Barcelona and Prima Vera Sound

Got back on Sunday from a week in sunny Barcelona. The first few days were spent in a very swanky hotel we managed to get for cheap on the internet. It seemed posher than I really deserve, with a swimming pool on the roof (which was effectively our own private pool due to no one else really using it) and a widescreen telly in our room with free films, although Annalise outlawed the viewing of the free porn, what a waste! Spent a lot of time walking around the city, and taking in the envitable Gaudi sights. The Sagrada Familia was a bit disappointing this time around as you couldn't climb to the top, you had to take a lift and we couldn't walk between the towers, still impressive though.

For the remainder of the week we had an apartment and were joined by Claire and her two friends Gareth and John. What luck that our apartment was positioned next to an excellent sword shop. Unfortunately no-one accepted my offer of going halves on the reproduction sword from the film 'Blade', a snip at 350E.

Prima Vera festival was lots of fun, a lot of the bands that played at ATP were also here but that was no bad thing. Highlights included Sonic Youth playing Day Dream Nation in its entirety, Maximo Park and The Fall. I was also surprised by how much I enjoyed the Smashing Pumpkins.