Archives for: March 2007

Session 147 - Hotel Barcelona (No Vacancies)


29th March 2007
Well we are back home again having had a vary interesting few weeks in Barcelona. What with me being laid up for a week with a very severe case or pneumonia, or possible it was just a bad case of the flue, well I suppose it may have only been only a cold… more »

Session 146 - Christine's Handbag


24th March 2007
What do most people coming to Barcelona do? Walk down La Rambla? Visit the shops? Take in the history? Or if you’re younger that us old pensioners take in the hectic nightlife. That’s the sort of thing we expected to be doing, well not the night life, Ch… more »

Supplementary


21st March 2007
Yuk. Yes you are on the right site. We have a new Blog design. I have just sent a message to the designer, us pensioners don't do pink. Either this colour goes very quickly or I do. First time I saw it I thought I'd spent too long on the gin. I… more »

Session 146 - Menu Del Dia


21st March 2007
I suppose you think that Barcelona is in Spain. Well having been here a few weeks I am beginning to wonder. To be strictly correct of course it is the capital of Catalonia, one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain although here they sometimes… more »

Session 145 - Bahamas Vs Barcelona. Both the Same?


16th March 2007
How does life differ here in Barcelona from the past few years in the Bahamas? Well certainly for Alex it’s different having not yet managed to persuade Dave that she still needs a full time housekeeper. She is to be seen trying to understand the eccentr… more »

Session 144 - Bus Trip to Barcelona


13th March 2007
So here we are sitting on the top balcony looking over the private park and feeling all’s well with the world. The days are getting sorted, drop the kids off at school then straight to the cafe for a cafe con leche and a croissant followed by a long… more »

Session 143 - No Drink During the Week


09th March 2007
As I mentioned at the end of my last posting we arrived in Barcelona on a Sunday and was immediately confronted with a situation that I hadn’t expected. Rules were being put in place to bar drinking during the week. It is fair to say that Alex and Christ… more »

Session 142 - The Journey to Barcelona


07th March 2007
So we are off once again to Barcelona. All I can say here and now is that in a million years I will never understand woman and as I have mentioned on numerous occasions, particularly Christine. As regular readers will know Christine and I have very diff… more »

Session 141 - Off to Barcelona - Again


02nd March 2007
Here we are packing again, off to Barcelona for a few weeks to see Alex, Dave and the grandkids. Hardly seems five minutes since we came back last time but this time we may get to see more of Barcelona. Last time was more to do with helping them move in,… more »