Casa Vicens, Barcelona

Hello everyone, hope you are all somehow coping with these circumstances we are in at the moment. Now that I am at home for a while, I decided to get back in the blogging world, we will see how long it lasts.

Back in early December I went to Barcelona and one of the places I visited was Casa Vicens, this place is just beautiful. Built by Antoni Gaudi, between 1883 and 1885 as a summer home for the Vicens family. It is his first masterpiece, it is simple astounding. The colourful tiles, stained glass windows, doors, and walls are beautiful. It also has  a small cafe too. I would recommend a visit to Casa Vicens if you ever go to Barcelona.

As I mentioned above, I am on two weeks holiday. Alessio and I were supposed to be flying to Miami and then going on a cruise. But it looks like we should get it all refunded at some point in time.

To pass the time it looks like I will be reading, watching TV, going for walks by the lake and not much else.

Wishing you all a safe and happy Easter

2019 Holiday Recap

Singapore

Barcelona

Bratislava

Scotland

Kiev

Rome

Orkney Islands, Scotland

Vilnius, Lithuania

Barcelona, Camp Nou

Hampdon Park, Scotland 

Happy New Year and welcome to 2020, we are back to Zurich after a lovely time in Scotland with my family. As usual I do a recap of my adventures in 2019 and they look like this:

Jan - I was still in Bali, then along with Arlene we returned to Singapore for a day or so

Feb - I went to Barcelona with Arlene and we met up with my father, also Arlene and I went to Andorra.

April - The beginning of this month Alessio and I went to Bratsilava, Slovakia and then in the school holidays to Scotland

June - I went to the Ukraine with Arlene

July - Again with Arlene we went to Rome

August - Saw us back to Scotland, where I went to Edinburgh and with my parents to the Orkney Islands.

October - Alessio and I went to Vilnius, Lithuania

Dec - I went to Barcelona with Alessio and again met up with my father and finally the ended the year in Scotland

My travels plans for 2020 are already quite planned for until the summer. Who has already made plans for this year?

Enjoy the weekend

Christmas Lights in Barcelona

Barcelona in December, we were there to see a football match, but we enjoyed walking around the city on Friday evening. The Christmas lights were really lovely, to be honest much nicer than in Zurich.

The Christmas markets were really busy, so we did not really hang around, but unlike in other countries, they don't do mulled wine. I do like a mulled wine at a Christmas market.

Now I am officially on holiday for 2 weeks and we will be going to Scotland for some of this time. Anyway enjoy the weekend and any plans you all have.

A Visit to Barcelona Again

Temple of Augustus

Temple of Augustus

El Born

El Born

El Born Visitor Centre

During school holidays in February I visited Barcelona again, but this time I went with my friend Arlene and my father.

We stayed in an apartment complex called 08028 Apartments and I would recommend this place, it was right next to a metro stop and very, very near to Camp Nou Stadium. This is their site www.08028apartments.com

We just wandered around the city, the port/marina, Poblenou area, the Ramblas, Plaza Catalunya and El Born area. Saturday evening we went to see the match FC Barcelona against FC Valladolid, Barca won by 1- 0 and it was a penalty scored by, yes you all know Messi.

On Sunday we went our separate ways, Arlene and I took a long bus trip to Andorra and my father stayed in Barcelona. We got back quite late but still had time for dinner and a catch up on what we all did.

The next day Monday, my father had to leave pretty early, but we could lie in for a bit at least before we headed off to the airport.

The weekend looms very near now and Alessio has a football match and maybe on Sunday we will go for a day trip.

Wishing you all a good mid week