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  • Appearances and Our State of Mind

    Another of my musings from Rebecca Fine’s forum; this one about how APPEARANCES influence (or not) our state of mind. Taken out of context it’s very incomplete. The idea is - of course - to provoke you to visit the website. And yes, if you buy something I get a kickback.
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    Tuesday 1st April 2008 - 7:34:42 PM | Comment

  • Looking for a Home in Barcelona

    I just got my Vodaphone bill for the last month and it’s over €100, and I still haven’t found a place to live. Everybody who posts ads on loquo gives a mobile number and asks you call, and call we must or we’ll never find a place to live. So I call, […]

    Sunday 28th October 2007 - 1:27:59 AM | Comment

  • Couscous with the Neighbors

    After moving ten times in five months, and finally landing in a place I thought was relatively quiet, you can well imagine my frustration when I discovered a family with a seemingly endless supply of energetic, jumping, bouncing, running children living above me!
    After enduring the rough-housing sound effects for two weeks less a day, […]

    Saturday 24th February 2007 - 8:08:46 AM | Comment

  • Housing Speculation and Drug Lords

    There is no doubt the housing market in Spain is corrupt. Here are some links to related stories.
    Stories on the Abusos Urbanisticos No website links the problem to money laundering by drug lords. Canadian, Charles Svoboda, is on the executive of Abusos Urbanisticos No.
    Housing is
    over-priced.

    Wednesday 24th January 2007 - 5:25:06 AM | Comment

  • Barcelona Accommodation

    Pick of the Week…

    Sunlight Plays on Wall in 15th floor luxury apartment in Diagonal Mar

    View from the Balcony, looking towards the sea

    The apartment blocks surround a futuristic park.

    The Diagonal Mar shopping plaza is steps away…
    and the beach is just 10 minutes walk.

    Metro, tram and bus are outside your front door…cycle paths take you to the […]

    Tuesday 2nd January 2007 - 4:36:39 AM | Comment

  • Christmas Spirit (In Process)

    Christmas Spirit 2006, original digital artwork, copyright Alison Boston

    Well, I’ve been in Barcelona just over 3 months now and I have just moved into my sixth accomodation (seven if you count the crazy woman I left my bags with for 1/2 a day, then chose not to sleep there for even one night!) […]

    Friday 22nd December 2006 - 5:36:54 AM | Comment