Menorca I

Remembering in this grey, foggy and rainy London Monday morning, another grey morning (that soon turned out to be an amazing blue day) at the beautiful Menorca. This are the streets of Ciutadella, North East of Maó, the capital city of Menorca. It totally has a Venice vibe, don't you think?

Happy week everyone! x

PS. Photos are not amazing, they were taken with my iPhone as my LC-A broke in the trip :(

Badalona

I don't know why I've been so slow posting the photos of my holidays in Catalunya. But here I am, is still summer, so is not too late.

This are some photos of Badalona. My grandmother María Luisa was born in this little city by the Mediterranean Sea, that I recently dicovered was founded by the Romans in the 3rd century BC, with the name of Baetulo, and it's the home of the famous Anís del Mono distillery. I saw the sign when I was on the train, it caught me off guard, therefore, no photo, but you can have a look at this Juan Gris painting instead. I've also just discovered that there's a wikipedia in catalán, of course.


I didn't walk around Badalona much as it was an incredibly hot day and I was most interested in swimming in the sea. In the photos you can see a bit of the streets next to the train station, the passeig de la Rambla and the Platja dels Patins a Vela (:


*Film photos to come... soon?

Sitges

Half an hour and € 7,00 away from Barcelona is Sitges, an amazing cute little beach town famous for its neverending parties, its fantastic cinema festival (literally 'fantastic', have a look at this year's poster) and home town of Don Facundo Bacardí Massó, founder of course of the famous rum distillery (there is a Museum if you want to visit, Casa Bacardí, where apparently mojitos and piña coladas are part of the tour).

We head down to Sitges just for one day and although it was a really nice experience I wish I had planned to stay at least a couple of days. On our super trip we bought fruits on the town and headed to the beach where we relaxed and swam, then we had a nice, decent priced, paella at the Hotel Santa María and walked around town looking for the best ice cream.

If you are in Barcelona, please please please, go to Sitges you are seriously in for a treat.


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PS. My LC-A+ came along in this minitrip with me, when I develop the photos, I'll share them with you ;)

Barcelona I: La la la la

So, I've just come back from an amazing week in Barcelona. I could have swear that I have posted this photos already, but apparently the Blogger App for iPhone is not reliable.

Anyway.

Here they are, some photos of the first couple of days, featuring: La Rambla, La Barceloneta, La Champañería, La Pedrera y Las señoras. Ole.

El Retiro

Photos from one sunny afternoon in the park El Retiro that included a funny mini trip on the boats with my wonderful friend Susie Lomovitz who snapped some cool analogue photos with her Olympus Pen EE-2. Looking forward to see those and to share it with you.

There's a funny Vine video of the boat that you can see here (I still don't know how to share/watch Vine videos outside Vine, so the link won't get you straight to the video, look for the one tagged #retiro).

Happy Sunday! :)

Madrid II: Madrid me mata

Madrid me mata

La maja, 
el aperitivo,
tango.

Tiempos modernos.

Gracias puta,
olvídalo.




Incidental and intense poetry for Easter Sunday.

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Madrid I: The First Days

 

I was in holidays in Madrid. Before traveling I didn't get the chance of creating any expectations, there was no time. One day I was finishing my spring term and hours later I was already flying there.

Madrid surprised me and made me love it wholeheartedly almost immediately. Madrid's sky is deep blue, a blue I've never seen before in other skies. In Madrid is customary to dress your children alike to have a walk on Sundays. In Madrid groups of old ladies walk on the streets holding each others arms like little girls in school. Every street in Madrid is full of wonderful places to eat and drink. There's thousand of places and each and everyone looks welcoming. It would be tough for me to be thin and not become an alcoholic in Madrid. And the most important thing, Madrid is full of nice people, in this case: my friends. Being there felt like being home. Nothing can beat that sensation.

So, to compensate for the long long long time without posting anything in my beloved but forgotten blog, I will proceed to overload you with photos from Madrid. Hope you like them and have a nice Easter holiday! x