Just back from four day break in siges near barcelona

[modd]

Had a great time . Near a beach and swimming pool. Timed in well with siges festival which was like more better version of the noting hill carnival in sunnier weather. thoughts on barcelona

(1) people are nice and friendly and quite few staff speak english which was a suprise.
(2) everything happens later in spain. lunch is later, dinner is late and kids are out with their familes at 1am in the mrning.
(3) the city of barcelona is amazing . Went to the nou camp on a tour which was just magnificent. Got a photo with european cup which cost me 20 euros but was worth it
(4) bus tour of barcelona was great but by chance saw kids traning on a five a side pitch and their were all doing short passes. none of this english long passes
(5) women in barcelona are beauiful with great bodies. I stayed in place though dominated by families and people who were gay. but still it was all good.

arriving back in the uk was very very depressing. got back in rain on monday and made me think why do i live here when the world is so much more exiciting and better weather.

[Classic Jorge]

Did you do Parc Guell or the Sagrada Familia?

[Berni]

Alright, moddster? :-D

[Pat Vegas]

took forever. Piles of vomit in the line :-(

Then that monday morning weather to cap it off.

At least the tube strike is off.

[modd]

Did the Sagrada Familia which was like a gothic vampire type cathdal.

missed the Parc Guell due to only having a day in main city and time. But saw the magic fountain of monjuvic on saturday night which was as it as beauitful as it looks.

You get great view on the mountsin as well from their.

Just wished I had more time in barcelona. Only had time for green route of coach tour but not much of the organge route. Want to go back again.

London so depressing compared to barcelona.

[Berni]

Basically, the place is handling far more passengers than it was ever set up to.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Did you get the percebes, the goose-necked barnacles? :cloud9:

http://www.vulka.es/imagenes/empresas_fotos/122452_big.jpg

[Luis Anaconda]

last week. Considering the rest of the place is a f**king building site at the moment

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

[Classic Jorge]

[Jake]

[PSRB]

20 secs later, through

[Rich]

people requiring assistance.

I know this after having to return from Bangkok with a very unwell girlfriend.

[modd]

their. ryanair put us at the wrong boarding gate only to change last mintue. Barcelona airport more organzed then stanstead

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Either way you're waiting somewhere.

[modd]

they helped. You just got to be alert. Lots of people brush past you in city of barcelona. Its a busy town. bit like oxford circus only with better weather.

[Pat Vegas]

which i great for getting off whilst everyone else is messing about.

Only they didn't open the back door this time :furious:

Instead I had to stand at the back for ages listening to some annoying bitch telling everyone how her 1 year old child can speak English french and Italian. :furious: :furious:

[modd]

and saw faces of spanish people on our plane im thinking why the f**k would you want to leave 30 degrees cheaper barcelona for expensive crowded non beach london.

London is a city break at most . Personally i never be able i think buy anywhere in london i can afford. I think living by the beach sounds a far nicer iife. :-)

[Classic Jorge]

Still, they got 2p in sterling. So little, in fact, that they handed me my wallet back.

[Berni]

away, but the passport control is horrific every single time.

[modd]

while watching. catalns don,t rush things in everything from food, drink to booze to sports. we do and it not good part of our culture.

[Luis Anaconda]

They don't count the massive baggage of miserabledom he seems to carry around with him :hide: Sorry p

[Rich]

Midlands Airports soon.

[modd]

near where we stayed which was bit odd as you can see sights of people of all sexees and ages you don,t always wish to see.. :hehe:

But boy are they friendly and to my shame my catalan is shameful. They all speak english in the shops and restuarants which stunned me really.

I got to learn more languages.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

With only pokster to suck the joy out of life we'd be in danger of feeling 'happiness' occasionally.

[Jake]

He turns to me giving it "What, what's wrong? I am doing nothing".

Barcelona DNA.

[Luis Anaconda]

fortunately the first one just got loose cash and I had my hand on my wallet checking it was still there when the other f**ker tried it - so they skedaddled.

Arsenal link: This was on the day Jose Reyes scored twice in the FA Cup against Chelsea :cloud9:

[Rich]

The opposite is true in Barcelona. I'm sure if people had the time to waste then they wouldn't mind waiting an hour for their food.

