Barcelona, Boarders, Bus Repairs, Busy Days...

A week ago this past Wednesday, I went to Spain for my first "team trip". Every year, the company that I work for takes all of the employees away for a couple of days of team building. This year the trip was to Sitges which is a resort town just outside of Barcelona. I usually hate the whole team spirit-go team go-malarkey that is involved with this kind of thing. It must have been the sun, the beach, or all of the free food and drink, but I did have a good time. It was also interesting to see what my coworkers are like when they have had a bit too much to drink (there are a couple of pictures of my boss that I would really like to put up here, but its probably best not to). The downside is that I came home with yet another cold.

When I got back to sunny England we had three boarders. My good old friend of original Wednesday Morning Coffee fame, Andy Wiebe, and his parents were visiting for two short days. We had a nice dinner out and went for a ride in the London Eye at night (which was brilliant). There was enough time for a quick cup of coffee Saturday morning and then they were off to the south to be with his wife, Suzy, and her family. It was much too quick, but great to see an old friend.

This weekend I was putting the final touches on our VW Bus in preparation for our trip to Wales next weekend. I got the fridge, sink, and heater all working properly and I got the stereo set up to play back tunes from my ipod (despite my disdain for MP3s, I think listening in the car is one of the best applications for them). We are going to Hay on Wye, a small town on the Welsh/English border. It is well known for being filled with used book shops (thus Heather's interest in the trip). It is on the border of "The Black Mountains" (which are neither black nor mountains). While Heather is hunting books, the dogs and I will be braving the wilds of the black mountains. Going at this time of year, we are practically guaranteed bad weather. It should still be a fun trip and I will fully document it here as it is the first real trip in our camper van.

JE