August 2 – 12, 2023 — August was filled with more boat projects, time with friends in Barcelona, and friends visiting from Boston. At the end of the month our friend Ken arrived to join us for some sailing. One such boat project was building an alternating timer to allow two air conditioners on the boat to run simultaneously–a must for the crazy heat this Summer! More on this later.
First we wanted him to experience some of Barcelona. Guell Village is named for Eusebi Guell, an entrepreneur and textile magnate who became Antoni Gaudi’s very close friend and funded several of Gaudi’s projects. Gaudi was the architect for Guell Village, designed as a company town for Guell’s textile business. It has the style Gaudi is so well known for.
Our time with Ken in Barcelona included a infamous guitar concert at the celebrated Pálau de la Musica theatre, Barcelona celebration with castells (human castles), and two pincho crawls – always fun!