NeXt StOp - BaRcElOnA

Day 6 - 25th Feb

From Paris, we took a domestic flight to Barcelona.. I dunno why but our flight is always delayed.. as usual we gotta wait and wait..

Siiting at the airport - damn ugly pic of me but it is to show how sick i am haha

After we arrived at Barcelona, we took a bus to Plaza Catalyuna as our hotel is near there. As the map provided by the hotel was so lousy, we did not know how to walk there.. my 13kg was getting heavier and heavier with each step i take... finally baby went to ask a police for directions... Seem to be very fated with policemen on this trip hehe...

After waklking for 3 streets, we finally found our hotel and.. its very very nice haha.. and the best part is its only 70 euros a nite! The hotel is undergoing renovation thats why its at a discounted rate.

Our bed for 2 nights

Toilet with bathtub.. did not get a chance to soak in it though

Day 7 - 26th Feb

It was the last day before i had to report to work.. didn't really know where to visit though so we just took out time and walked ard..

I dunno wats the purpose of this pic.. just that we were walking from the hotel to look for breakfast

eh ya us eating breakfast..

baby eating gelato and i cannot eat

A market at La Rambia.. something like our wet market but there was only meat fruits and candy.. ..

they had really huge pieces of meat hanging on the stalls - cannot be seen here though

Lots of candy.. but it was placed so openly..

Chocolates!!

Did not really do much.. just walked ard, went to a cathedral.. my sickness was really a burden.. but it will be such a waste to stay in the room so we had to go out and at least see the streets..

Had dinner at a cafe as baby insisted he wanted to eat Paella (not sure if its spelt correctly). Its a Spanish rice/noodle dish

at the cafe..

I had noodles and baby had rice.. wasn't really to my liking though but my was nicer than his.. his rice was not cooked properly and very very hard.

We decided to sit down at the side of the road to take a pic together

Day 8 - 27th Feb

It was the day i report for work..so sian.. had to carry my very heavy bag pack to take the train to the hotel my company booked..

Walking to the train station - as usual he is smoking

After checking in we came out for lunch.. the neighbourhood near Princess Sofia was very quiet and not near any shopping area.. Its supposed to be a 5 star hotel but its ok only.. a bit over rated

baby ordered the wrong thing and ended up having some raw beef.. he was so disgusted he did not even finish it

Our hotel was near the Barcelona Football club so we took a walk there to take a look.. There was a match on that day.. It was the Spanisj League.. Barcelona ve Valencia.. Of cos we did not watch..

luckily baby's not a football fan haha

Outside the Stadium

A stall selling Barcelona FC's merchandise..

The surrounding near the hotel we stayed in..

Had dinner back at the hotel with my colleagues as dinner was provided by my company.. tomorrow is working day...

Day 9 - 28th Feb

Spent the whole day in a conference today while baby went for a half day tour organised by my compnay for the partners. Lucky him!.. Conference was from 0845 to 1730.. There was still dinner after that.. We were brought to some country club 40 mins drive away from our hotel.. Entertainment was provided as well.. Spanish dancers on podiums graced us with short intervals of folk spanish dance..

Me and baby sat with some of my UK colleagues cos the Asia table was full haha.. There are more than 1000 pple in my co and hence being such a small fry i do not know most pple.. however, they were very friendly.. i found out one of my colleagues from the UK sitting in the same table as us used to be a regional volleyball player. How cool is that!

Day 10 - 29 Feb

It was our last day in Barcelona and a free and easy day for us.. except for a formal dinner we had to attend at night.. We slept in late and skipped breakfast as i had not been sleeping much due to my coughing fits at night..

Our last day was spent shopping for last min gifts..

. Visited the famous half built cathedral - forgot the name hehe..

Met this cute, big dog along the streets.. It was lyin outside its owner's shop.. so i had to go up to scratch it.. hope it made him happier cos it had a very sad puppy look

Did not have much time to do much as we had to rush back to prepare for the formal dinner.. Baby bought a shirt at Zara there to wear..

This is the first time he looked so formal.. the first time he see himself so formal too haha

so Shuai!! haha

Shuai Ge and Mei nu hehehe.. i seldom have so much make up on my face..

The formal dinner was held at the old casino of Barcelona.. it is an hour drive from the hotel.. They booked te whole mansion.. damn big deal la!.. Everyone was dressed so glamourously.. tink i was under dressed.. but i dun really care haha..

There were even pple hired to play the roles of rich patrons of the casino in the 30's...they even staged a fight to bring the mood back to those times..

The band playing at the cocktail area.. That is a very big instrument and it goes round that guy

Me and my colleagues..

So that was the end of my 10 day trip.. quite a waste though cos i was sick throughout the trip and poor baby had to take care of me.. Sorry to disappoint Sy cos she is not going to be a godma anytime soon haha no baby Paris or baby Barca haha..

If i am still in this company, i must make sure i will not be sick next year!