Archive for 2006/09


On a completely random and unrelated to Spain note…

Was reading one of my favourite magazines the other day and came across this item.
Combining the latest technology of a bluetooth enabled mobile phone, sms text messages and a vibrator, The Toy creates, I guess, the ultimate latest Must Have in phone sex, if you’re into that sorta thing.
I love technology. And I love [...]

A weekend of tourguiding and exploring

Last weekend, Mark came to visit us on his ‘whirlwind’ tour of Spain. His visit was a great excuse to spend the entire weekend Not Working and go out exploring.
We finally made it to Sant Pere de Rodes in Port de la Selva. Although it was a pretty crappy day, weather-wise, it was a stunning [...]

Torroella’s festa major pics…

Finally downloaded some of the pics I took while at the ‘carnival’ thingie from the festa major in Torroella de Montgri this year.
First one - one of the rides had this stunning (!) artwork along the side. I’m not quite sure what that dwarf is doing… but it doesn’t look all that pleasant, does it?
The [...]

It’s almost worth having kids…

For something like this baby carriage, the Brevetatto by Giordani…

Available to buy here. If you have a spare $2,200 bucks, of course.

Religion - door to door

Ahhh. For the first time, I was quite pleased (and relieved) to say in Catalan, ‘Sorry. I don’t understand Castillian.’ And, instead of said religious pedalers switching to Catalan and continuing with their spiel, they paused and asked (oddly enough, in Catalan), “What is your language?” and I smiled and replied, “English.”
They looked flumuxed. They [...]