Dear peregrinos,Some final details:
1.- Meeting place for Sunday 11th at 4.30 pm: Cafeteria Estruch (right in front of the cathedral of Barcelona) Avda. Catedral, 3 – Barcelona 08002 (We’ll most likely be sitting in the patio area at the entrance).
2.- Meeting place for Monday 12th at 8.30 am: same as above.
3.- Diet and meals: Even though the food in the areas will visit is usually very delicious, eating out for 2 weeks can be quite intense, especially in a foreign country. If you are use to eating lots of veggies, I highly encourage you to bring some sort of “green drink”. I use Phytogreens from Seroyal. You’ll see many choices at Trader’s Joe or Whole Foods. Many days the closest thing to vegetables we might encounter will be white bread and potatoes with chorizo. Also for breakfast, most days they will offer us the typical orange juice with toasted bread, pork in different forms, cheese, croissants, muffins, etc.. So you might appreciate some instant oats, granola, your favorite tea. Also a digestive Chinese formula like “Bao He wan” or the “Detox Kit” from Heel might come in handy.
4.- Please email to me your flight (just flight number, date and arrival time) and hotel info for the night before in a clean clear email.
5.- Take my phone numbers with you: 650-576-107 or 93-692-5269. Please, call me once you are in Barcelona. Especially if you can’t make it to Sunday meeting. You can give the number 011-34-650-576-107 to anyone who might need to reach you, that’s all they need to dial from the States. If you need to call from here, the easiest is to buy a calling card once you get to BCN.
6.- Look for the latitude of your place of birth. Easiest way for me is go to wikipedia and type city name and state. Then get the coordinates from the top right corner.
7.- Clothing: early spring clothing + a warm fleece or jacket for the evenings. Some thin rain coat, just in case. No need for serious hiking boots. Mostly with some sneakers you will do fine.
8.- Luggage: Depending on how much are you planning on bringing I suggest you to bring 2 smaller bags instead of just one bigger, so you don’t have to carry your stuff everyday up to the hotel. Whatever you don’t need can stay in the van so you only need to load and unload part of your luggage. But if you are into lifting weights, it’s up to you.
9.- Barcelona is a very safe city but there is quite a “pick-pocketing” tradition, and that’s not the one you come to get in touch with. Please, don’t carry your wallet in your pocket or walk freely with your purse. Have some sort of money belt or similar hidden under your clothes when walking around the city. Once we are out of Barcelona no worries, but in Barcelona be extra careful with this.
10.- Please, confirm the reception of this email with the address for meeting on the 12th.
11.- We never had any problems and don’t anticipate them either but you might want to check with your medical insurances/credit cards you paid the airfare with, for any possible coverage while you are here.
12.- Get a nice compass (it should be around 20 dollars) with an adaptor for pens and some nice fineliners. 12 colors will be enough. This will make your drawing time much more enjoyable.
13.- Make sure you are using to your advantage the power of the practices I proposed as a preparation. Especially resolving old conflicts with people and clearing debts.
I think that’s all. Let me know if you have any questions. You should all have the list with the hotels.
Looking forward to see you all.
Hugs and Spanish kisses from Barcelona.
Ferran (Z)
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