Friday, September 23, 2011

aimlesscreativity going live

and that's it, after some time of experimentin in the market,
here is the official "publication" of aimlesscreativity...

let's give it some 5s and positive reviews!!!

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Sunday, September 18, 2011

back from Barcelona

we got the plane on friday and went straight to the hotel,
and had something for dinner before going to bed...
it was funny to notice the diference - dinners up to 1h00!!



saturday we walked from Plaça d'Espanya to Plaça de Catalunya,
where we went in the area of Las Ramblas and Barri Gótic,
where the Cathedral is (very interesting cloister)
afterwards we went through the typical narrow streets,
and went through the old gates in the roman walls
we still went in the Santa Maria del Mar (big and spacious church)
and went towards the see and Barceloneta, where we had lunch
we proceeded to the imponent Hotel W building
and the came back inside (without cable car, the line was huge)
again entering the Ramblas through Plaça Colón
we still went to the La Boqueria Market in the way to the hotel...
the dinner was a fantastic surprise (we went back the following night)
in Pura Brasa, maybe the best coal grill I ever tasted!



on sunday we decided to start in Park Güell
afterwards (always with public transportation) Sant Pau Hospital
and, after lunch, the Sagrada Família (really impressive)
we went back to the Plaça d'Espanya area still in day light, before dinner
to take some photos from the top of Arenas



on monday we went straight to La Pedrera in the morning
and were again impressed with the architecture...
afterwards passed by Casa Batló (smaller, we only saw it from the outside)
and caught the subway in Plaça de Catalunya back to the hotel
to get towals and everything needed for the afternoon on the beach!!!
it was funny to notice it's so close to the city (accessible by subway):
lots of people come after work for a dive or playing some volley
but we missed the celebrations in the Magical Fountain of Montjuic



on tuesday, before catching the plane back, we went up Montjuic
where we saw the Olimpic Stadium and the Communications Tower
and far away the Montjuic Castle and the Poble Espanyol



the visit was really cool both due to the city and the sun and warmth...
with some luck, when we came back, the weather was also sunny!

treasure hunt

it happened 2 weeks ago but it's captured here...
a really fun day, even if we were really wet,
looking for the treasure under torrential rain...

http://esoc-th2011.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Marta's first flan pudding



Thursday, September 1, 2011

Friday, August 26, 2011

Thursday, August 25, 2011

habemus visum

fast and simple!

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

tropical Germany

10 minutes ago the sky was blue and the sun was shining...
now it is thundering and raining torrentially,
looks like it's night and we can barely see the building in front of us...



said the american coleague:
- this really looks like hurricane season!

Monday, August 22, 2011

Iron and Wine

last week in Centralstation
calm and a very good musical show!



Sunday, August 21, 2011

countdown to China!

the vaccination is under way (at an average of one per week:
hepatite, febre tifóide, carraça, difeteria, tétano...),
a viagem e o voo estão marcados (vamos lá ver com é a Air China...),
o visto está pedido (vamos buscar na próxima semana)
e a lista de material a levar está a ser compilada!!

Friday, August 5, 2011

Sunday, July 24, 2011

killer flower

could not avoid sharing this picture sent to me...



Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

back to school!

one week of classes in Southampton doesn't hurt anyone...
especially when it's in the middle of two weekends in London!!

Monday, June 27, 2011

enlgish version (slowly) available!

I decided to translate my blog....
all the new posts, after this one...
and mainly the old ones about travelling, which I will slowly translate!

aqui encontram a ver~ao original em português!

fantastic!!

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,768868,00.html

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Aschaffenburg

today, between periods of sun and torrential rain (hurray for summer),
we decided to go for a day trip to Aschaffenburg...



by car it took us some 30 to 40 minutes to arrive
after lunch, we went to the Schloss Johannisburg by the Main
we went by the river shore to the Pompejanum and came back to the centre
we went "shopping" (or we actually took shelter from the torrential rain)
visited the Stiftsbasilika and afterwards went to the Schöntal Park,
before we came back home, under another nice batch of rain!!



it's a nice trip for a day (of real summer?)