Time is flying at this end.........so much beautiful food to sample, Sangrias and mojhitos to sip.....sites to see and places to be :)
We have spent the last four days back in Barcelona, visiting the Picasso museum and doing lots of shopping. Susan is good at shopping. My shopping skills need working on.....I am sadly not up to scratch in the shopping department :)
We have also visited a lot of the Gaudi buildings and the Sacrada Familia was just astonishing. If you haven't seen pictures google it as it has been 100 plus years in the making (and is still far from complete) but is such a glorious building.....even in its partially completed state.
Another highlight was a Spanish/classical guitar concert at the Palau Musica Catalana by Manuel
Gonzalez - who is by all accounts the pre-eminent Spanish guitar master! . . . And he was outstanding. I was slightly underwhelmed by the classical pieces but the Spanish music was really moving and quite beautiful in a slightly sad way.
Today we moved on to a smallish beach town about an hour south of Barcelona called sitges. It has a lovely laid back atmosphere and our hotel is only 40 meters from the beach. So I have been swimming in the med!!!
Susan and I took a walk along the beach to find a restaurant in the town centre today and she laughed when I told her I was surprised to see so many obviously gay men on the beach. I didn't quite understand why until we reached the centre of town........which looked like a gay maradi gras!! It turns out that our little town is quite the gay holiday centre :)
It is really quite beautiful here so we are hoping to stay for a few days to soak up the sun and swim to our hearts content.
Have fun
Ant
We have spent the last four days back in Barcelona, visiting the Picasso museum and doing lots of shopping. Susan is good at shopping. My shopping skills need working on.....I am sadly not up to scratch in the shopping department :)
We have also visited a lot of the Gaudi buildings and the Sacrada Familia was just astonishing. If you haven't seen pictures google it as it has been 100 plus years in the making (and is still far from complete) but is such a glorious building.....even in its partially completed state.
Another highlight was a Spanish/classical guitar concert at the Palau Musica Catalana by Manuel
Gonzalez - who is by all accounts the pre-eminent Spanish guitar master! . . . And he was outstanding. I was slightly underwhelmed by the classical pieces but the Spanish music was really moving and quite beautiful in a slightly sad way.
Today we moved on to a smallish beach town about an hour south of Barcelona called sitges. It has a lovely laid back atmosphere and our hotel is only 40 meters from the beach. So I have been swimming in the med!!!
Susan and I took a walk along the beach to find a restaurant in the town centre today and she laughed when I told her I was surprised to see so many obviously gay men on the beach. I didn't quite understand why until we reached the centre of town........which looked like a gay maradi gras!! It turns out that our little town is quite the gay holiday centre :)
It is really quite beautiful here so we are hoping to stay for a few days to soak up the sun and swim to our hearts content.
Have fun
Ant
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