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Weeknote 48 (2023)

What used to be a weekend of massive discounts has become a regular Friday โ˜น๏ธ I don’t know if you found any amazing deals during Black Friday and Cyber Monday but at least what I’ve looked for was not discounted. Except for the Google Earbuds, I told you last week. In Spain, the online stores […]



Weeknote 45 (2023)

Even if the image above shows a fantastic burger, fries and great cocktails… Ramen season has begun, my friends ๐Ÿœ This week I was fortunate enough to have two of these swirly soups (here and here). Barcelona’s temperature has moved from wearing T-shirts and shorts to thick jackets. Gotta love having only 2 seasons a […]


Barcelona’s anti-privacy plan for public transport

In awful news recently, TMB (Barcelona’s Metropolian area Transport) has announced some tickets will no longer be available in paper form starting next year. These tickets will only be available through a mobile app or a contactless plastic card ๐Ÿ˜ฑThe tickets are those with monthly validity and such. Not single tickets. ๐Ÿš‡ But Ricard, this […]


36

Oh boy, I’m getting old again! There’s no escaping, I’m 36 years old. It’s always funny how everything age-related is so relative. I was meeting older martial arts masters this past weekend, people in their 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, or even my master at +80, and of course they said I was so young. I joke […]


Weeknote 42 (2023)

We’re riding a train across Spain today ๐Ÿš„ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ I’m leaving Barcelona for Ourense, we have a Haidong Gumdo seminar with my master in Galicia the north-west part of Spain. It’s going to be a good weekend ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿฅ‹ Since they introduced the high-speed train (I don’t dare call it a bullet train) we’ve chosen […]


Weeknote 41 (2023)

โšพ๏ธ MLB Playoffs I have been enjoying watching the Major League Baseball Playoffs highlights. Such a different atmosphere at all levels, the players, the crowd the play-by-play calls from the broadcastโ€ฆ My team, the Boston Red Sox, had a horrible season but regardless I’m here for good baseball. ๐Ÿ“ธ Processing photos takes so much time […]