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Album:2005:07-30 Barcelona
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After Herrang I went to Barcelona for a week and a half (and a day trip
to Montpellier).
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Marta was my host
in Barcelona, and she took me to her Aunt's house to go swimming. ( comments)
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On Wednesday
we hit a bar and turned it into a swing club for the night. ( comments)
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Nuria was there..
( comments)
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And Marta was one of the DJs
( comments)
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Crooked, crooked streets.
( comments)
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Really rock my world.
( comments)
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Because I like the u..ured feel of it all.
( comments)
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There's always const..ything is still old.
( comments)
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Dancing at the beach
(Pepe and Laura) ( comments)
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Dancing at the beach
[Video, 13M] ( comments)
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Laia..
( comments)
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..has become quite a rockstar.
(and that's Marie above her shoulder, another great dancer, and married to Bernard.) ( comments)
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Pepe and Laura again.
( comments)
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Aleix dances with..
( comments)
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Nuria.
( comments)
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The dancing goes late into the night,
then we went swimming in the sea. ( comments)
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We went to Guell Park,..
( comments)
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..because Marta need..Tour Guide web site.
( comments)
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The obnoxious penis-tower
is the sole example of bad architecture in Barcelona. ( comments)
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Barcelona's Cathedral
is not the Gaudi church, but is still rather gothically impressive. ( comments)
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And it has a nice ceiling.
( comments)
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And chandeliers
( comments)
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With a snifty outdoor area.
( comments)
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This courtyard was u.. Franco the dictator
to execute resistance members. The holes in the walls are from bullets. ( comments)
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Nuria and I
went to have tea. ( comments)
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Dinner w/ Laura
at a lovely restaurant ( comments)
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Steven Mitchell came to town
and organized a party at BalliBall ( comments)
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Dancing with Aleix
( comments)
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Dancing w/ ?
(BalliBall was hot - notice the shirt..) ( comments)
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Much fun
( comments)
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Nuria is a better dancer
every time I see her. ( comments)
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And afterwards,
a stop at the Ramblas for some falafel ( comments)
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I went to Montpellier
for the last night of Sea, Sun, Swing and we met Mathilde ( comments)
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I drove up with Aleix, Marta and Nuria
( comments)
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The architecture
is not quite as nice as Barcelona ( comments)
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Though the sunsets are great.
( comments)
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Mathilde and Aleix and I
went to the beach ( comments)
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Late at night
before the dance. ( comments)
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The floor at Montpellier
was amazingly slippery. I loved it. ( comments)
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Mathilde and Marta.
( comments)
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Ghost dance.
( comments)
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Rockstar Violeta (Ru)
was there, much to my happy surprise. ( comments)
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Mathilde gave me a quick tour..
( comments)
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..of the city before I left
( comments)
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Square of Comedie or somesuch.
There's a theater in the back. ( comments)
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I love the crooked streets
that you find in every old city in Europe. ( comments)
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And the fact that th..e Triomph somewhere.
( comments)
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There was also an old aqueduct
( comments)
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Which carried water..
( comments)
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..out over the city
( comments)
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And Mathilde
( comments)
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went for an aqueduct swim.
( comments)
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Goof.
( comments)
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Those crooked streets again.
( comments)
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And old churches.
( comments)
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We just don't get that in the U.S.
( comments)
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Mathilde played folk violin for us.
( comments)
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Then the Barcelona crew and I
went for breakfast ( comments)
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and a nap.
( comments)
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Seeing dogs in France made me miss Kodi
(who had been there - and was supposed to be there) very much ( comments)
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Back home, for the l..dance at the beach..
( comments)
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..which brought out many tourists.
( comments)
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Again, till late.
( comments)
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Dancing w/ Laura
( comments)
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was fun..
( comments)
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KLM is awesome,
on the flight home I had Mr. P on my lap for pretty much the whole flight. ( comments)
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