Hola from Barcelona!!

Firstly, a lil pat on the back for me for sitting through an entire footie match without even complaining once (even though it was freakin' cold that my feet and hands were frozen halfway through the match and only started defrosting once we arrived home!) *pat pat*. I tried following the match as best as I could....didn't really support either country (though my rule of thumb would be to choose the team with the most good looking players....heh) so I just cheered whenever a goal was scored regardless of which country scored it.

Stade De Geneve

I am not covering my face due to the excitement of the match...I just wanted to keep my nose warm

GOAL !!! Final score, Argentina 1 - Portugal 1

Mi Amor's colleague offered me his fisherman hat to wear to keep my head warm. I don't do hats so you can imagine how cold I was to actually wear one! (and a dorky looking one at that)

We arrived home around 1.30am after watching the footie match in Geneva  and started packing for our trip to Barcelona. Thank God Mi Amor is slowly learning how to pack light (my mantra for him : One jersey a day is enuff)  :) so packing was over and done with within half an hour *pat pat*. Went to bed around 2ish and only had 3 hours of sleep coz I was awake by 5.30am. Got ready, then woke Mi Amor up and waited for him to get ready and finally left the house by 6.40am. We made it in time to catch the 7am train to Geneva Airport. Managed to catch a lil' snooze during the 1 hour train ride.


Our flight was at 9.30am so we actually had some time to kill at the airport (which rarely happens when travelling with Mi Amor coz he likes to cut it close.....I've lost track of the number of times we had to run towards the boarding gate!). As we were walking around the airport, Mi Amor spotted some footballer dude who played for Portugal in last night's friendly match waiting for a flight back to Manchester and he got all excited (sorry I forgot the name of the player...Mi Amor calls him MJ and says he plays for MU) and he started acting like a giddy groupie girl. Being a Liverpool fan, Mi Amor insists I make it clear to anyone who is actually reading this post (I keep telling him no one reads my blog) that he DOES NOT LIKE THE PLAYER. He was only excited coz the fact that the player was there prolly meant that Miereles (the player that Mi Amor DOES LIKE) might be around the airport. So are we clear now? Good (happy Mi Amor?).

His excitement only meant one thing for me.......Mi Amor's stalker mode switch might get turned ON  (and I was praying hard that it would not happen). So my prayers weren't answered and after taking Mi Amor's pic with the  MJ dude, we ended up hanging around the area looking/waiting for Miereles.

Mi Amor on stalker mode....not a pretty sight

Waiting at a strategic location. Since the airport is small, everyone catching a flight will have to pass through here. 

It was hilarious watching Mi Amor in his stalking mode. He was all excited like a lil' kid in a candy store and even started talking to himself "Miereles mana engkau? Tolonglah....Aku rindu kat kau.....aku sanggup tunggu kau...." (nevermind the lil' song and dance that went with it). He even got a pen and his passport on ready on standby for Miereles to sign. Of coz I knew what my duty was....to be the official photographer should the momentous occasion happen.


Unfortunately for Mi Amor it didn't. After stalking for slightly more than half an hour there was still no sight of Miereles and we had to catch our flight (the boarding gates were opened). As much as I couldn't care less about footie or this dude Mi Amor was waiting for, I was hoping that Mi Amor would get to meet him coz it would have made his day. It was heartbreaking to see Mi Amor dejected (shame on you Miereles...don't you know you should check in at least 2 hours before your flight? :P). Even while we were queueing to board the plane, Mi Amor was still like "Maybe I can still go upstairs to see if he's here already. There's still time"  Sighhhhh..... -_-


Anyway after the hour long flight (thank God it was only an hour, can't stand to sit in that plane any longer with a freaking annoying girl sitting behind me who keeps kicking my seat and talking/laughing out loud throughout the flight) we were finally here.....the place I have always wanted to visit.....land of los matadores (though I do not want to catch a bullfight even if it is a tradition and your trip is not considered complete without it)........ BARCELONA!!!

Bienvenidos a Barcelona

After checking into the hotel, we walked around the area nearby (Las Ramblas) and took loads of pics. I kept adjusting the setting on Cammie coz I wanted to get good pics (up to a point where Mi Amor got fed up with with me taking pics and said I was no fun). Anyway, more on the places and pics later (though Mi Amor has actually uploaded them on his fb :P). Need to get ready for day two of our trip.....just wanted to say Hola!


.......Hasta luego........