Johanna Writes Barcelona

We are moving!

2011-02-07T11:01:47+01:00

No, I'm not moving to another country (thank God!), only to another blog host. This means that you MUST update your feeds and bookmarks to www.johannawrites.com Many people come here via the link www.johannawrites.com/madrid or through one of the old...

Phantoms and Tambourines

2011-02-02T21:40:00+01:00

Nico and I watched part of "The Phantom of the Opera" last night. The ensuing discussion: Nico: Wow, just because you're jealous doesn't mean it's okay to go and throw a tambourine on someone's head. Me: You mean a chandelier?...

Six years worth of blog

2011-01-31T11:05:00+01:00

I want to live again in a place where I can again write stuff like "On my way home from the Straw Raincoat Field Event, I narrowly missed being run over by a young Japanese man on a motorcycle who was blaring Dolly Parton at top volume"

Dusty

2011-01-27T14:35:37+01:00

This is my submission for Illustration Friday. The word this week was "Dusty." I did a few different versions and I'd really like your feedback. Which do you like best and why? The problem I'm facing now is that because...

On the Radio

2011-01-27T01:31:00+01:00

I always dreamed that one day I might get to go on Australian radio and talk about tuna fish... Listen here!

The Mother Who Can't Even Count

2011-01-26T11:40:45+01:00

I know I've said this before but one of the things I like most about living in Spain are the school lunches. Both in Madrid and in Barcelona, Nico has had delicious, healthy and varied lunches at school. Certainly they're...

Resolutions

2011-01-06T12:06:48+01:00

This is the first time I've ever participated in Illustration Friday. This week the word was "Resolutions" and this is my submission- It's a combination of a drawing and a photograph and since I'm new to Photoshop, please don't judge...

and stranger still

2010-12-30T20:32:07+01:00

The scatological Catalan Christmas report continues and if you thought El Caganer was weird, wait until you hear this... So while you guys were attending midnight mass or singing "Frosty the Snowman" or frantically assembling a Playmobil space navigation station,...

The Pooper

2010-12-24T08:57:31+01:00

Let us begin by gazing at the classic nativity scene. There are the wise men, the cows, Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus in his cradle. Oh but wait, who's that over in the corner next to those ceramic shepherds? Is it...? could it be....? A man taking a shit?

England

2010-12-22T14:33:10+01:00

A couple of weeks ago I went to England to visit my friends Sophy and Dan. They lived in Madrid at the same time we did but moved back to England shortly after we moved to Barcelona. I'd never been...