[Berni]

from Heathrow - indeed, if you're silly enough to take the tube from Heathrow, it actually takes much less.

[Pat Vegas]

for me.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

:hehe: Honestly.

[Luis Anaconda]

[modd]

in barcelona. you also get lot of people wonder into restuants to try to sell you staff. You just got to be alert but its not easy when your aboard as tourists are big targets.

[Luis Anaconda]

Munich Memmingem :hehe: The place is practically in Austria

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Jake]

Mines on my front, obviously.

http://image.rakuten.co.jp/icefield/cabinet/manhattanportage/img62212543.jpg

[modd]

ares just depressing.

[Berni]

[modd]

you so much to let you of the plane. never happens on trains or tube.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Airlines love being able to get away from Heathrow. Slots are much cheaper and more flexible elsewhere, but travllers, especially business travellers, demand flights from Heathrow.

[modd]

was more like belt. no straps around the shoulder

will look for one of those next time i got away. :-)

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Jake]

I was about to paper cut him to death with all my Euros, so he scampered.

[modd]

most restuants i found did not open till 9pm. I was told that they have more public holidays over their then in most cities so no wonder they have more time.

We are more efficent in terms of when we eat and working longer but to me they seem to have way more fun

I recomend the stiges festival. All night party and much cheaper then in the uk. Only downside is dominated by annoying teenagers bumping past you.

[modd]

got to say though things in barcelona airport seemed more chilled out and quicker then at stanste. Much more hectic in the uk.

[Classic Jorge]

Fancy suggesting nobody in Barcelona has demanding jobs.

[modd]

degrees serving many tourists who don,t always speak spanish and yet able to speak two or three lanaguages while staying friendly.

For me I found barcelona people one of nicest i ever been to . Much more friendly then when i went to south of france years back.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Ban all low-cost carriers and set a minimum price of 500 pounds for any flight.

In this way we will weed out the feckless, undeserving poor, and leave a comfortable and no doubt glamorous experience for the rest of us.

[Jake]

[Luis Anaconda]

http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/article9541518.ece/alternates/w620/Thomas-Vermaelen.jpg

[Rich]

jobs.

There are, of course, exceptions - but if you look at the entire demographic that will be the case.

Understandable, really - London is the financial capital of Europe and major capital city. Barcelona is a big city, but not in the same league of London.

In the same way that the pace of life is slower in Barcelona, the same is true of Bournemouth - where people have less demanding jobs than those that live in London (typically speaking).

[Classic Jorge]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

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[Rich]

[Classic Jorge]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say you know f**k all about barcelona, catalunya and its mores and lifestyles both in comparison to spain and the rest of europe.

[modd]

like i did on sunday night in 26 odds degrees with your view of people walking on the seafront. That when you know your on hoiiday, chilling with work and life stress a country away.

You make some fair points but as a tourist it was beauitful to be somewhere so much more chilled out then your normal city life.

I just want to see more of the world before im really really old and decrepid.

[Rich]

demanding, lower skilled, lower paid and involve working shorter hours than in London.

It really cannot be argued with.

[modd]

on a different level. Yes they both have beaches and town centre and chilled out staff but so much more fun and better weather to have in barca.

[Jake]

It's because of history, not employment.

You f**king doughnut.

[Rich]

should therefore look to see as many places as possible - I certainly do.

I'm going to Vietnam next year. Very much looking forward to the food. I also want one of those hats that they wear while working the paddy fields :cloud9:

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

At least you looked cool when the perp was robbing you.

[Jake]

[modd]

and culture. I love to travel more but need to earn more money then i do in my current job.

But I got to do it before i have kids really. Otherwise that be that as their be the focus after that

But your right Rich we can go at any second. I lost people close to me this year and made me think that time not always on our side.

[Classic Jorge]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Rich is now clearly the most obvious, and worst, WUM on here.

[Classic Jorge]

[modd]

trying to give their kids a affoardable holiday aboard but you might be right on this one.

To be fair though kids be happy in any cheap uk holiday resort. I was as a kid. haven holidays tiger club always did not the trick for me.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

His hands were in your pockets. Essentially he broke in and robbed your private space.

Should have chinned him.

