Looking for the Primary Colors (a trip to London, part I)

Hey there, stranger. 

Almost a year ago I visited London after 10 years since the last time I was there. The purpose of that visit? Attend to the Royal Albert Hall for a very special show: the 10th anniversary of Primary Colors, by my beloved The Horrors. 

Of course, that was the perfect excuse not only to visit the city but also to see my friends there: Helena (who gladly let me stay at her place), Viveka and Carla. But let's start for the beginning, the first day!

I arrived there in the morning without any trouble, although I forgot that at the entrance of the airport they ask you several questions and so. My flight was to Southend-O-Sea Airport, so that's about one hour away from London... But when you live in The Netherlands or in the south of Spain like me, you're used to travelling to get there, so that was more than ok. Plus the flight took less than an hour, blimey!

Once in London I went to Helena's flat and left my suitcase there. We caught up for a bit while having some food (second breakfast for me, like the good hobbit I am) and after that, she had to work (I was lucky that during my stay there that was the only day she had to work!), so I decided to walk around the city centre by myself, pretty excited since last time I did that was so long ago!

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Back to Warsaw: the failed beer challenge and Keira is You

Our Saturday in Warsaw was full of funny moments. The most important thing is that we wanted to do a beer challenge around the city, but the first beer we tried in the first pub was so expensive and horrible that we quit and went to a concert instead.

Nuestro sábado en Varsovia estuvo cargado de momentos divertidos. Lo más importante fue que queríamos hacer un reto de beber cerveza por toda la ciudad, pero la primera que probamos era tan cara y estaba tan mala que abandonamos rápido el reto y nos fuimos a un concierto.

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I would be happy if I could live taking pictures of cool people that makes amazing music, and writting about them.

The Horrors, Zaragoza.

Jacco Gardner, Zaragoza.

Minor Alps (Matthew Caws & Juliana Hatfield), Sidecar, Barcelona.

Slaves, Razzmatazz 3, Barcelona.

Blood Red Shoes, Razzmatazz 3, Barcelona.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Sala Apolo, Barcelona.

The Last 3 Lines, Sala Apolo, Barcelona.

 Maxïmo Park, Razzmatazz, Barcelona.

 Cheatahs, Sala Apolo, Barcelona.

Just a bunch of pictures for some concert's I've been during this year (except the ones from The Last 3 Lines, they're from 2013).

Love's the greatest thing that we have (SOS 4.8 Festival day 2)

Here's a bunch of pictures from the second day at SOS 4.8 Festival! We saw that day Triángulo de Amor Bizarro, Damon Albarn (amazing!), Phoenix and Pet Shop Boys.

Aquí os dejo con un montón de fotos del segundo día en el Festival SOS 4.8. Aquel día vimos a Triángulo de Amor Bizarro, Damon Albarn (increíble!), Phoenix y Pet Shop Boys.

My weekend with Gabby Young & Other Animals

Last April during Easter I received a very special visit: Gabby Young and one of her "animals" Milly McGregor, was in Barcelona staying at my place for a few days, giving a concert at the Bar Alfa (whose review at C'Mon you can read here) and exploring the city, guided by me.

El pasado mes de Abril surante la Semana Santa recibí una visita muy especial: Gabby Young y una de sus "animales", Milly McGregor, estuvieron en Barcelona alojándose en mi casa durante unos días, ofreciendo un concierto en el Bar Alfa (cuya review en C'Mon podéis leer aquí) y conociendo la ciudad, guiadas por mí.  

The truth is that for both Milly and Gabby was an adventure to get to Barcelona, as the leading car broke down in the middle of the night and it was not until nearly seven o'clock the next day that they arrived safely to my house, just in time to get to the concert. But once past the bad times, the weekend became a great adventure which all enjoyed.

Lo cierto es que para ambas fue toda una aventura llegar a Barcelona, ya que el coche que conducían se estropeó en mitad de la noche y no fue hasta casi las siete de la tarde del día siguiente que pudieron llegar sanas y salvas a mi casa, con el tiempo justo para llegar al concierto. Pero, una vez pasado el mal trago, el fin de semana se tornó una estupenda aventura de la cual todos disfrutamos mucho.  

The truth is that I have no words to describe the weekend we spent together; you cannot imagine how much I appreciated the power to meet these fantastic women, and how much it has helped me with their visit, company and words. We laughed together, we get excited together, dream together, and during the days of their visit, we lived in a bubble full of magic and joy which, to this day, it remains difficult to exploit and still makes me smile.

 
From here I want to give my sincere thanks to Gabby and Milly for that great weekend they gave me, in which I could be part, and in which they making me feel part of those "other animals."

La verdad es que no tengo palabras para describir el fin de semana que pasamos juntas; no os podéis imaginar lo mucho que agradecí el poder conocer a estas fantásticas mujeres, y lo mucho que me ha ayudado su visita, su compañía y sus palabras. Reímos juntas, nos emocionamos juntas, soñamos juntas y, durante los días que duró su visita, vivímos en una burbuja llena de magia y de alegría la cual, a día de hoy, sigue siendo difícil de explotar y todavía me hace sonreír. 

Desde aquí quiero darles las gracias más sinceras a Gabby y a Milly por ése estupendo fin de semana que me regalaron, del cual pude ser partícipe, haciéndome sentir parte de ésos "otros animales".

 

YOU ARE AMAZING, GIRLS <3