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A Summer Party

~ Kate Wilson ~ 3 Comments

Back on the last train from Barcelona to Granollers. We went to a goodbye party for a friend in a small cosy flat in the Gotic area and so now I am pleasantly rolling a little as if on a gentle boat trip.
Lovely evening  with a group of people from many different countries in South America and Catalunya.
Around a table, lots of talking in both Catalan and Castellano.
Laughing, struggling to hear but knowing that when I missed a bit, a smile would do.
Food kept appearing from the kitchen – home made  empanadas and pizzas.  Someone brought a Columbian dish made from maize which tasted a bit like polenta. Picture below.
Bottles of wine were opened, drunk, and replaced.
As we left, sadly before the music started as we had to catch the train, a flan appeared. It is a sort of milky egg pudding. Like creme caramel but firmer. Like Crema Catalanya but spongier.
I have to say that I love going to Barcelona, love these multi cultural warm parties, sticky nights, the sounds of the street and even the smell of pee as we walked to the metro.
Thank you Sandra and Jim and thank you Pep for coming with me!

Bloggy Things

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Today I met up with two nice friends Tiffany and Oreneta who also write about life here in Catalunya.
It is one of the things I like about writing this blog – you get in touch with other interesting people and some of them turn out to live close enough to meet for a coffee. Lots of laughs.
And another lunch at the Baalek!

Afterwards the three of us had a very peaceful walk around Granollers showing Oreneta all the landmarks and points of interest. And we realised that there are LOTS!
Neither Tiffany nor I had a clue how many people live in Granollers – it is something people always ask me but I never know the answer….until now….Oreneta found out that 60,000 live here. So there you are!

Something I feel foolishly pleased about happened today. I have a counter that tells me how many people visit the blog every month and today I reached 500+ visits for April. This is the most I have ever had and somehow it felt really exciting to know that out there are all those people who read what I am writing.
Thank you all for coming here!

Also we discovered that it is really easy to leave a comment even if you don’t have a google account. You just write your message and then tick NAME and send it off. You can ignore where it says URL and all that. Just Name and Send. I know lots of people don’t feel like writing something public and prefer to send me emails and others are happy to read without writing but…. just in case you were hesitating because it is hard –  it isn’t!

News from the gym
I went today and stayed a good hour. The music was great – most of it I recognised from our resident adolescents favourites so I could sing along. Tiffany was there for some of the time which made it much nicer and after she left I had ‘my’ part all to myself so I could wobble and pant in peace.
Great Day!