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Well, I've arrived in Barcelona, and despite a slight hiccup on the first day, I am now settled in to an office at the University of Barcelona - in the Department of Electronics within the Physics Faculty.
Unfortunately, I dont' have much exciting news to report from my first week here - I arrived late Sunday and went in to work on Monday. The hours here are a bit odd :) Although I enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of the 2-hour lunch, it also means you have one hour of daylight less at the end of the day. Also, dinner at 10pm is just plain crazy. Either they sleep significantly less than 8 hours, or they go to sleep before having digested properly. Crazy stuff! So, I've had to introduce a 4th meal into my day - a sort of afternoon tea break around 5pm, just to keep me going until dinner time :)
I've also done some shopping at the 'rebaixes' - buying a handbag and purse to use while I'm here. Designer labels are as expensive here as they were in Milan. However, I shopped at one of the many 'outlets' with huge price reductions. I'm thinking of going back as I saw some great deals - jeans for 11 euros!
Anyway, this is a short blog just to move my little thumb-tack over to Barccelona. I've put up a few photos of the building I'm working in, though not many. I'm heading out to Girona/Torroella this weekend, so hopefully there will be something interesting to put up soon :)
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