Barcelona - Trip to Tibidabo

On Sunday, the weather wasn't too good, but we headed up to Tibidabo to get the spectacular views. This required a train journey, a funicular ride followed by a bus to get to the top of the mountain! Once up there, it was worth it, as the views are amazing. We even went up the lift in the church to get even better views, though it was only me that took the spiral staircase up to the feet of Jesus at the very top. We then headed back into town and had lunch at a small restaurant, Rincon de Aragon, where Mum and Dad got HUGE desserts!

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Barcelona - Poble Espanyol

On Saturday, we headed over to Montjuic, walking past the Palau Nacional and from there on to Poble Espanyol, which we toured around and had lunch. After that we walked back down, past the Olympic stadium, before heading to the cable cars to take us towards Port Vell for a little bit of shopping! Stopping for a drink to cool down we noticed no cable cars moving and on the way back we saw they had been suspended due to high winds! This left us with a walk into town and over the bridge to Port Vell for instead.

We went back to the hotel to freshen up, before going out for something to eat...unfortunately I had an upset stomach, which meant I only had half of a salad for an evening meal!

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Trip to Barcelona with Mum and Dad

We're just back from a very nice weekend in Barcelona with Mum and Dad. We arrived on Friday, and after checking into our hotel, the Catalonia Catedral, we all went for a walk down to the seafront. The weather was very good, so we stopped for lunch at a restaurant by the beach for a while. After that we headed back into town along the seafront before stopping for a few drinks at the Colon bar, where the staff recognised us from last year when Siv and I visited!

To see all our holiday photos, there's a photo slideshow below or online here:

BARCELONA PHOTOS

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Barcelona June 2010 - Photo slideshow from martin clinton on Vimeo.

Bank Holiday Weekend - Building a planter

It was a bit of a gloomy Bank Holiday Weekend this weekend, but Siv and I did get out long enough to build a planter in the back garden, made from the shell of the bench we put up a couple of years ago. We went out on Monday to buy some small trees to plant in it, and while we were putting them in, this small bluetit started feening near us.

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Ingvild and Jose visiting

Ingvild and Jose were over as well this weekend, playing a couple of rounds of golf at local courses. Both Saturday and Sunday we were able to have a barbecue due to the warm weather, especially Sunday when we sat out till nearly midnight!

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Sunny weekend in the Garden

A heatwave hit the UK this weekend, so we were able to get out in the garden and enjoy the sun.

Siv's lunch at the Oxo Tower

Siv met up with Fi and Anne at The Oxo Tower on Saturday for lunch. As it happened, Cathrine was over from Oslo on a girlie weekend in London, so they all met up for drinks and something to eat.

Lisa in her London outfits

Look how lovely Lisa looks in her new outfits from London. Believe it or not the snow picture was taken during May, not December as you might think! The middle picture is taken from 17th May celebrations, and the bottom picture is when she attended a confirmation recently.

Le Pont de La Tour dinner

As it was Russell and Mum's birthdays earlier in the week, the whole family went out for dinner at Le Pont de La Tour, a very nice restaurant next to the Thames and Tower bridge. Everyone had a very nice time, and even the weather was kind for our walk back to the tube stations.

We even saw some stars! Sitting down the restaurant from us were writer of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Richard Curtis along with actor and daughter of The Magic Roundabout maestro Eric Thompson, Emma Thompson. This was about the best shot Siv could get without being TOO intrusive, they were having dinner after all!

Trip to Kirton

We spent the weekend with Karin, James and the kids in Kirton (with Rosie too!). It was very relaxing, despite despite the weather not being marvellous! On the Saturday, we went for a long walk, passing some small ponies (the small brown and white one is Clyde). Rosie got very wet and muddy and had great fun! In the evening we went to a Chinese restaurant for a very nice buffet, before coming home Sunday after lunch.

The bridge to Terabithia?

Kirton May 2010 from martin clinton on Vimeo.