After only getting very slightly lost, we found our way to John and Joanne’s hotel. By the way, it wasn’t our fault we got very slightly lost, as apparently in Spain, you can make a complete 90 degree turn and still be going “straight” on the same road. Luckily Michael was there to figure it out because I would probably still be puzzing on the corner!
It was really good to see John and Joanne, and of course, Joanne wanted to go to Starbucks to catch up!!! Oh Joanne and her …

For your enjoyment…

Okay so obviously, Michael has been kicking my butt in the excellent postings category (as well as putting all the photos of Barcelona on Flickr), so I will complete the boring old itinerary of the trip posting. Sigh…
Sunday morning we got up early (at least vacation early) and had the second B in B&B.  Then we headed out to see the city. It was a perfect day and we took the subway to the National Art Museum of Catalonia, which is situated on the Montijuic hill. There was a MASS …

Someone (Kristin(Jenni’s sister)), pointed out that Jennifer likes to eat a lot as witnessed by many photos that seem to be taken with her happy or smiling while eating. In lieu of that knowledge, I decided to follow her around for a few hours and photograph what she consumed. Below is what I came up with.

Jenni likes tree berries.

Jenni likes bark.

Jenni likes bush berries.

Jenni likes paper.

Jenni likes burritos.

So we set out today to go see The Cans Festival in The Tunnel on Leake Street. Basically it is a free zone for graffiti artists where they were had artists from all over the UK and Europe and even an Aussie and an American come in and do pieces in the tunnel. It was pretty cool to see some of the art and even some of the artists in action.

Whoever says Graffiti isn’t art needs to rethink that…

Then it was around the river banks and into the parks walking …

As the US economy spirals through free fall into chaos, and our stock portfolios waste away. (WaMu we hardly knew ye) allow me to sidebar you with an artistic tangent. Antoni Gaudí is one of those architects who you just know was scoffed at when he was initially designing. His architectural style is such a radical departure from most anything else, that his early ridicule is expected. (Much like my own pastel experiment on Cannon Dr.)

All throughout Barcelona you can find the architecture of Gaudi, but two places seem to …

Barcelona!!! What a beautiful city. Michael and I decided we could live there, except we don’t speak the crazy language. I can (barely) get by in Spanish, and while they do speak some Spanish there, the primary language is Catalan, which is a Latin derivative, but only bears a slight resemblance to Spanish. At first, I thought my language skills had just completely declined, but I felt a little smarter when I realized what was going on. I always knew the language was a little different, but I thought it …

Michael, arrived early on Saturday morning. Of course I wanted to meet him at the airport, so I got up at 4am and started the long trek to Heathrow. Normally, leaving the flat at 5am would have given me ample time to get to the airport by 6:20, which was when the flight landed, but I had a few misadventures along the way. About 3 blocks from the flat, the police had a big square of crossroads cordoned off for no apparent reason, so I had to walk a little …

So the landlord finally came over to cut the lock to the French doors overlooking the street. As you may recall from previous photos, the windows are floor to ceiling and have filmy curtains for privacy. So when Mr Landlord came over, he decided to cut the lock with a sort of spinning cutting device which threw out sparks in every direction, including right toward the filmy curtains. This didn’t detract Mr Landlord from his duty… no he carried on, sans eye protection and without moving the curtains for a …

We’ve been a little remiss about posting here. The last month has been awkward and busy so there just hasn’t been the time to post. Either way, all excuses.
So on to the news:
I (Michael) have been working remotely for a company in the states while in London. The best way to sum it up is that it was denying me the full culture experience of living in London, so as I type this in Phoenix, AZ; I am in the midst of my last two weeks of American employ. I …