It's curiously fitting that we should move back to Barcelona (albeit temporarily) exactly 4 years to the month after originally leaving. So much has happened since then, most of which we didn't even imagine before we left: getting our advanced diving certificates, surviving a major earthquake,

We're going through visitors like a popular country hotel on a bank holiday but it's lovely seeing friends and family and finding new parts of the island that we might not explore otherwise. For example we finally (FINALLY!) made it to Es Trenc, one of the

When Claudia (remember her?) came to visit us last week we had to come up with some more exciting things to do than sitting on our balcony and going swimming twice a day. So we packed them into our car, ignoring the cries of suffocation from the back due to

Palma has a very pretty old town which only few tourists care to visit (still enough, considering the masses of tourists that come to the island every year).

We're in our usual summer habitat – Mallorca – enjoying the sea and the sun. Life is calm and uneventful, just like it should be. Unless of course there's a fire. A cab driver told us that during fire emergencies like this the choppers and planes can refuel

Before we start talking about our new location (ooh, mystery...) I want to share some pictures from a very special dinner we had in Barcelona. Our nephew turned 12 and because he loves food we took him for a fancy Japanese dinner as a present. Sushi is one of his

Even though today's weather doesn't want us to believe it, Spring is really just around the corner. We've already had a few lovely warm days here in Barcelona and the colors sprouting up right and left are chocolate for the soul. Not to mention

We're back in Barcelona and because it's been a while we decided to check out the zoo last weekend. Our nephews are members so they're on a first name basis with most of the animals but they still enjoyed introducing us to the pygmy

The Catalans have a peculiar relationship with fireworks. They absolutely adore them but on the one night when the whole world erupts in fireworks and merriment - December 31 - the reign of Cataluña is eerily quiet and dark. To make up for that omission the Catalans burn enormous amounts

Even though the above view from our balcony can be quite distracting, we have managed to get some work done over the summer and are slowly but surely getting ready to take off once more. As usual, we're starting the planning from the back. I'm not

Leaving the empty apartment was sad. In fact, it was so sad that I forgot to return the keys to the portera so we had to turn around and go back. (Hadn't gone too far yet, thank goodness.) At least that gave us a chance to get breakfast