As it is getting sunny weather again in Barcelona people take off there shirts and it is amazing how many people have tattoos, and not one but often they have a lot! People like to exhibit tattoos for different reasons I guess. The main reasons may be to get attention, fashion or to show their opinions and believes. They might want to show they have balls because getting a tattoo is painful. Many people who don’t have tattoos have negative opinions about them for example some bosses wont hire you if you have a lot off tattoos, and.. the parents. One guy once told me:

‘The world is divided into 3 kinds of people:

those who have tattoos,

those who are afraid of people with tattoos,

and those who are best known as… my parents’. 

Beach wear in Barceloneta: hot pants, bikini, Havaiana’s and at least one figure or statement printed on our body.

I’ll sleep when I’m dead, a thought that comes often in my mind and is the main reason why i stay out late. But then there is the siesta!  The traditional reason for the siesta is for the workers in the fields to shelter from the heat. The main reason now is because the Spanish like to have a long lunch. A rest after a two hour meal is essential. Then it’s not so much of need but out of want cause the Spanish like shopping for a while at lunch time. It allows them to stay up later in the evening as the nightlife is an all-night affair in Spain. Benefits: those who take a 30 minute siesta at least three times a week had a 37% lower risk of heart problems. And the siesta is taken when the sun is on its highest point, less risk for skin cancer.  Famous people who took a siesta:

- Bill Clinton napped while President of the United States to help him cope with the pressures of the office

- Brahms napped at the piano while he composed his famous lullaby

- Napoleon napped between battles while sitting on his horse

- Churchill maintained that he had to nap in order to cope with his wartime responsibilities

- Einstein napped frequently during the day to help him think more clearly, in his favorite armchair with a  -pencil in his hand. When the pen dropped he would wake up to be sure he did not enter in a deep sleep

A toilet is underestimated as: ‘a sanitation fixture used primarily for the disposal of human excrement, often found in a small room referred to as a toilet/ bathroom/ lavatory’. Perfect space. Lock the door, park your bum and leave the world behind. Sit on the throne, master of the universe. Fag in hand, paper on knee, written quotes in front of you and life changing strategies will come up..
I love the toilet, we have been through a lot of shit together;) 

Every restaurant, bar or hotel has their own style of toilets, it says a lot about the character. In Foc we use the space for customers to share thoughts together by having a big black writing board, because we think the truth is written on the toilet wall. One of the best toilet quote collected in Foc: “Remember no matter how cute he is, somewhere, some girl is tired of taking his shit.” The rooms in hotel W have toilets with transparent walls, you can see everything around you from inside but from the outside you don’t see you. Although you feel quite naked it’s great to be able to see the view over Barcelona from a toilet! Up to the toilets in Alsur cafe (Borne) you first find a cute patio before you see the very modern, lets say space-age style bathrooms, very cool. And in bar Sub Rosa(Gotico) you wonder if you are in a toilet of a bar or of a place where they want to stimulate other activities on the toilet, wallpaper with a lot of positions and little clothes..