Archives for: January 2007

Session 134 - First Impressions of Barcelona


31st January 2007
We are back home and even though it wasn’t any where near as hot in Barcelona as we had become used to in the Bahamas we still feel the chill of dropping down them few degrees. So we are sitting under a blanket on the settee catching up with 20 Coronatio… more »

Session 133 - Christine Damages the Wine Rack


26th January 2007
So how is Barcelona going? Well to be honest a little chillier than I expected, I definitely need a coat to walk down to the Bodega for a sherbet with Dave on a night. Fortunately by the time we are walking home the alcohol has done its trick and every t… more »

Session 132 - Dinner in Bed


22nd January 2007
It’s a strange old place is Barcelona. The locals seem to be very different from us with their timings on certain things. We seem to be eating lunch and dinner much later than we would at home, in fact dinner is beginning to clash with Christine’s bed ti… more »

Session 131 - Introduction to Barcelona


17th January 2007
We left home at ten thirty, drove to Leeds/Bradford Airport, checked in for the two hour flight to Barcelona and we arrived at Alex & David’s house at 5.00pm local time. So much easier than the two day trip to get to the Bahamas. Alex meets us at B… more »

Session 130 - We are going to Barcelona


11th January 2007
Now we have it, the date of our first trip to Barcelona. As you know Alex, Dave and the grand kids have now moved from the Bahamas to Barcelona, they moved into their new house on Wednesday last week but due to a mix up with the documentation the contain… more »

Session 129 - Year Two of Retirement Blog


07th January 2007
I'm back, after my Christmas break ready to start year two of Retirement Blog and offer a heartfelt thanks to the few thousand readers who have nothing better to do than to spent some of their precious time looking at the blog, reading the drivel that I… more »