would consider living in.
On to the next destination – drove the rental car from Joao’s haras – tried to get the ferry but it was shut down due to some military exercises going on so had to go back through the “autostrada”.
Got to the airport in good time, returned the car, checked in the bike and ate some lunch. Slept the entire way to Barcelona on the plane.
On arrival Karin picked me up and we went to run some errands of hers. Got to Ale’s place, dropped my stuff off and went to eat some dinner – tapas – with her boyfriend.
After that went to the metro and on to the beach where Ale was holding a small birthday party. A bunch of very cool Brazilian people hanging out on the beach. We all ended up at his place talking till 4 in the morning! Great start 🙂
Andrea and Sarah came over from Lisbon to visit us yesterday. Relaxed at the beach then had a great pasta with crab at Joao’s place at night. Another day and some more photos 🙂
Leaving tomorrow to Barcelona – had a great time here – always very well taken care of when in Portugal!
