Yesterday I was able to tick something else off the list.

I now have someone fantastic to take care of my Mac! 

I found him on the internet and was impressed by all the rave reviews so when I had a problem with introducing my new ipad to my old Mac so that they would not only talk but really communicate, I got in touch with Chris Kunigenas aka El Mac Barcelones.
He works in Gracia and I caught the train up yesterday, clutching two of my most precious items and trying to remember all the passwords I might need. 

By the end of the morning I had an updated system, a new mail package and some little odds and ends sorted out. It cost 25€ and only took a few hours. 

Various people were dropping off their macs to be seen to and I imagined us all trailing around the pretty streets of Gracia while we waited to return to the attic flat overlooking a sleepy little square.

I spent three hours falling in love with this previously unexplored part of town

The street names are wonderful……fraternidad, llibertat, venus, progres. 

The buildings are not tall

Most have wonderful metalwork

What is this for do you think? At the bottom of the front door

The area is full of little workshops.
 In one they run sculpture classes and inside was a couple working away on a large piece of wood
Another wonderful window with balconies

Bars, independent shops that still manage to survive in a huge expensive city

 home birth centres, peaceful squares, old ladies gazing down from balconies (gone in now)

 It felt a bit like Stoke Newington where I lived in London for 15 years. What do you think this little door is used for so high up in a huge entrance?

A part of Barcelona to really live and work and be creative

Here a little roofed sanctuary on the corner of the street opposite

When I was finished, after crosssing Diagonal,  I walked back down to Passeig de Gracia.
A different world where they sell dresses which when worn by any normal shaped woman would help her look like a strange pink lampshade!