Archive for April, 2009
Spanish Grand Prix at Montmelo 2009
Bahrain is over and there’s a lot of work to do before the Grand Prix at Montmelo in Catalonia on May 8th-10th 2009. Jensen Button has won 3 of the 4 races so far. Can he make Montmelo 4 out of 5?
St Georges Day in Catalonia
On April 23rd Catalonia celebrates one of its nicest and most pleasant holidays; the famous and charming day of Sant Jordi (St George’s day).This day has always been closely linked to the literary traditions, and in 1996 UNESCO declared St Jordi as the “International day of the Book”. April 23rd is not only famous for [...]
Sónar Barcelona 2009
Yes folks it’s time for the Sonar festival 2009 to make an appearance again. The 16th Festival of advanced music and multimedia art of Barcelona has a date: 18th 19th and 20th June 2009. Last year’s Edition of Sonar Barcelona saw around 80,000 people enjoying the best in live music along with world famous DJ’s [...]
Taxi drivers in Barcelona up in arms
Taxi drivers in Barcelona are up in arms and want to take off the streets around 2,750 taxis because they say there’s not enough work to go around. According to the 3 big taxi unions, STAC, GTI and ATAC taxi earnings are down between 35% and 40% and they want to propose reducing the taxi [...]
Hamilton’s future at McLaren uncertain
The world champion’s father Anthony Hamilton is reportedly considering whether he should advise his son to leave the team with which he won last year’s F1 championship. In the aftermath of the ‘liargate’ scandal, which saw the near-tearful World Champion offer a grovelling public apology on Friday in Sepang after admitting he misled Australian GP [...]
Juan Gris Exhibition at cultural centre Fontana d’Or in Girona
An unknown Juan Gris stands out at the cultural centre Fontana d’Or in Girona The creativity of the great geniuses always radiates out in all directions. The general public can enjoy such delights that come in the form of large paintings or sculptures, but its ramifications are endless, poetry, small illustrations or photo collages. One [...]
