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Barcelona Airport T1 pics

Posted: January 12th 2010 08:25. Last modified: January 12th 2010 08:28

But getting there is still a pain in one’s posterior end.

Simple fix for Spain’s poverty crisis

Posted: March 9th 2009 15:07. Last modified: March 9th 2009 15:11

Gypsy clans living on an old dung heap north of Granada may have the answer.

Testing redesign

Posted: January 28th 2009 16:38. Last modified: January 28th 2009 16:59

Visit the site with caution for the next few days until I get round to sorting out all the crap.

Spanish traditional theme park architecture

Posted: January 8th 2009 10:53. Last modified: January 8th 2009 11:16

More traditional building for Colin Davies:
Real stone is expensive and makes it hard to plug holes and to plaster, so in Spain@Disney you stick (pre)machined chunks or carpet tile-type stuff onto the concrete prefab with glue.
Chorus: Cladding imitates but also improves on reality.

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On this day

Barcelona

  • March 22 1460 El príncipe de Viana alcanza por primera vez el perdon de su padre, y se viene de Mallorca á Barcelona.
  • March 22 1848 

    En obsequio del beato José Oriol, cuyo fiesta se celebra mañana en la parroquia de Ntra. Sra. del Pino, se cantan en la misma iglesia solemnes maitines á las 4 y media de la tarde de hoy.

Josep Pla, Palafrugell (1918-9)

  • 22 de març de 1919 Alta cultura. Les coses, és clar, haurien pogut ésser diferents… En acabar el batxillerat, la meva intenció no fou pas d’estudiar per advocat. M’hauria agradat més d’estudiar química, i per tal de servir el que jo creia que era la meva vocació, vaig matricular-me al preparatori de Ciències. Matricular-se! Prenguin nota de la parauleta! El [...]

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