Barcelona - last days

The countdown started... now being in France snowboarding the last week of the season in Val Thorens, Barcelona seems already far away. However, we will return for good. One last week! Graduation is close, and many visitors will come...

IESE will be a madness... and then -

blank -

over -

finit...

this thing was meant to be 2 years and it turned out to be a very short period of time, an intensive everlasting ongoing experience... the source of engagements and the power to return to or start what you really want to do...

ole...

we will enjoy our last days at the beach, at the little cafes and our newly discovered bakeries and ice cream places... barcelona was great, is great and will be there when we return...

this is my first good buy, a mini farewell, despite the fact that we are not really gone yet...

machs gut, knuddels, barcelona

k&m*

Barcelona - 2 years CSR Scoo 125 good bye

I had to let go... a long time friend, reliable warrior in the streets of barcelona... our beloved ride, the little CSR Scoo is sold. Gone for good, in new good hands.. but still. I dedicate this very post to say thank you, to our ride, for providing us with the freedom of doing many things... for not being stolen or broken.. for staying out of trouble like accidents or police controls...

true, sometimes she was a little winy, as in noise or annoyingly loud... but electric alarm comes with benefits and disadvantages like everything, e.g. vegetarians.

Anyway... times over, days are counted and while we have still 2 weeks to go.. from now on we actually have to walk! ,m

Barcelona - IESE Spring Games 2010

happy fans and participants
our boss Niki!!
part of the handball team celebrating another gold medal!!Andreas celebrating 3 medals..
Beach Volleyball team!
Charly dominated rugby...
The ???
Michael hurt! cant play;( skiing injury
Nick as usual...
Our 3 DJanes...
and the sunshine kids...

IESE Spring Games 2010... what can I say.. spontaneously of my mind I would say

1) vulcanic ash. The reason most of the INSEAD guys couldnt come and even worse the reason my me very only Kati and biggest handball club fan ever could make it on Saturday (15h car drive from Munich in a Mercedes S.class)

2) Free beer, good music, nice DJs, good weather, perfect atmosphere and setting. The day was great and the facilities once more uniquely perfect. Too bad that we had only few participants...

3) Handball MBA team among MBAs unbeaten!

4) First years dominated the second years in basketball and soccer!

5) last but not least, outstanding job by Niki and Ines especially in the last chaotic days. Special thanks to Goyo for getting the beer and then keeping it cold... and great applause to all the orga team for doing this!

we put the bar high for the firsties...

Barcelona - Bachelors' night

Brad, Naresh, me, Lenny, George, Andreas - at least i got pink!!

A night I can't remember . or a night to remember, same thing... 6 bachelors gone wild in Barcelona... brilliantly put into play by davide, felix, martin and many others... going after drinks and kisses in a competitive way isnt healthy for MBAs...
Well, there wasa lot of kissing involved as the fotos show not only good looking girls ;((( however, we all survived the night (most of us barely, but hey..)
So this was the first step toward getting married with Kati, and many more to come till the wedding..
I am so excited!!
<3

Happy Easter

It is Easter 2010...

Let me say happy easter to all you eggs.. reading this blog!! Its been a great time for us in Barcelona and we are happy that we could share this experience with some of yous...

Now that our time is almost over, we can only say, come visit us tomorrow for our big easter brunch, squeeze in a last minute flight within the next 5 weeks or meet us back in good old Berlin, Germany after the 10th of May! the day of our relocation...

Lots of eggs from barcelona...

happy happiness

k&m*

Barcelona - Easer Impressions

Barcelona in easter summer - or summer at easter in barcelona.. either way a reason to be at the beach every day... padel is the new thing.. and fish.. with or without fins... the competition has become strong!! you better wash yourself with cold water before coming back over the ocean..

A new trend, all over barcelona the 4 color tags... will report more later..
sunshine... sunshine... o la la la... sunshine... the weather is hot...
little lovely electronics nerd kati... lunch with me.. one on two, me against her and the BB...
Fish, watch out the cats...
Barcelonetta... Barcelonas old fishing quarter... yeah, no more fish comments, i know.. so Reischauer seniors.. obacht... here is where you are gonna live... keep your valuables tight..
I took the picture.. but i dont know why...
Berlin style bar in Raval..
Kati at la Boccheria... dancing in the sun and shade..
Another one of these pics I took...
And another one... ts ts ts but at least colorful...
Famous cafe RA - spelled ra
And the waiter there...

I hope these pics prove that not going to Japan, Turkey or Tarifa Spain, doesnt mean you miss out big time.. of course we would have loved to be at the other places, too.. but who would have thought that we could discover 3 new things every day in Barcelona...

olé

Barcelona - Easter Food

Brunch at a place I dont remeber the name, its a little plaza on Cardener

Cooking something up for a change...after eating out 5 days in a row...
breakfast at another plaza (George Orwell):

btw Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950),^[3] better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist and journalist. His work is marked by keen intelligence and wit, a profound awareness of social injustice, an intense, revolutionary opposition tototalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language and a belief in democratic socialism.^{[4] (Wikipedia)}

Fish, btw

A fish is any aquatic vertebrate animal that is covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins. Most fish are ectothermic (or cold-blooded). Fish are abundant in most bodies of water. Fish can be found in high mountain streams (e.g., char andgudgeon) and in the deepest ocean depths (e.g., gulpers and anglerfish). According to FishBase, 31,500 species of fishes had been described by January 2010.^{[1] Wikipedia}

Barcelona - Caj Chai

Easter break in Barcelona, all our flate mates are gone, so we have the whole 170 m2 for easter pleasures (like sleeping in and stuff... not what you think). Well, not only that but also the fact that our days in BCN are counted, made us stay and start what you can call a P-character last minute catch up race to discover Bcn. Quick but solid internet research lead to a short list of places to touch feel and eat (about 50 - only).

So we better start: Caj Chai: spoken chai chai, is a.... tatatattaaaa: Chai place... in the middle of the old town, hidden place, but awfully cute..

50 different chais... so if you like chai, go to chai chai, spelled caj chai... olé

Barcelona - Handball friendly match

Stretching to avoid injuries . unfortunately it didnt make us win...

Our opponents - Barcelona veteran team . Experience wins over fitness...
the team
From upper left: Bucky (Exchange), Alex (3rd year), Matthias, Andreas, Victor (Professor), Sunil, Moises, Eni, Michael, Jonathan, Mareike, Nuno (ESADE).

With joint forces and the present IESE All star team, we still didnt have a chance against an experience local Barcelona veterans team. Our team, with help from professors, alumni and even ESADE player was beaten badly.. However, everybody could see the positive signs.. almost each of our players could score, we ran a couple of nice fast breaks and the objective critic has to admit that we were hit hard by an injury of our one and only Jonathan Salomon (goal keeper).

Either way, playing our first game of the season, we learned a lot and will come back only stronger!!

Thanks to everybody for being there, also our opponents for letting us learn..

the coach

Barcelona - Sahil's 2nd visit

Our most reliable visitor... Sahil came as usual to our annual fiesta MultiCulti!