• Español

Traditionally September and January are the months of the great purposes: to stop smoking, learn English. What to join the gym is another timing closely associated with “Operation Bikini”.

In September, I made my “good intentions” that have been implemented in October, because we must not rush.

My aim has been to cultivate friendships. These friendships, for many reasons, you do not frequent as you’d want and how you should. People who you truly appreciate. People with whom you do not want to lose touch, but for a thousand reasons, one day you realize that this friendship has gone to the black hole that is “day to day.”

Long ago I do not see her, you say, but you do nothing to change that situation.

In September I made a list of my “forgotten friends” By accident Thursday has become the day when:

Mom does not eat at home today again?

Today I have shared lunch with Monty, a fellow of Liceu’s volunteers team. Until recently, I just agreed with her on Christmas dinner or in any rehearsal. But now that has changed

For our second meeting outside the theater, Montse has chosen a special place which I did not know, Hotel Neri restaurant.

Reading restaurants menu is something that I find increasingly heavier. For that reason and also because I put myself in the cook’s skin I think that asking for the “menu of the day” I do a favour to him. But also thinking about the topic of family finances. Long ago I just asked the “day’s menu”

Having to consider the restaurant’s location and its excellent services, I must say that the value for money is good, a bit more expensive than I normally spend on these cases, but today Montse has felt generous, and she has paid the bill.

Montse, next time, each is paid for him.

Sant Felip Nerie figures in all city tourist guides, it is a small square around a fountain a few meters from the cathedral. Besides the hotel, there is a baroque church built in the 1700-odd, I’ve never been able to visit.

No cars or motorbikes, yes many cameras, Sant Felip Neri is a quiet, except when children enter and leave school because there’s a school. Children are important in the recent history of this place, those now running, but also those that a January 30, 1938 stopped running.

My mother lived the war live. She talked me about that morning when all the people who lived in the city, where their beliefs were, they felt how their hearts sank in their chest.

All people dead hurt, but dead children hurt even more.

Photo taked on 1938

Photo taked on 2006

The facade of the church is full of war wounds, not all of the civil war, but in reality it does not matter. Are wounds and all wounds bleed.

In short, today I have spent a great time with my friend. In summer, there is a small terrace in the square where you can have a drink. The hotel services are magnificent and its situation unique.

If someday you are staying in this hotel, please remember that the walls hold memories.
More information:

Hotel Neri in Google maps

http://www.hotelneri.com/

The church

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_San_Felipe_Neri_%28Barcelona%29

The school

http://www.santfelipneri.cat/principal/index.html