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Barcelona

What to write about Barcelona? If you haven’t been, you should definitely have it on your list of places to visit. Its especialy attractive to beach ultimate lovers with a fun team and end-of-season hat tournament: the porron open. This must’ve been my fourth time in town. Other than the Forum, there wasn’t much touristy that I wanted to do, although I probably should have checked out how much the Sagrada Familia has changed since I saw it last. An unfinished Gaudi project, the church is scheduled to be completed by 2040. The first time I visited, it was suggested that the whole plan may never be built. Now with tourists visiting in droves and funding the building, optimism prevails. Apparently there is some concern about consecrating the church, because its not right to charge tourists as much as fur the building site.

Yep… I’m writing about what I didn’t do. Much of my time was spent hanging out with the Ultimate crew and/or lying in parks or on beaches enjoying the weather and scenery. For those who still haven’t caught on… the women here are sensational eye-candy. When not too distracted or drowsy, I learnt a fair bit of Spanish, despite the prominence of Catalan. Its a good life. I stayed a few days in Hostel Miquey while he was working in Madrid and then moved to Andy’s flat on the same street, but 15 mins uphill. Late nights were had and a couple excellent bbqs including the farewell party for Oscar (England), Nadia (Italy) and Masumi (Japan). Quickly it seemed and it was time to get across to Lisbon for Bar do Peixe. I jumped on the bandwagon, organising a lift with Tim.