So, Joe has been here for a week. Well, just outside Barcelona at his skillshare meeting. Had a good time, but didn’t quite manage to drink the bar dry – this time. Ah, he’s just explained that that may be because everyone brought loads of alcohol, probably because the last few skillshares they ran out. Not that they drink at these very important meetings.<\/p>\n
And I was suppose to come to Barcelona today to join him. He was going to get here and check in then meet my train from Paris. Only the French are revolting and my train was cancelled. And I found out about it Thursday afternoon. So a frantic afternoon of checking trains and ferries and flights – ended up with an EasyJet flight leaving Friday afternoon. So I arrived a bit earlier than I was going to, but had to survive an entire EasyJet flight full of stag do ‘lads’. Yeah. But I made it and actually got to the hotel an hour before Joe. Cause his plan to meet me so I didn’t get lost? Yeah, he got lost. \u00a0He just said he didn’t get lost, he just ended up sort of in the wrong place.<\/p>\n
All ended well and we found each other and have a very nice hotel room. We rested a bit and caught up on what we’d been doing, then headed out for a short walk and dinner. Had a nice paella and drinks, then a wander back seeing the fountains at Montjuc (Magic fountains of Montjuc), now back at the room. Joe is watching Netherlands beat Spain at football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So, Joe has been here for a week. Well, just outside Barcelona at his skillshare meeting. Had a good time, but didn’t quite manage to drink the bar dry – this time. Ah, he’s just explained that that may be because everyone brought loads of alcohol, probably because the last few skillshares they ran out. 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