{"id":4462,"date":"2013-04-13T18:29:12","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T17:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poorlittlerichgays.com\/?p=4462"},"modified":"2013-04-13T18:32:42","modified_gmt":"2013-04-13T17:32:42","slug":"our-cruise-launched-from-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poorlittlerichgays.com\/?p=4462","title":{"rendered":"Our Cruise Launched from Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday 13th April 2013<\/p>\n

I’ve been wielding a bucket of Flash – hugely cleansing and therapeutic. The sense of clean insides to the kitchen cupboards knocks you down when you enter that room, as well as the now toothbrushed push-in buttons of the washing machine and dishwasher.<\/p>\n

But Val and I began our cruise in Barcelona a week ago last Friday. Since, concerning the death of Mossis Thotcher, Val has massively re-bottled and sends abusive texts every two hours. She ruined his life, you see. In some way it was particularly in her mind that he should not have a pension.<\/p>\n

But a week ago last Friday we were all right. In Barcelona we slogged up the Ramblas – not liked by us. Trashy, touristic – and then for miles and miles uphill on foot to see the Sagrada Familia (or Sag Fam) which is a cathedral by that Art Nouveau architect, Gaudi.<\/p>\n

Well, it was covered in scaffolding and builders, we couldn’t get in because of the queues and it still<\/em> isn’t finished. Why? I’ve had enough of the Sag Fam not being finished. If you can’t finish a building after a hundred years, you might ask yourself, ‘Do I really want to finish it?’ You might ask yourself: ‘Is lack of drive associated with under-lying doubts about finished product?’<\/p>\n

It’s not even that big.<\/p>\n

I will concede, there’s nothing like it. In its own terms, if you want a building to look organic and curvaceous like Nature, it succeeds. But oh the hideous concrete finish! Not even clean grey, but browny-orange. Nasty.<\/p>\n

Val and I clucked away from the Sag Fam. We saw a few contemporary design shops and one kitchen shop called ‘Gay’. At one time Poor Little Rich Gays went on about Barcelona as the<\/em> place for a mini-break to the extent that one was determined never to darken its doors. You were supposed to be able to get the most marvellous contemporary design items there. It’s a nice enough town, if you like a Spanish town of the 19th cent mainly with no top class museums. We found another cathedral. Val said, ‘At least it’s finished. Shall we go in?’ But it was 6 euros and close to the facade looked fake, or massively restored.<\/p>\n

We couldn’t be bothered.<\/p>\n

I prefered to lay down in the cruise ship.<\/p>\n

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Get it Finished: The Sag Fam in Barcelona<\/p><\/div>\n

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Quite Nice CasaPupo Style Fruit Lumps on the Sag Fam at Barcelona<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sure Sign of a Design Hotel: Barcelona<\/p><\/div>\n

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Kitchen Shop called ‘Gay’`: Barcelona<\/p><\/div>\n

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Catalan National Theatre, Barcelona: Our Fav Building<\/p><\/div>\n

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Foyer of Catalan National Theatre: Fab Foyer: Perhaps No Need to See Show in Original Catalan<\/p><\/div>\n

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Barcelona Other Cathedral: At Least Finished: But Insubstantial and Nasty Texture<\/p><\/div>\n

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