Saturday, December 02, 2006

Bocadillo tortilla por favor!

We finally made it to the airport after a rather late finish it work. We took the 21.25 flight from Schipol to Barcelona on Vuelling. We arrived there just before mid night as the flight was running a little late. Being Spain though everything was still happening and to my amazement the weather was a very reasonable 15 degrees. Only about 10 degrees warmer than what it was when we left Rotterdam. We made it to Pension (Hostel) Paris just off Las Ramblas and were able to secure a room for the next two nights. Because it is not so busy we were able to get a room on the first floor which is quite a change - normally we have to contend with quite a lot of stairs. None the less it was nice to be back. We decided to take a walk and ended up at the Travel Bar where we downed a few pints before going for another walk and finally getting to bed at about 4am this morning. One of the things I love about Spain is their passion for late night activities. After being harassed by a very attractive female prostitute for about 5 minutes, I hid in a shop, ate a samosa and then snuck out and walked very quickly back to the the hostel.
I awoke this morning to the sounds of people walking briskly past our balcony and got ready to enjoy a day out and about. Last night we had organised with our friends Paul and Josè to meet up with them in Sitges today, so we took the train and headed to the seaside. We have had an amazing day sitting by the marina eating some delicious Spanish food - paella, croquettas, black squid ink rissotto etc. and drinking some mighty fine red wine. We had a look at their new house which looks over the marina and then found another quiet spot to sit and enjoy some more red wine and a view of the sea. We´re back at their house just now enjoying a bit of time chilling out before we go back to Barcelona in a little while - I´m guessing we´ll probably end up having a night out on the town.

1 comment:

Xixi said...

AHHH!!! Im so jelous! I havent been there since last summer! Plus the vueling 21.25 flight is the one i usually take! Well luckily im going there for 10 days in xmas! grrr.. but the words paella,sitges,barcelona,ramblas have made me want to go even more :)