Barcelona Idler

Sí, puedo escribir en Español tambien! He encontrado un guía sobre bingo en línea, es muy completo y me gusta el diseño de la pagina.

Idling time away in a non-productive way-yeh led me to bingo blog. Fun write-ups by bingo-playing house-wives!

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Ah yes, this is why I live in Barcelona! Almost the end of October, and it’s still shorts weather! Compare that to the UK - I was there a few weeks ago, and was kicking myself as I had packed totally the wrong clothes, it was so damn cold!
Here, I’m having morning coffee on […]

Last Monday, I lost my ADSL and telephone connections. I picked up my mobile and tried to call the Jazztel customer service number 1566 - after entering my contract number and being identified as a customer, I was then told that the number only worked from fixed lines and was cut off. Great, so what […]

Another top tip for the idle - all the supermarkets here (Bon Preu, Corte Ingles, Caprabo, etc) will deliver your shopping to your door. Some make a nominal charge, but well worth it to avoid lugging those 8 litre bottles of water up the stairs!

Keen observers will note that there are no entries for February - let’s just say that there’s been good snow this year

Don’t let it dry out! Best to cook it in a tasty sauce, and watch it like a hawk!

The days of inhaling your dining neighbour’s smoke as you tuck into your tapas are now over! As of the 1st of Jan 2006, there are big restrictions on smoking in public places. I for one was sceptical about how this would work, in the first European country to “discover” tobacco, and where it seems […]

Cycled down to the beach today, I love being by the sea even if it’s too cold to contemplate getting wet. You get a different kind of person on the beach in winter than you do in summer - many more loners, oddballs, and idlers Or maybe they just stand out more […]