cecile - Las ovejas in Spain

5 janvier 2017

January in cold Barna

Hola amigos! Brrrrrr. We are very cold here, it's lucky my fingers aren't frozen yet so that I can continue writing about our Spanish adventures. Hopefully this won't be too much of a boring post which would get you thinking: "Wow, I bloody wish she had...

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Tags: Barcelona, Barcelone, Espagne, Spain, Catalunya, Gabalgata, Horta, Ireland, New Year resolutions, Wise men, cold, sun, sweets, Catalogne, Catalonia, Cécile, James, expats

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18 décembre 2016

Nadal/Navidad

(A short outlook on local Christmas traditions in Cataluña) First serious post in about nine months! Trying to aim for one post a month now...not giving up yet! Pleased? Annoyed? Can't be bothered? Share your thoughts in comments please, I would love...

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Tags: Barcelona, Barcelone, Espagne, Spain, Catalunya, cold, Catalogne, Catalonia, Cécile, James, expats, Christmas, Navidad, Noël

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2 mars 2016

Quick hello!

Hi all and sorry for the interruption... We don't have the internet at the moment which explain this lack of information. It's like being back fifteen years. Anyway, we have now moved to our new place, in Horta, north of Barcelona. Here to be precise:...

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Tags: Barcelona, Barcelone, Espagne, Spain, Catalunya, Horta, cold, Catalogne, Catalonia, Cécile, James, expats

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19 février 2016

Patience

"Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting" And this is how I'm going to start this message today. Hello. Or if I could sing to you I might have started with "I like to move it move it". Or maybe I've been...

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Tags: Barcelona, Barcelone, Spain, cosmo caixa, tortilla, cactus, musée des sciences, Catalunya, Catalán, Tibidabo, flat, cold, Catalogne, Catalonia, Cécile, James, expats

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13 février 2016

Sant Pau and Chinese New Year

Hello! We are in the middle of a bank holiday weekend here, most places have been closed since Thursday night. And according to Natasha our estate agent, some will be closed on Monday too (or is it just our estate agent?) So we've been busy being out...

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Tags: Barcelona, Barcelone, Espagne, Spain, Sant Pau, ciutadella, nouvel an chinois, Catalunya, Catalán, cold, Catalogne, Catalonia, Cécile, James, expats, chinese new year

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9 février 2016

Ups and downs

Hi peeps! We’ve been very busy here. Where can I start? So much, yet so little has happened. Let’s start with the utter most important news. Last Monday I visited the inside of the Sagrada Familia and OMG (That’s for you Helen Ball, there’s a couple in...

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Tags: Barcelona, Barcelone, Espagne, Spain, Airbnb, Jerez, NIE, Sagrada Familia, chery, Catalunya, cold, Catalogne, Catalonia, Cécile, James, expats

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29 janvier 2016

Waiting...

Hello, Not a long post as not much to say. Been a stressful last few days visiting flats, trying to contact the estates agents. We have picked up a flat we like and we are now waiting to see if the landlords are ok with us living in it. We won't have...

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26 janvier 2016

Getting your Brits out

Hey James here. Now, I've never been known for my swarthy mediterranean looks, but in the first few days here in Barcelona, I'm beginning to feel like I'm carrying a huge sign saying "INARTICULATE ANGLO-SAXON IDIOT" Before I can even open my mouth to...

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Tags: Barcelona, adventure, Barcelone, Espagne, Spain, England, Brits, Catalunya, cold, Catalogne, Catalonia, Cécile, James, expats, French

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23 janvier 2016

Arrived!

Hola! No it didn't take us three days to get here...but we have needed time to adjust. Must say that James has already caught the sun and often goes out in his tee-shirt (unlike the locals who are wearing coats and scarves). We're having lovely weather,...

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Tags: Barcelona, adventure, Barcelone, Espagne, Spain, England, France, Soulaire-et-Bourg, Catalunya, cold, Catalogne, Catalonia, Cécile, James, expats