Squarkius – How’s my Spanish? Not many birds around here to try it out on
apart from pigeons.
We are staying in an apartment close to the centre of
Bardelona in Catalonya. How do they make
these places three bedroomed when you can hardly swing a Kakapo? And by the way please don’t!
So today….. It was a wanderous day – ok google I know this
is spelt wrong. I am trying to say it
was a wonderful day wandering. Can’t you
get it!?
Anyway, we had a slow start as we put paperwork into action
from the lost bag (Lucy’s) caught up on paperwork (Toni) or was that messaging
Patricia – ok – yes it was.
We got out around midday and spent the time getting lost
along all the streets, piazzas and fountains.
We didn’t visit a single church or cathedral though the sites were
wondrous.
I hung out in the Apple store with John, Lucy, Sam and James
while Toni sorted the lost bag. Firstly
she organised the lost IPAD location via Icloud so that potentially they could
find the IPAD and then she told us the necessary serial numbers for the police
report.
John, the kids and I played on all the apple devices for
ages while Toni spent the time with the Police going through the motions of a
bag left in a taxi (that the taxi company didn’t return).
Toni says this has been a very interesting exercise. As Lucy had a phone and IPAD linked with Toni’s
email and play store log on, Toni went to change her password. Curiously she found that people had been logging
onto her account in Queenstown and Wanaka.
– spooky music- is it a conspiracy. Password changed, things move
on.
Time at the police eventually produces a certificate to say
what happened and something for the insurance company.
Arrrggghhh, those children – how much have they lost?
During this trip there is a bit of a sweep going and so far….
James has lost 5 hats and a Macpac jacket.
Lucy has lost a backpack, phone, IPAD and a few other bits
and pieces.
Sam has lost a hat, a pair of goggles and none of his squeak
John has lost a red shirt –( in the laundry) and a filling –
replaced for 75 NZD in Cambodia
Toni has lost a receipt for Lucy’s phone….
So Southern Cross are doing kind of OK, though maybe the last
claim will be highish? Perhaps there
should be a premium for children who are old enough to be responsible.
So where were we?
Having done the stop at the Police and the Apple store we
head down the Ramblers and stop at the market where John drools at the stalls
full of every type of ingredient a chef would want and more to inspire him. We eventually stop for Paella and the kids
tentatively try. We are told we should
stop as this is good by one of the guests
- ahhh, no, he is the owner…. Still the Paella is ok, though quite
expensive. Topped up, we head towards
the port though are distracted by all these wonderful looking alleys that lead
to piazzas with – oh yes, ice cream and churros and for Toni a coffee….. a real
coffee. Sammy complains that the
chocolate is too chocolatey. How can one
complain about that!
Back to the Ramblers for the amazing statues – was that
Christopher Columbus? We head across to
the port in search of a toilet that doesn’t cost 3 NZD and then towards the
cable car. Why does there have to be an
80 minute queue? Did no one warn them
that in Glenorchy we do not queue! We
don’t do the cables car…
OK now to the beach.
Where is the beach? It is a sea
of people! The kids build sand castles
with sand and cigarette butts. OK, we
miss the pacific. Does everyone smoke here?
We’ve walked lots and lots, we’ve eaten Spain and it is time
to go back to the apartment, so we jump on a V15 and then walk home…… 17,000
Kakapo steps for me today and that was easy in just 27 degrees.
The kids are asleep.
John has gone to bed too. Haha,
it is my time to terrorise the apartment, Barcelona and Football. Do you know how good a kakapo is with a
football!
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