See you in about a week!

Hi folks! Today I'm leaving for an intensive training tour and be back on Sunday. I'll be visiting Valencia, Madrid, Toledo, Granada, Córdoba, Seville, Lagos and Lisbon -in Portugal, Salamanca, Zaragoza and then be back in Barcelona! It looks quite like a marathon but it's Eurohop! Guides training tour and I'm one of the trainers...It's going to be fun, the team is great and I'm sure we'll have a great time! See you in a week, take care, I'll be back with a lot of pictures and cool tips of each city! Don't miss it, most of all if you're planning to spent your holidays in Spain or Portugal.
Big hug!

Hi everybody! I'm writing to remember you that tomorrow at 20 p.m we're celebrating the opening of our Japanese pottery exhibition in C/ Argenter 18 bajos, near Palau de la Musica, L1 (Red Line) or L4 (Yellow Line) Mº stop Urquinaona.
You can visit it until the 30th of May, from 11a.m to 14 p.m or between 16p.m until 21.
Come on, I'll be waiting for you tomorrow!
すぐに会おう (see you soon) :)

Do you know I love poppies? It's one of the flower I love the most together with tulips, but I like to see them in wide, green meadows...actually I don't like receiving bouquets or bunch of flowers, I prefer plants, even if now I don't even have a balcony to put them out...so I'm sharing a flat with 2 small cactus and a "lucky bamboo" that isn't a bamboo but an agavacea...
Anyway, this picture is for my mam, as she loves poppies as I do and I'm really looking forward to see her!
Hug and kisses to you all!

FC BARCELONA: THE CHAMPIONS!
While in Paris Barça FC was celebrating winning the Champion League after an incredible match and two incredibles goals by Eto'o and Belletti, in Barcelona a quite small group of vandals -small in comparaison with all those who were celebrating peacefully until 2:30 a.m- took advantage, once again, of the huge celebration meeting, to plunder, destroy, disturb and devaste Rambla Canaletas and other places in the city center...
So, as the Barcelona FC hymn says, for todays's celebrations "tot's al camp, tots al camp..."* everybody at the stadium, everybody at the stadium (camp in catalan means stadium and refers to Camp Nou, the official Stadium of the team)

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"YUU" HAND MADE POTTERY EXHIBITION
Come and have a look to this out-of-time beautiful handcrafted pottery artworks. Inauguration 25 May at 8p.m,
Carrer Argenter 18.
Exhibition from 25 to 30 May

I think this is one of the best instants I catch with my small digi cam...Venice it's really worth it!

San Marco Cathedral on the famous Square...

Gondole!!!!

I'm back! Unfortunately I've found just one sunny day (the 1st of May) and the flight was on delaied at the departure from Barcelona -4 hours waiting- and at the departure from Venice -I've been waiting 2:30h- but I really enjoyed my stay at Laura & Alfredo's house in Abano Terme and on Sunday we met Claudia and Walter and went to El Argentino Restaurant in Venice...after a long day in Venice!

Finally spring seems to be arrived to restless Barcelona bringing a sense of happiness to everybody, even if you find more turist wherever...And, finally, I'm going to visit one of the most wonderful cities in the world...VENICE. Yes, I've never been there and I'm so enthusiastic about going there! I'll post you a losts of picture, hoping to find sunny days, even if not as hot as here. The weather says is going to rain, but I keep my thinger crossed and wish on a beautiful surprise...

A rainy day? No one to talk to or not feeling in the mood for reading a book? Go at the movies! "V for Vendetta" is worth it!

Hi again! This is a picture from Santa Caterina Market, near the Cathedral...it's the new market of Parc distric...still in the city center, the old town also known as Ciutat Vella, between Born and Eixample.

Hi there! And happy, happy Easter to all of you!!!!

Hi there! A big new for all those who are in Barceona and a MUST you can't miss! Friday night, from 8:30 p.m in Carrer Carretes 18, the most cool, charming, sexy, cosy, seducing restaurant and bar is opening...come to LEMPIKA, a really unique atmosphere, excellent cuisine, friendly staff...Let yourself flow with luxury, the empire of the senses is back in Bcn...let's meet friday, 7th of April at LEMPIKA, C/Carretes 18, mº station L1 (red line) Sant Antoni metro stop.

Here are some picture from the week-end with Laura...we really spent a terrific time!

Hi again! While Barcelona was turned into a set for violence, fire and vandalism, I was spending a great time with my friend Laura. I knew her in Hurgada, where we were both working as tourists entertainers and now she's living in Italy with her boyfrend but both would like to move to Spain.
Last time a saw her was about two years ago, so I was really happy to spend some time with her!
We also went to tarragona to visit some friends and we had a lot of fun! I hope she'll come back soon with her boyfriend!

...it wasn't supposed to be a big, free, fun party night?...well, this were the results of "macrobotellon" in Barcelona, containers burning in the street, shop windows broken, panic, caos and vandaism...once again something that wanted to be a declaration of freedom turned into a chance to give the worst image and to act as barbarians, and no? Why should people agree in letting young people gather by nith to have some fun? Why should they still trust that we're able to have fun and drink but respect our neighbours and our own city? I really feel ashamed, is always the same story...we don't need to shout, fight and burn to claim our rights, we just have to show that party and respect can go together, but it looks like we're not able to do it. Come on it's time to grow up a little!

Hi everybody! Tonight, in most Spanish cities there'll be a Macro Botellon...In spanish the word bottellon is used to define a gathering of friends in a street or square, usually by night, with alcoholic drinks...this habit was born because this way young people afford money and the weather in Spain, allows it...tonight, in order to let politcs know there is a civil way of behaveing before, during and after having a drink, this Macro Botellon will take place. In Barcelona at the Rmbla del Raval...obviously a lot of police will keep an eye, a big(brother) wide open eye, on it...