I (David) have just returned from time spent in England and Barcelona,  Unfortunately i have been unwell since I returned (shingles and jet-lag combined), and so my brothers have beaten me to the ‘blog.  I have been preblogged perhaps – now that’s a good neologism.

I was in Barcelona for the European Cardiac Society meeting, which was excellent.  However, as has been the case before, Mark and John came to stay in the apartment I rented.

Here they are at the Miro gallery.  Can you tell which is the sculpture?

Barcelona is my favourite destination for the ECS conferences.

David and Amaryllis came to stay in the apartment for a few days also, and arranged for us to go to see a concert in the Palau de la Musica, which is in itself a fantastic building.  look at this picture (click to enlarge) and see the plaster horse jumping out over the stage ….

Barcelona is perhaps better known for the Gaudi buildings, and they really are extraordinary.

This one is La Pedreda (“the Quarry”!) and amongst other features has a roof covered in the most amazing chimneys and towers to accommodate lift mechanisms and staircases.

In the centre there are the chimneys covered in broken Champagne bottles – now that is classy ….

I have to say that my contributions to the Coulshed blogosphere have been much less thoughtful and erudite than my brothers, but then I was the one working during our time in Spain.