I feel like an angry pig with a unibrow and a pizza.Or something like that.
Anyhow, greetings from Barcelona, folks!
It's almost 2am here and Asia and I are both wide awake, watching German MTV. In Barcelona. Did I mention that I'm in Spain? I don't get it. But what I have learned is that MTV.DE is the place for you if you like the Family Guy (in German) or Tila Tequila, A Shot at Love with subtitles. Or, for that matter, the above cartoon, also dubbed in German. (If nothing else that last one will make you feel really weird about being an American. What must they think?!?!)
Asia and I met at the Frankfurt airport yesterday AM, her after a 12 hour flight from Portland, and me after a 7 hour flight from New York plus 5 hours spent in the Lufthansa Business Class Lounge. We were both much worse for wear, but managed to stay up til 11 or so last night before crashing.
We spent the day prepping for the research here in Barcelona (conference calls with photographers and moderators, emails, discussion guide conversations) and wandering the streets in an effort to spend our Euros. We had no luck whatsoever on that front, but it didn't matter. It was more about the wandering than the buying.
Today was full of research, a yummy lunch at our moderator's friend's restaurant (Que Bec! for those wondering), dinner at a randomly mediocre pizza joint in the old part of town, a very stinky elevator, an overabundance of incense, hairspray-infused carpet (seriously, this place has a problem with scents), approximately 2,000 post-its, a trip to the neighborhood organic grocer and now late-night sleep procrastination. All in a day's work.
Anyhow, more tomorrow. Hopefully.
xo
Asia and I met at the Frankfurt airport yesterday AM, her after a 12 hour flight from Portland, and me after a 7 hour flight from New York plus 5 hours spent in the Lufthansa Business Class Lounge. We were both much worse for wear, but managed to stay up til 11 or so last night before crashing.
We spent the day prepping for the research here in Barcelona (conference calls with photographers and moderators, emails, discussion guide conversations) and wandering the streets in an effort to spend our Euros. We had no luck whatsoever on that front, but it didn't matter. It was more about the wandering than the buying.
Today was full of research, a yummy lunch at our moderator's friend's restaurant (Que Bec! for those wondering), dinner at a randomly mediocre pizza joint in the old part of town, a very stinky elevator, an overabundance of incense, hairspray-infused carpet (seriously, this place has a problem with scents), approximately 2,000 post-its, a trip to the neighborhood organic grocer and now late-night sleep procrastination. All in a day's work.
Anyhow, more tomorrow. Hopefully.
xo
