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The drinking fountains of Barcelona

13 November, 2009 (13:46) | Living in Europe | By: admin

Click to hear drinking fountain sound The ubiquitous drinking fountains of Barcelona are unique to this city. I am surprised there is not more information easily accessible on the subject. Don’t drink from this fountain unless you want to come back to Barcelona in the future. When Mark and I first visited Barcelona together, in […]

A Day in the Life of Mona-Lia (soundscape)

8 October, 2009 (15:32) | Living in Europe | By: admin

My morning begins with espresso. I love this sound. We normally get up around 10 am, sometimes earlier sometimes later. Until I here this sound, I do not consider myself to be awake: After coffee and a doggie poo walk we open up our comfortable, air-conditioned Partners in Rhyme headquarters. We have an old fashioned […]

Festa Mayor 2009 (part 2)

25 August, 2009 (11:05) | Living in Europe | By: admin

Tonight my best friend Nicole came out to Gracia to have dinner with me and take in a bit of Festa Mayor. Its good to go out into the festiities early like we did (around 9:00) because a different aspect of the festival is more apparent – the traditional, multi-generational meals; long tables set with […]