Beejay finished her third year. She did so well and is soon off for some snowboarding in the U.S.A. Then back to uni for her fourth and final year.
We’ve been here in Spain three months and what have we got to show for it? I’ve mastered varnishing (cough, cough) and Lenny has..? well, I consulted him about what I could write here because he always seems busy, but... He sits on the pontoon and tinkers with bits of the boat and chats to everyone who passes by. After our first month here I’d meet fellow-yachties and they’d say “oh yes, your husband is the hard-working one”. Hard-working my #@*!. I’m below sanding my fingerprints off, varnishing and re-varnishing and he’s up top chatting. I should have been suspicious when he chose our berth - right on the main marina thoroughfare.
We just returned from a trip through a bit of NE Spain. Oh Barcelona....
How is it that I managed to get to this ripe old age and never live in Barcelona? And how the hell did we ever have the willpower to leave? From El Born to Gaudi, it’s my latest most loved city. We spent three weeks alternating between doing ‘touristy’ things and just hanging around. Spain never ceases to amaze me. It was never on my ‘must-see’ list and that was a mistake. Without doubt my favourite sites in Barcelona were Gaudi's buildings. I could have visited his masterpieces time and time again. Sagrada Familiar is the most amazing Cathedral I’ve ever seen, and the colours change as the sun moves through the sky. 100 years in the making so far. Then we spent a week with yachtie friends Mike and Irene in their flat further up the Costa Brava coast. They took us to Dali’s Museum. I haven’t seen his work since my art college days in the early ‘70s. That man is alarmingly weird!
The wine here in Spain is exceptional and cheap compared to Australia. A really quaffable Red is about €3.50 (A$4.90) a bottle and good Cava (champagne) generally under €4. I have developed a dangerous taste for Tisana. It can be made in various ways, but my particular favourite is Cava, cointreau, brandy and fruit and juice. Oh it’s good.