Category Archives: Barcelona

Barcelona, Catalunya

Barfellows, Barcelona-style

There is a bar, it’s in Barcelona, and it’s a mythical bar. If it’s not, it will be when this is written. I’ve heard two words in here tonight more often than any other two words – “revolución” and “okupa”. … Continue reading

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The Orange That Did Rhyme

A French guy offered me an orange just now, “for free”. “It’s a real orange,” he said, as he held it up for study. I’d just eaten three mandarines at home, so I declined. He persisted. I relented. No point … Continue reading

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Blaugrana in Song

Blue and deep red, blaugrana, the colours of the near-religious Barcelona FC football team. Little kids as young as two are taught the team’s chant, an attractive ditty – and most certainly they come to recognise it before the airs … Continue reading

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Be Wed in “Bar No Sweat”

I received a wedding invitation today. Ceremony in local town hall, and celebration afterwards in “Bar No Sweat”. I wonder if they’re trying to tell us something?

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A to Z, dot es

I met a chap today, Valentí Feixas, who has a business, selling liquors. The company’s offline branding is fabulous. We spoke about his website, as I tend to do (saddo!) and he revealed that he had a domain name www … Continue reading

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Announcing bicingTag

Via my wee web business wrafter.com allow me give you, my dearest readers of Wrafter Writes on markwrafter.com, the first ever preview of , something I’m hoping will causes some merriment and hub-bub in Barcelona. Those unfamiliar with “bicing” please … Continue reading

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Bicing in Barcelona

The Irish would pronouncing it Bicing, with a ‘k’ sound on the c; but Barcelona City Council has decided it should be the ‘s’ sounding version. Regardless, what we’ve got here is a fantastic initiative. Website located here: www.bicing.com Don’t … Continue reading

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Event Management Barcelona

Those of you in the know know that Google likes to put nice relevant search results at the top of its listings. You’ll also know that businesses value getting to the top of Google. Some might know that Google likes … Continue reading

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Barcelona’s Zara Shame

I have great admiration for Barcelona City Council – they do great work, and really seem to care about the city and its people. But they’ve made a huge bollix out of something this morning. Cines Paris, in the cities … Continue reading

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Barca Battle Betis

Poor old Barca, the locals are really giving them a tough time. White rags, papers and tissues were being waved through the stadium at the end of 90 minutes in the Camp Nou to show the fans had had enough, … Continue reading

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