Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Last days

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Today to the north. A little resentfully on my part because I wanted to go to the beach and swim rather than go to some historically signifi...
Monday, July 30, 2007

An island revalued

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Visiting relatives can be very trying: especially if they are not your relatives and they have desirable houses! Carmen has contacted some o...
Friday, July 27, 2007

Holiday Delights!

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There has been a gap in my blog which will be filled by the following diary. DAY ONE Toni is a front seat driver. He is the sort of front se...
Sunday, July 22, 2007

I've read it. Have you?

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There are times when altruism pays off. I was searching through the bookshops of Castelldefels for an Ellis Peters novel, which I had recomm...
Friday, July 20, 2007

Driving is such sweet sorrow

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I’ve been searching for the right adjective to describe the driving approach of massive articulated lorries on Spanish motorways. ‘Frisky’ o...

Choices, always choices!

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[This is Wednesday 18th July's blog - the internet has been very reticent recently!] Which to start with? The beauty of the sunset ove...
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Culture comes at a price!

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Joining the cultural elite in Barcelona is fraught with difficulties. The desire to see my first opera in the Liceu prompted me to try and g...
Sunday, July 15, 2007

Culture calls!

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I feel that I am nearing making a definitive statement about the driving qualities of Catalan drivers. But not yet. I would like to spend a ...
Saturday, July 14, 2007

The Snake in Paradise!

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I do not regard a car as a gadget. You would have thought with my love of things mechanical and electrical that I would have been a devotee ...
Friday, July 13, 2007

There's always a first time!

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I feel confident in asserting that no one else since the dawn of time has listened to Virgil Thomson’s “Four Saints in Three Acts” on the be...
Thursday, July 12, 2007

Yes!

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Today has been the sort of day that I think I had in mind when I wanted to come to Spain. A leisurely morning and an easy drive to Sitges. ...
Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Trying Things

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Having managed to get my car safely (eventually) into its appointed subterranean parking place, the real excitement for today is getting it ...
Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Have wheels will . . . be thankful!

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We are now getting to the nitty-gritty of living in Castelldefels: getting a doctor. For Toni with his Spanish identity card this was plain ...
Monday, July 09, 2007

A car! A car! My sanity for a car!

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[This is the blog for Monday the 9th of July - blame erratic internet connection!] The battle with bureaucracy continues with yet another de...

A watched beach never palls!

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Part of the devilish compact that you agree to when you start writing blogs is, at the very least, to be regular contributor. There is nothi...
Friday, July 06, 2007

Trials and tribulations!

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A day without a blog! As my old surrealist drinking mates in Zurich used to say, after a few beers and when we had stopped taunting Lenin ab...
Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Beach life in all its variety!

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The sea is a slate grey today as lots of interesting shaped sun denying clouds fill the sky. The morning flights into Barcelona airport are ...
Tuesday, July 03, 2007

You pays your money and you takes your choice

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Monday is the day that little old ladies hobble to their banks to talk to their money. You can’t get near a counter for little old ladies lu...
Monday, July 02, 2007

Eating is not enough!

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There comes a time when endless listings of menus for next to nothing or graphic lyrical panegyrics on sunny days begins to pall. I have to ...
Sunday, July 01, 2007

A flat life!

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Another part of the dream slots into place as I type this; sitting on the balcony looking out over the swimming pool towards the beach and t...