Absorbing Barcelona

It´s been the hottest day here since I arrived. I got up at 10 to drag my ass to the bottom of my building to be picked up by David and go and play squash. When I walked the stairs up to the big sports-club and then looked out over Barcelona and realized it was already 30 degrees outside I thought it would be a horrible day. 

I was very wrong…

A double espresso (“Café solo”) didn´t help much and when I picked up my racket my motivation was in a completely different world.

BUT, the squash went better than ever. We played so hard, such an intense hour that the floor was totally wet from our dripping sweating competitive arms, hitting that stupid ball nonstop until David finally slipped on the floor from all the sweat!

Quick shower and then we took the car to Premeria del Mar and jumped in the water. Bought tons of fruit and practised spanish for 2 hours. It was windy, so just really really nice.

After that – home – for 1 hour.  Quick shower to get rid of the saltwater and then jogging in Ciudadella with David. I have never met such a perfect sport-friend in my life haha! Tennis, Squash, Padle, Jogging, he is always up for it.

3rd shower for the day and then I have been sitting here infront of the computer enjoying my cafe Del Mar music and the warm breeze coming in from the terrazzo.

Barcelona is a city that has everything but still doesn´t feel as enormous as other cities. There are endless opportunities to do sport, so many beaches, millions of bars, restaurants, clubs, stores and people from all over the world. Still you can reach almost everything by foot.

Big Beso to you Barcelona! I will be back in 3 weeks