Barcelona - part 3

MACBA - we need more confetti machines in this world!

Barcelona - more pictures - part 2

Barcelona - in pictures - part 1

Renaissance Fira Hotel

Dinner at Can Travi Nou

Barcelona

Once again, I am not sure how this happened, but nowadays I am beyond myself with excitement at the prospect of having just a day off work. On the upside, I like to think that I am really treasuring the little things! :-)

Anyway, after the work event in Barcelona (don't get me wrong: this actually also was fun, and I really enjoyed being on site with my team), I had two days off to explore lovely and sunny Barcelona as well as to catch up with S, an ex-colleague who now lives in this beautiful city.

Exploring a city with a local is of course always the best! And despite having very limited time, S gave me a great tour including lots of nice food in quirky places, with a bit of shopping thrown in, too (there was a reason, I travelled with a half empty suitcase!).

of course

Getting up for work is a daily struggle. I know - in the grand scheme of German average office hours - I am pretty lucky: I have to be in the office by 9:00 and given how close I live, I can get away by getting up at 8:30 the very, VERY latest. Which doesn't help either though.

Come the weekend, I am up by 9:00 the latest... (is this saying something about how I feel about work? Rhetorical question ;-))

like mother like daughter

Growing up, I was always embarrassed about the chaos and mess at home. Despite the fact that my parents had a decent (or even big) sized house with sufficient storage, there was always stuff everywhere. Including on the sofa, which regularly pissed off my brother. 

Well, what can I say... When I lived in London, I blamed my tiny flat and lack of storage for the chaos. Now, in a much bigger place, I really cannot use that excuse anymore. And still, my place is a mess. And my sofa especially is full of crap, with only space for myself to sit...

Plan for the weekend: TIDYING and trying my very best to keep it that way. 

How did this happen?

I honestly don't know how this all happened... I did not expect to be travelling quite as much. Back from an event in Zurich, I then went to Barcelona. I was already looking forward to staying put in Rosenheim until the end of the year (again: how did THAT happen???), when I had to go to Zug (in Switzerland) at short notice. Such a pain to get there, too, 5-6 hours by car, particularly pleasant when you are stuck in a traffic jam and the autobahn gets closed off.

I then thought: now THIS is it for the rest of the year. Just to find out that I am off to Zug again for a couple of days later this month.

Not sure whether it's age, but I constantly feel exhausted and tired these days. I am so looking forward to having time off over Christmas.
Having said that, I do enjoy not being in the office. If only I always came back to an inbox filled with emails I need to reply to :-(