Life in the fast lane can really take it out of you. Sometimes it's all work, work, work and then work some bloody more! Well, not so recently, I said "Stuff this," and slyly ducked out of MS Excel and into the heady world of the worldwide web.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, I got some nice deals through the travel section of the timesonline member's section. And so it was that Margaret got to stay at home with the kids last weekend, while I took a weekend getaway to Barcelona for some quality time with yours truly.
Not long after touching down at Barcelona's clean and presentable airport (which reminded one somewhat of Gatwick), I was sipping a cool glass of sangria on La Rambla and thinking about how far away I felt from the trials and tribulations of the office.
The package for the weekend was an entirely reasonable £199. This got me a room in a pension only a few minutes off La Rambla and paid for the budget flights there and back. The pension was delightful. Cosy rooms jostling for space around a covered courtyard, which would have been a marvellous spot were it not for the slightly chilly weather. Well, you can't have everything! Luckily I'd brought my North Face windcheater, so I coped with the weather without any problems - even when a sudden shower took everyone else by surprise.
On Saturday morning I found a fantastic sports superstore called Decathalon. Pretty soon I'd bagged myself a nice pair of swimmers ready for a climate-change-tastic summer at the beach. Fluroescent yellow with a black trim might seem a bit snazzy to some, but I think it's a man's duty to throw caution to the wind from time to time, especially in the swimwear department. Besides which, they were reduced. You can't say fairer than €9.99 for a pair of trunks now can you?
The weekend passed uneventfully. I couldn't help feeling that a few more days would have been just the ticket, but there you go. I came away with the overall impression that Barcelona was a rather grotty town, with its heart in the right place. I'll not be heading back there in the near future, but neither would I discourage anyone from popping down should they get the chance.
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