Oooops again… ah waddyagonnado huh? Sure I could make up excuses but why should I demean both you and myself with hollow falsehoods? The reality is that it just don’t feel right writing this when I’m in Epsom. Don’t ask me why. Oh go on then. Ask me. You wanna know? Well it’s like this…
Nah, I’m not gonna tell ya.
So where are we now? Lets slide back in to it gently shall we? It might be a tight squeeze given my new winter ahem… “coverage”. I think with 3 months of constant -12 degree temperatures my body went into Inuit survival mode. Not only did I gain poundsssssssssssss, I also had a strange desire to cut a hole in some pack ice and club seals over the head. Eskimo questions and I’ll tell you no lies… he he. No, that IS funny.
So I’m working off my fat by marching around Barcelona looking at pretty amazing Gaudi-designed things like this…
And this…
And this…
Gaudi is good. People in Barcelona are good for paying him good money to make every good building he designed look like something out of a (good) fairytale. Breathtaking. And inhale…. (see point 3 below)
This is the oldest squat in Barcelona, Occupy And Resist, for those of you who’s Spanish is worse than mine. That really can’t be many of you given that my Spanish is based around knowing 4 Spanish words and then mixing in some French and a smattering of Italian and then topping it all off with a really, really crap Manuel off Fawlty Towers accent. That’s my recipe for Spanish language cake. And it tastes rubbish. I think the people of Barcelona must be very clever though as they understand what I’m on about. Anyway, that squat…
Just to prove that it’s a fairytale city, they have small fairies on rollerblades along the sea front. Who could ask for anything more?
Reasons Barcelona is good?
1. Gaudi everywhere.
2. It is full of cool little bars that serve beer (Cerveza, Spanish word I know 1.) and lots of great snacks (Tapas, Spanish word I know 2.)
3. They have legalised Marijuana for personal use. Even though it’s ages (more than 10 years fergawdsake!) since I smoked any, I still think it’s silly to make it illegal. People here smoke openly on the street and guess whether there is (a.) a violent undercurrent to the city at night, or if (b.) everyone’s very mellow and relaxed? *
4. They built a huge beach (Playa, Spanish word I know 3.) all the way along the sea front for the ’92 Olympics. Wassup playa?
5. It costs roughly 2p to get there from London.
6. The people who live there are all without exception lovely. (possibly because of reason 3.)
7. I could go on.
8. But I won’t.
9. Goodbye (Adios, Spanish word I know 4.)
*Correct answer is b. by the way.