[Monty91]

and seems to do about a fortnight's work a month.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Read it again.

No real person can be that thick. See also his daily Benzema updates.

[Rich]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Come to think of it, the poor have the same rights as the rest of us, that is to say, f**k all.

Send them to Butlins. They'll drink the same fizzy lager and eat the same greasy eggs and chips as they do in Spain, they'll just be a bit colder :shrug:

[Jake]

http://blogs-images.forbes.com/niallmccarthy/files/2015/03/20150313_Greece_FO.jpg

[Rich]

hours than your average person in London.

Can you find a graph for European cities?

Also - I find it hard to believe that the Greeks work the longest hours in Europe.

[Brentwood]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

They really need to get over themselves.

'Mes que un club' and all that *******s as well.

I'll tell you this for nowt, b. European people who are less offensive than Barcelonans include Germans and Belgians. Not Austrians or Danes, obviously. :nazis:

[Classic Jorge]

In fact, the rest of spain dont even think of the Catalans as proper spaniards due to their work ethic and prudence.

[Rich]

What is so f**king hard to grasp?

[Brentwood]

question and they'll have a little chuckle. ll the while, I'm standing there waiting

[Classic Jorge]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

You're arguing with a r'tard. And your argument, whatever it is - I can't follow the convoluted prose - seems to consist of comparing Barcelona to... London.

That is to say, London. The Greatest City On Earth. That London.

What are you doing?

[Jake]

[Classic Jorge]

I'm saying that isnt.

Still, I'd have to say Barcelona is ten times the city London is.

[Rich]

Londoners because they work fewer hours in less demanding jobs.

Perhaps 'opposite' was too extreme.

[Berni]

science.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

London is undoubtedly the 'Greater' city.

And I've been to a few.

[Classic Jorge]

I think it's widely accepted there is a massive housing crisis with people - qualified, affluent people - unable to afford accomodation that comes anywhere near a decent standard.

In fact, when I left london over a decade ago I was paying 1000 a month for a decent flat in the ****ty end of finsbury park.

It's nothing to be proud of, this doing mountains of work for scant reward. We should envy the spanish for their way of life, not denigrate them for not working all the hours god sends to cry themselves to sleep at night in a broom cupboard in Bromley.

[Rich]

London because of its large, highly skilled and hard working force of people. The Spanish do, rightly or wrongly, have a culture of being willing to work less hard at things.

[Classic Jorge]

[Jake]

There is historical and statistical evidence in front of you.

Context:

Spanish off-kilter living and working hours: owed to Franco's decision making and consequently means people have to work more.

Evidence:

Forbes chart proving the Spanish work longer hours than the British.


jesus f**king christ.

[Classic Jorge]

Even if you are from the **** bit

[Luis Anaconda]

[Classic Jorge]

There's no sense sweating your balls off between 11-3 in most parts of spain, far better to start early, have a long lunch and work later.

[Rich]

of the world's greatest cities - if not the greatest (I'd like to know what beats it, tbh).

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

The next time you insult my heritage I will find you. And I will kill you.

[Rich]

I assume that people that work for Santander, BBVA, Sabadell etc have to forsake siestas as it doesn't really fit with the global business model.

Hello - I've put it in an order for some shares - will this be fulfilled? Ah, yes, well can I get back to you in a few hours?

[Classic Jorge]

You cant help being from south london and, to your credit, you do an excellent job of hiding it.

Well done you.

[Classic Jorge]

Surely you can see that what is good for business is rarely good for the people, in fact they're usually very much the opposite.

[Ashberto]

[Rich]

keeps the economy strong.

Put it this way - I'd rather have more disposable income and work harder for it - hopefully in a more challenging role.

[Berni]

unemployment :yikes: ) suggests that Spain becoming a bit better for business might be quite good for the people of Spain, really.

[Classic Jorge]

you spend it all on rent

[Rich]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

:cloud9:

[Rich]

come to work for banks in London.

[Berni]

centres, etc that exist in and around London manage to keep the bailiffs away given that we all have no disposable income. :hehe:

Not to mention the fact that London is by an enormous distance the biggest consumer of recreational drugs - particularly cocaine - in Europe. I'm pretty sure income spent on drugs is disposable, tbh.

[redgunamo]