Sunday, January 23, 2011

First weekend in Barcelona / El primero finde en Barca


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Originally uploaded by Haemmboerger

from having a welcome lunch with M. to hiking near Santa Coloma to eating yummie sushi to sitting in the sun and getting a bit tanned to dipping my feet into the Mediterranean to visiting an exhibition with photos from Bruno Serrolongue to meeting a cool chilenan guy (who is my even cooler flatmates BF)... all in all I walked maybe 20 k, and am now looking forward to having my first day at work tomorrow...

linkie to all pics


 


a song I heard last Thur in the Oval during a kind of surreal, weird, great and confusing encounter...




Friday, January 14, 2011

The taxi driver and his 25 Euros tip


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Originally uploaded by Haemmboerger

the picture you see here really originates to the headline... it was the last drink we had in that one Bar in Gracia/Barcelona (with M.+M) after a good few cavas, rums and of course tapas...



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the pic shows "just" a regular G+T really... just a "tiny" bit more Gin than expected... anyway... the taxidriver bringing me home (me being somewhat intoxicated) sensed that I needed a lift to the airport the next day... so I gave him my number and said I'd be ready by 6 o clock.
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snore
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sleep (4 hours)
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waking up to my telephone ringing at 10 past six then was, well, sobering. 5 more missed calls from the driver too... anyhow, without this persistent pakistanian bloke I deffo would have missed the plane, or, how M. told me "make a Gustavo". so the 25 euros tip were well deserved me thinks...

it's the second time in my life I would have missed a flight if not for the taxi man... the first time was in Sevilla in 2007. I guess it's the spanish air...

oh, and with the weather being great and stunningly looking women around you I think I am doing the right thing, jeje

not really currently listening to that song here, but M. sent it to me today. subject line: "Klausis - Memories of your time here..." not sure what he meant with that now ;)
reminds me, leaving party today in Birchalls - in case you want to pop along. :)