A beautiful, sunny day today. Perfect for spending an afternoon reading in Parc del Turó del Putget.
Calçotada at Can Cortes. For those, who don’t know what Calçots are, check out this Wikipedia article.
Photos are a courtesy of Marc Charach
What was supposed to be a business meeting started totally innocent at 11am in a cafe in the Barri Gotic, continued with beers at the beach at 1pm, delicious sea food at 3pm in a nice restaurant at the waterfront and some long drinks in the late afternoon with a gorgeous view down on Barcelona and the Mediterranean sea. Returned back to the office at 7pm. Drunk. Not much work done. But I had definitely a great time and good talks. The best moments in life are those that happen spontaneously. Thanks guys for providing such an exceptional work environment.
A quick 2.5h mountain bike tour with Christof around Tibidabo. Here’s the tracker log.
Tags: Barcelona, mountain bike, Spain, tibidabo
Sunshine, great people and lot of snow. I’m very positively surprised by Andorra. Wouldn’t have thought that there is such good skiing here in the Pyrenees.
Tags: Andorra, skiing, Snowboarding, Soldeu
Whoever was wondering what I did the last months in Barcelona besides kiteboarding, playing beach volleyball and jumping around in the mountains, here is the answer. After 2.5 months of hard work, long office hours and sometimes even weekends behind two big computer screens we are finally ready to release the first version of bliquo for Google Android today.
The app is available for free on the Android Market and there is no charge for using it or making reservations. Actually you will even get discounts if you book via bliquo. For iPhone users there’s also version available in the App Store. For now the application is only out in the Spanish market, but there might be more countries coming in early 2010 as well as new exciting features. Stay tuned!
Download it to your Android or iPhone, test it and let me know what you think 
bliquo is your search engine for urban leisure: restaurants, cafes, bars, nightclubs… and thousands of offers and discounts.
Find a place, make a reservation and save money in just a few clicks. It is the fastest and easiest way to decide what to do and where to go.
Tags: android, Barcelona, bars, bliquo, cafes, dinner, discount, drink, eat, iphone, nightclubs, party, restaurants, Spain, urban leisure, wine
Hiking & biking weekend in Horta de Sant Joan (Terra Alta) [map] in the South West of Catalonia at the border to Aragón. Biking down an old railroad track of the Spanish civil war and two hikes in a gorgeous landscape. One at dusk with a beautiful sunset, the other one during the day with a crowd of hungry vultures circling above our heads. Great wines, a lot of Vermouth and plenty of delicious local food.
All 45 photos are in my Picasa Gallery (courtesy of Elena Panizza)
Tags: Catalunya, Horta de Sant Joan, Spain, Terra Alta
Hiking Montserrat [map] with a very fun group of people and catching a glimpse of the Black Virgin in the Monestir de Montserrat.
More photos are available here. Courtesy of Tatiana Rybak.
Tags: Hiking, Montserrat, Spain
Another session of mushroom hunting in the Collsacabra mountains of Catalunya [map] with my friends Pascual from Argentina and Jordi and his family. We also visited Anigami, an outdoor- and adventure company owned by some of their friends and had quite some fun there. All in all another great weekend in España, or better Catalunya – not to upset anyone 
All 38 photos are in my Picasa Gallery.
Tags: Catalunya, Collsacabra, Mushroom, Spain
I just stumbled upon one of my all-time favorite TED talks again and wanted to share it with the world.
Not that we don’t know all these “secrets” already, but sometimes it’s just good to get reminded again and receive a new push. We all have many great ideas, but the reason we fail to succeed is mostly due to a lack of execution and self-organization, the ability to focus and the effort to put in the “hard work”. My friend Jem Moore, a character who had quite some success himself, pointed me to this quote by Thomas Edison, which summarizes it all in one sentence:
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”