so, after more than one month finally some news!
The car was checked and everything OK. It was quite funny, with the Vocabulary, but that was ok.
Then there were visitors in town again. Timo & Becky were visiting Barcelona and at night we went out Sightseeing, eating, having fun... It was really funny!
On august 16th was Sonias Birthday. We made her a cake (well I did, Gina was just trying if the dough was good *lol*) and sang Happy Birthday for her. I think it sounded really bad, but it was really early, so I think she liked it.
Then we declared the Sundays as excursion-sundays, until Gina´s leaving.
So we went to the Botanical Garden, and to Caixa Forum (a museum) and to the Planetarium. I think that´s a good choice!
On September 20th Sonia went off home to get some things cleared and to spent som time with her family. On the 21st my Mom wanted to go on holiday to Alicante Spain with our dog Sunny to spent some time there with her friend Regine. Everything was checked and registered, but the woman on the counter said, that the box for Sunny is too small for her, and that my Mom has to stay in Germany. So they changed the flight and went back home to call me and to ask what to do. So I asked the company not to charge the new flight, and my mom tried to get a bigger box for Sunny. They accepted and my Mom could go on holiday 2 days later.
then we were changing the flat. Gina moved into Sonias room for her last few days in Barcelona and I changed my room to the bigger one.
To find a substitute for Gina we were "casting" many people. Many people asked for an appointment to visit the flat, but didn´t show up. Then a girl from Galicia said, she wants to have the room, but one Saturday night at 3 am she was sending me an email and a message to my mobile to tell me that she found something else and she prefers the other one. So go on casting...
Then there was a boy who seemed interested, but didn´t say anything for more than 4 weeks. Then he wanted to live with us. But we weren´t really convinced as it was the first time for him to leave his home and his Mom. But we had more people interested. The best casting was this:
A man called (voice about 40-50 years old) and wanted to see the flat. We said yes and he wanted to come the next day to visit it. Result of that was it was the father of a boy of 21 years. First time for the young to get out of Mom´s house. He wanted to be independent. But, his Mom lives in the house right next to ours, the father on the other side of our house and the grandmother in a flat behind our house. The boy didn´t speak a word. And said he knows everything, as the flat of his mom is exactly the same as ours. I wasn´t there when they were visiting, so they wanted to call me later. At 21h he was calling me asking if I was at home, so that he can ring the bell as he was already waiting downstairs. So I met him and he told me that he was really convinced of the room and that he wants it. And that he is working for the waste disposal from 7-13h (alarm: he is at home all day loooong). I said that there were more candidates and that i will wait until Saturday to decide who gets it...
Until then the father called me several times to tell me that his son is a good person and that he is perfect the perfect new flatmate. He called me Saturday (Decision-Day) 4 times. When he called the last time I said no. As we concidered the kid for not mature enough and there were too many people of his family living next to us.
So the casting goes on...
On September 01st my Mom came to visit me for some days. I was really enjoying it as I don´t see her that often.
The next day she went on a bus tour as I had to work in the morning. In the afternoon we went to Montjuic and to the Poble Espanyol.
On Thursday we were in the Boqueria and went for a walk on the Ramblas. In the afternoon my Mom was re-decorating my new room. It looks really good now.
At night we went to the Airport. Julia arrived and on our way back to the City we stopped at Plaza Espanya to see the Magic Fountain. After that we went home and Gina made one of her famous Tortillas for us. Really tasty!
On the next morning I had to return to the Airport as Mom had to leave again. Short stop but nice.
Then I went back home to talk with Julia for a while. At 11h we had an appointment for the room. A girl called Izaskun from Bilbao. She was really nice and seemed interested. We were really lucky, because she called us in the afternoon, that she wants to move in the next day. I was really glad to hear that. Finally found someone who fits perfectly!
But I wasn´t there to see her moving in. I was on my way with Julia to
NEW YORK CITY!!!!
Had to say Good Bye to Gina that Morning as she was leaving soon to Mexico. A sad moment. But I didn´t really realize it until I came back...
So...
Flight ok, Shuttle ok, Hotel ... no reservation... your reservation was cancelled in May, they said...
So I had to stay one night at the house of my flatmate Sonia (luckily she was at home in New Jersey). On the next day we could come back to the hotel and move into a hotelroom.
(the reclamation process is already started we´ll see what happens!)
We did a lot of Sightseeing. Empire State Building, Ground Zero, Uptown, Downtown, Central Park, Madison Square Garden, a walk over Brooklyn Bridge, Battery Park, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Rockefeller Center, Tiffany´s...
We went to see Mary Poppins on Broadway.
It was really cool. On Saturday we had to leave again... landings slippery but ok.
And now Jetlaged and working... Julia stays some days here with her boyfriend Thomas (he has arrived on Monday).
more details, later on!
Bye!
