New decoration in my french room

Hey!!

I just came back home in Grenoble...

As it wouldn't have been possible to bring everything back in June, I brought some of my stuff today... including some of the beautiful presents I got for my birthday!!

I already started re-decorating my room. Removing acrappy poster and some old stuff to put my wonderful Stockholm poster and my frame in which I put pictures of some very good moments that I had during this last year! Those pictures will probably change with time as my favorite ones are still in my room there, but the ones I chose are already very nice!

In pictures.

Close up.

With the flag.


Thanks again for those excellent presents!!!

Love you all!!!

P.S: will you spot the hidden signs?

Calimocho evening

When you have loads of work, when the sun is shining and when you come back from Spain, what could be better than drinking calimocho with excellent friends!

For those who don't know, calimocho is a wonderful drink, typical from Spain (mainly among young teens maybe...). It consists of half (crappy) wine and half coke. You can add blackberry liquor to make it a bit sweeter. And of course, drink it very cold, with ice cubes!! Delightful!

So this is what we drank yesterday to warm up. With Pel and Roland.

No cachis... but we found our way.

Yeah Don Simon!

When there's no more to drink...

Jonas tried the Calimocho as well!

Pel and I!!


Roland and I!


After those drinks, it was time to go have a beer (or more) in town!! Waiting for Ari, Youssef and Guillaume outside.

Yeah Pel!!


On our way in the tunnelbana.

No matter how drunk you are, there's always a swede more drunk.


And in the pub, where Audrey joined us!


Playing with Roland's hat.

And on our way back...





I really had a fun evening! I needed it! Thanks! You're really great friends!

And the two weeks came to an end...

Goodbye sweet and warm Spain...

I'm now back in Stockholm. Hopefully the weather is quite sunny and even maybe as warm as in Barcelona!! But work is looming... sip...

Anyway, here's how the last part of my trip to beautiful Barcelona ended...


There is much to say, but I'll try to do fast. First La Pedrera, a gorgeous building in the very center of BCN created by Gaudi. What is striking about it is that you cannot find any single straight line anywhere on or in it. The inside is nice, but the best part is definitely the terrasse on the top. Nothing will describe better than pictures.

By night.

And from the terrasse (you will spot sagrada familia behind).


Pel, this one is for you...

View of the town from the terrasse.

View from this big central street which I forgot the name of.... arf...


Anna and one of her best friends, Anna, also brought me to my first flamenco show. That was really great and fun!! We payed for one show and got two (oh did we have to go out?). Cool!

Anna, Anna and me.

The artists on stage.


Drinking a delightful juice (that we got for free, who said catalans are mean?) after the show.


If you go to Barcelona, one of the must do is Montjuic by night. All the fountains are illuminated with different lights, while the water changes its shape. And at the same time so classical music is played. A great show!

By day...


... and by night! Different, isn't it?!

The devil!!! (you will notice that it wasn't that warm this night...)



And of course Parc Güell! Walking there really makes you understand why this place is so famous. Maybe my favorite place in Barcelona. Impressive. An unbelievable view on the city. Really charming.

Anna.

Me.

The dragon.

The mosaics and the view.


I also had to tell you I made one very good friend during my stay in Catalunya, Flock! I'll miss you buddy, we had good fun together lol!

Flock and his dad... Cute aren't they?


To sum up, Barcelona is great. I truely had a unforgetable time.


Gracias.

Catalunya

Coucou,

The catalan trip continues with a first-time-in-life road trip in Catalunya. Direction: Cadaqués. A beautiful little fishermen village in the north of the region.

As you can see on the pictures, the town has been preserved from a fast and ugly building growth. All the buildings suit together, all in white with some colors here and there. No grey tall houses or anything like this.




With the perfect weather that we had (a shining sun in a blue sky), Cadaqués really revealed all its beauty. An amazing coastal village! Especially that there were not so many tourists (apparently nothing compared to what it is in summer).

For those who are interested, Dalí had a house there, which is nice from the outside, and maybe from the inside. Sorry I ran out of batteries so I couldn't take any more pictures.

To end the day, we stopped in Girona, famous for it's Ryanair airport. But in fact the cathedral and the small streets in the center were definitely nice and interesting to see.

Quite an exhausting day, lots of driving, but it was really worth it.

¡¡Muchas gracias!!

¡Hola!

Hey!!

Live from Barcelona, or to be more precise Sant Cugat. I have been here for a couple of days now, enjoying the cool weather and the charms of Catalunya.

Of course I have already spent some time walking in Barcelona, peering around and taking pictures. Always great to visit a new city!! I of course took lots of pictures:

Las Ramblas, that big popular and touristic avenue that goes from Plaça Catalunya to the harbor.


I thought about Ari and Laura's project of designing a completely new harbor for Barcelona. I hope it went well!!
I like this picture...

A funny sculpture, colorful as always here.

I also saw Gaudi's buidlings. Haven't been inside yet. Bur it's already pretty interesting to see these very original facades.



I was less lucky on the cathedral since it is currently being cleaned... but the square was nice.


I've had time to see many nice things, as the Arc de Triumf (built for the first Universal Exposition in 1888, cool fact isn't it?)...

... or the corrida arena.


Of course i saw the very impressive Sagrada Familia. Very curious to see a 'cathedral' being built, taking so many years. Interesting to see a modern way of building and designing such a huge church! A must see for anyone who comes in Barcelona!



But Barcelona is also very nice inner courts and typical narrow streets with balconies full of plants!



Of course everything isn't so charming when you start walking in some areas... But it was still fun to see this.


Ok, I will tell you later about the trip to Cadaqués and Girona. Hasta luego.