10/02/2010

THE CITY IS SHINING AGAIN!

At the moment I have some really heavy workload, and to get new inspiration to continue to work until late tonite I took my little dog Samantha, a mini pincher, for a nice walk down to the beach after lunch! Im fortunate to live only 20 min walk from the beach in the city centre, so whenever I can allow myself to escape from the computer for a moment the best way to catch new strenght is to inhale the breeze of the Mediterranean! This is life quality! A cosmopolitan city with a beach in the city centre! Life is good!

The city is shining and smiling again, and the “Face of Barcelona” is back to its normal colours!

IT RAINS IN BARCELONA TOO SOMETIMES….

Having grown up in Sweden the weather is always a high topic!! As a swede I cant stop to amaze myself of waking up to a sunny blue sky day after day after day after day! here down by the Mediterranean! The bright light of the city really has an enormous positiv impact on your every day life here!

But, it does rain here too sometimes, and when it does everyone all of a sudden gets a dip, I guess from the shock to see the city change colour from happy to grey, and also the fact that the rains here are like marathon rains….it can rain constantly for hours and hours and days and days. What happens here is comparable to what happens in Sweden when there is snow chaos, traffic jams and no taxi in sight!

As I live and work in the Gothic Quarters, Barrio Gótico, I was within walking distance down to La Ljotja del Mar, follow my walk through the gothic rainy alleys down towards the old harbour, Port Vell.

Roy Lichentsteins statue, The face of Barcelona, also seem to lose its colour on a rainy day… Port Vell, the Barceloneta and the Hotel W in the background.

Outside the entrance of La Ljotja in Passeg de Isabel II

PS! THE SUN IS OUT AGAIN TODAY AND THE NORMAL BLUE SKIES ARE BACK!! FEELS GREAT!! :-)