Sunday 6 May, 2007
Goodbye London, hello Barcelona
Yesterday we left here:
And got here (the map of Barcelona is behind Virginia, who is impossible to photograph without a camera in her hand):
When we got to Barcelona we headed straight for our treat of the holiday:Casa Camper.
It's pretty well the most stylish urban hotel I've ever been in. Natural light in the bathroom from an internal garden. A separate living room. Free light food and (non-alcoholic) drinks day and night. It's a unbelievably beautifully designed. And yes, expensive (we are only staying for the one night then going to cheaper digs). And also yes, I am one of those Camper tragics that El refers to in her excellent latest post at Sarsparilla. The buying of shoes is for tomorrow. Tonight the tapas bars await.
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Views from the Floor
Miss Eagle says:
Shoes from Barcelona! Lust, drool, fantasy. Plenty of pictures please, Sophie!
el says:
A hotel dedicated to Campers? I was going to comment before I even got to the direct mention to moi. No Campers are to be had in central Australia, tho you can buy Naots and Catherine Manuell.
el says:
I was going to say, enjoy the paella. Particularly good in Barcelona, as I remember it, esp the black rice version.
sophie says:
Yes,I have been woolfing down the squid (or is it cuttlefish?) ink paella. I literally haven't had a bad meal in Spain - well Catalonia, which is the only part I've been.
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