Bye-bye Bread and Butter...

Passed week the famous Urban fashion trade fair Bread and Butter was held in Barcelona. Some time before the fair started it was rumoured already but now it is official: Bread and Butter is leaving Barcelona... This has been the last edition in the capital of Catalonia.

No more traffic jams, packed streetwear shops, filled clubs and lounge bars, and of course the events' parties. The Bread and Butter was planned to be held once in Barcelona, now after 8 editions the organization has decided it is time to move on after a serie of very successfull fairs.

Bye-bye BBB, we'll miss you..

Let it snow..

Unbelievable was this week in Barcelona. It was snowing in the upper zones of the city!! Can you imagine a city like Barcelona coping with snow? Well, it has been a joy for the eyes. The famous mountain of Tibidabo was covered with a white layer that could be observed from the Ramblas when taking a strawl as many tourists like to do when they visit Barcelona.

One more week of cold is coming up says the experts... Let's see what happens ;-)

Three Kings day in Barcelona...

Sometimes everything seems just possible in Barcelona. Reyes is a celebration that takes place the night of Jan 5th and the day of Jan 6th. The Spanish celebrate the three wise kings that visited Bethlehem when Jesus was born that day. The purpose is basically the same as that of santaclaus, in other words: bringing presents to eachother, especially children.

Celebrating "Noche de reyes" yesterday-night nobody seemed to have any 'crisis'-feeling. Taking a strawl over the Granvia (large street in Barcelona) soon it became clear that the Barcelonese like to hold on to their traditions.

You can hardly believe it if you see shops open at 2 a.m. and people buying toys for their children. Thousend of Barcelonese walk around with their children and pets eating Churros (pancake-like sticks) with chocolate dipping. Of course the day after, waking up you will absolutely see no one in the streets...

Feliz año nuevo!!!

Also Barcelona received the New Year with open arms! Unlike other countries, in Barcelona the turn of the year is celebrated eating grapes instead of firing loud fireworks.

The spanish have the tradition of eating 12 grapes for the luck it brings for all the months of the new year. One grape,one month of luck. Funny it is to see foreigeners trying to adapt to the tradition. This,also this year, can give hilarious pictures of people almost choking in these small fruitballs...

All the best!