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I need to find myself a desk tomorrow. A very nice thing about Barcelona is that every neighbourhood has a specific day when the people that live there put out their old furniture in the streets. Perfect for short-term students, money savers and squatters. Tomorrow is the day of my barrio, and I am going on a hunt for a big desk for my room and a little chair for my balcony. Wish me luck!
Current soundtrack:
Caribou – Sun
Swim (2010)
Today I had lunch at La Champagneria again which is one of my favourite places here in Barcelona. For a couple of euros you get great food and countless refills of the local pink champagne Cava until you get just as beautifully tipsy as one can get on a monday afternoon without tipping over.
The beauty of the place is that cava is the only thing you can order with your meat, chicken, chorizo or ham burger so every single person you see in the crowd is both chewing and sipping alcohol, or in other words – happy and interesting.
So we had our bocadillos and a plate of jamón, finished our glasses of cava and stepped out into the Barcelona sun.. and that’s kind of when I realised that this city is mine now and that I am living here – within walking distance from la champagneria.
Life has been on the roll since I last wrote here. I have been to IKEA where I got some random things to make my room more me.. I also got a heating fan that keeps me warm and I have been at a very interesting jobinterview which I celebrated with a good party and some great La Roca-outlet shopping this weekend. Today has been a perfect ending to this very promising week, a beautiful Sunday in bed – just the way I like them.
Now – cherry on top – Swedish Ballerina cookies from IKEA and Spanish grammar in my beloved room with the high ceiling.
A new week in Barcelona is on tomorrow.
Just came out from an interview plus a very long and fruitful meeting at the UN Association and I am really looking forward to the project I will be working on there. Now I need to get some kind of heating device to make my room less igloo-like and then I have a presentation in Spanish to prepare. Things are starting to roll now and I am really enjoying. Especially the fact that I live 4 minutes walking distance from all my daily activities and that this city is inexplicably interesting – there’s always something to do!
Big interview tomorrow – different place, different game but not a bit less interesting – wish me luck!
Just saw a playlist on Chemas computer and had to copy it, doesn’t it sound a bit like a poem? There is a new toy in the house by the way – a mixer. I am so going to learn this game. And hey, I just got “Tienes un sentido rítmico bastante chingon” so I guess it won’t be impossible, hahaha..
Everson – Get your Swerve on (2010)
