Hiatus

It's been a while since my last posting. More due to lack of time rather than lack of activities. Since January, we've been to some amazing places. Easter was spent hunting volcanoes in Italy. The wife dragged me and Josh up Vesuvius, Vulcano, halfway up Stromboli and froze our butts off on Mount Etna. It was an amazing 2-week journey where I counted 40 different forms of transportation from leaving the house till we reached back. At one point, we were in a train that boarded a ship to go to Sicily. That was one surreal train ride. Italy was fun but tiring due to the several places that we visited in a span of 2 weeks. We were in Napoli, Lipari, Catania, Siracusa and then Palermo before heading back to Rome to catch the flight back to Bahrain. We took taxis, jeeps, trains, boats, planes, metro, anything that had a motor, we were on it.

Summer, the family went back to KL leaving me behind in the heat. That wasn't fun at all. I did get to go back for a week for work, though.

We did manage to have another trip, Spain for the Eid holidays. This time, I insisted that it was a 1-city holiday. We settled on Barcelona to have a taste of the Catalonian Country. It was more relaxing where we took in the sights and sounds, in and around the city rather than chasing trains and buses for the next hotel. It was a cultural experience this time where we learned about the works of Gaudi, Dali and of course, Picasso.

We stayed in an apartment very close to the Sagrada Familia. From what we've learnt, the building will only be completed in 2026. Sigh, we just have to come back then...

Of course we didn't just stay in the city. Catalunya is a vast country from Mountains to seaside. Montserrat is not to be missed while Girona has its own character. We enjoyed this but surprisingly the food was not as great as we anticipated, although we do love tapas. I guess we weren't too lucky in choosing restaurants.

For the rest of the year, we doubt there will be any more exotic trips for the family. What I know for sure is that, the next holiday we have, will be a BEAACCHH holiday.

Till then, Ciao and Adios!