Barcelona

As my 70th birthday approaches, I decided to celebrate with a trip to Barcelona. I mean, what better way to feel young again than to visit a city filled with vibrant energy and stunning architecture?

But as I started planning the trip, I realised that my age might be catching up with me. For starters, I have to make sure I pack enough medication to last me the whole trip.

Of course, I would have loved booking a flamenco dance lesson while I’m in town. I figure if I can still move my hips at 70, I’m doing pretty well. Although, I’m not sure the instructor would appreciate my lack of rhythm.

All in all, I’m excited for my Barcelona adventure, even if it means embracing my inner senior citizen. After all, age is just a number, right? And if all else fails, there’s always siesta time.

Let’s hit the road tomorrow and see what happens.

I was hoping to have a beach day on the dreaded 21st but the expected weather report does not look that brilliant.

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Lego

I am not really progressing with my Lego model car. Unlike the Peugeot / Lego people in Le Mans during the 24H race weekend.

And the finish product looked like that

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Flower pot men

Then and now

I am sure everyone who was watching children TV in the UK remembers the Flower Pot Men show.

Well, here they are now, enjoying retirement.

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Le Mans 2023

I have been watching the clip below in slow motion as I am sure some of us (see left) are in it.

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Tortoise classic

My new vintage glasses have arrived thanks to eBay.

I have been looking for this model for a long time
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9×8 bits

Bits being the operative word. I have opened the box containing numbered packs containing in total over 1.750 pieces as well as a 377 pages manual.

I am already stuck with page 1. There should be a manual on how to understand the manual.

And I thought this would be a relaxing pastime.

The video I found on the met might help a bit understanding the logic:

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BD

Always on the lookout for new comic books

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Lego Technic

May 7th

I never thought I would consider, at my age, purchasing a Lego set. Then as I was setting up my computers to be able to follow the WEC (World Endurance Championship) season, the first race in Portimao -Portugal is today, I came across this add.

It is a monster scale model with over 1700 parts to be assembled. That shoud keep me busy for a while and it should at the recommended price.

It is not available before May 1st and I am seriously considering pre-ordering it


May 17th

A couple of weeks later, in other words this morning May 17th, the postman brought a packet sent from Denmark…

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Here we go!

Had a very pleasant and fast road trip to Barcelona. Now sitting at the airport with time to spare, especially since a 1 hour delay has just been announced.

View of Barcelona in the background
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First beach day

Following the now established early May tradition, the season at the beach was opened today with a lunch at O’Pieds Nus in Canet en Roussillon.

Followed by a very pleasant nap. The water is still too cold to my liking. We shall wait a few more weeks before going swimming.

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