All too soon, our holiday draws to a close. Tomorrow is our last full day here, so we need to make the most of it. More than we made of today, anyhow, when we surfaced just as the sun´s last rays were filtering through the blinds. Well, we´d only got to bed at ten that morning. We have both been amazed at the hours these people keep - no-one has dinner before 10pm, and it´s clearly a crime to go to a bar before midnight. After Metro shut last night at 6 in the morning, we discovered an after-hours club that was packed to the hilt. With the ugliest men in Catalonia, unfortunately.

Any fears I´d had about going on holiday with a "new" boyfriend have proved unfounded. Marcus is a perfect travelling companion, and this week has brought us far closer together. May it be the first of many. The weather could have been better, but the company could not. As I hoped, Marcus too has fallen in love in Barcelona. I hope we´ll come back here in the summer.