day 10

It looks like even though we haven't even found a flat yet the first batch of visitors are on their way here. For those of you who know them part of the Fallas clan (emine & marco) are coming to barcelona. I hope this'll give me a break from visiting flats. The thing is that they are coming by ferry from civitavecchia. At first I thought it was some sort of joke but it's not... they will actually spend nearly 24 hours on a ferry to come over. I think it deserves to be mentioned for 2 reasons: dedication and total lack of planning -of course, buying your plane ticked the day before leaving doesn't ensure you to have the best possible rate. Again, at first I thought they were kidding but on the other hand that's why I like my friends, they still manage to surprise me and just comfort me in the idea they're all crazy!

In terms of news from barcelona, I am starting to get used to it. I have to say (and I hate cliches) it has taken me a bit to get used to see people having a beer with their sandwich at 10.00am while I'm sipping my cortado or smelling cigars only to realise the guy sweeping behind me is actually enjoying a cigar while doing it. No major culture shock, just minor differences that make you realise you're in a different place now.

Being very jealous of alvise's pictures I have published a couple myself just to remind you who I am. You can check them out on http://homepage.mac.com/iacopo/PhotoAlbum7.html OK, you won't see anything you haven't seen before but at least I can pretend to provide you with multi-media content ;o)

Well, time for me to leave you, I've got a flat to go visit.

P.S. did I mention it's still raining here? One more day of this and I'm jumping on the first plane to london!