Private summer pleasures

My summer camps are over and I’m taking some days off before going back to the hard life of the freelancer. There comes a summer in every man’s life in which you enjoy some absolute rest ignoring the piles of work in front of you and discover pleasures that had remained unnoticed or forgotten. —     Crossing …

My East of Eden

A couple of months ago I completed the compass of Barcelona, but I’ve never told you about the four points in detail. Well, here comes the east. Truth be told, my first cardinal point was not in the very Barcelona, but it was very close. In fact there was an underground station next to my …

New flat: I may be late, but I’m not a liar

Had you ever doubted about the truth in my words, this post will make you change your mind. Had you never doubted, you’re too gullible. I was late to my English class a week ago. That wouldn’t be that important if I weren’t the teacher. According to myself, I was able to get to the …

Back to Barcelona — 2 fast, but not 2 furious (yet)

I moved back to Barcelona two weeks ago after being away all the summer. Here’s what I think about my new flat. I think I never gave much detail about last year’s flat. It was behind El Molino, next to the Apolo club, twenty minutes walking from the centre. It was quite big; it had …

A long-expected pleasure strikes back

When you become independent, learn to make wonderful toasted sandwiches and post it on your blog; there’s no way you can avoid having friends at home for a supper sooner or later. My lab mates wanted to see my flat since I wrote I was moving in my Catalan post in September and they asked for …

A long-expected pleasure

I’ve been bottling up something for one week, but I can’t keep the secret any longer. It was like a great personal achievement to me, something I wanted to do for years and that I had never thought of doing until last week. For the first time in my life I cooked a toasted sandwich …