See you soon, Barcelona!

This week I am starting a new adventure in Doha, Qatar :-) I feel very sad about leaving Barcelona, so I started remembering some random things that happened to me during this time:

• I used an entire box of 500 staples.
• I was expelled from Spain with 15 days to leave the country ... thanks to a good lawyer and efforts by other people I was able to solve this.
• While naked I met some people I knew at the beach ... fortunately, in the water.
• I worked in a beautiful train station, in the best job I've had so far.
• I made many friends, and I had time to loose a few ones.
• I went to China, India, Germany, Poland, France, etc.
• I often went to work on a longboard.
• I was able to publish a lot and be very productive.
• I walked four hours a trail of one hour (lost).
• I went to the gym for the first time in my life, and I am still going.
• We went every year at least once to the Netherlands and once to Rome.
• I saw Italy loose some of its brightest people.
• I went from suffering by paper rejections to feel almost indifferent.
• I burned a mother board and I learned that yes, you can plug the power source the wrong way.
• I dropped a speaker on top of my corporate laptop after less than one month of having it, and I payed the mistake.
• I discovered an rsa token can not stand a 5-stories fall.
• I understood sangria is the way Spain punishes turists.
• I drank at least half a cubic meter of beer.
• I had liters of vermouth poured by Robert de Niro.
• I spent great afternoons in Part de la Ciutadella and found out the sun is a luxury.
• I arrived with 29 years and now I am 35.
• I bought for the first time lotion to avoid hair loss and found out how useless it is.
• We adopted three cats and saw one of them die.
• My grandfather died. My grandmother died. My brother in law died.
• I enjoyed having the baker, the guy at the minimarket and at the bar greet me.
• I was surprised when it started to happen at my branch in the bank.
• Colleagues proved me wrong often, but always respectfully.
• I did body pump and aerobics ... in the middle of the Rambla.
• I had dinner at Palau de la Musica.
• I had delicious calcots and artichokes.
• I got addicted to Pimientos del Padrón and Patatas Bravas.
• I removed kilos of tuna fish from green salads.
• I met tons of crazy cat ladies and found out it is marvelous to be married to one.
• I learned to speak much louder than what is comfortable for a Chilean.
• I felt very ashamed about how some Chileans treat Peruvians when I was treated as some Europeans treat Chileans.
• I went to Suede, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, Groove Armada, Viva la Fete and Arctic Monkeys.
• I was addressed often in Arabic and people won't believe I was Chilean.
• I learnt Catalan watching Doraemon.

Of course there is lots, lots more than this. Paraphrasing Douglas Adams: "So Long Barcelona, and Thanks for All the Fish!" See you soon, friends! I hope to come back to enjoy this beautiful city and the wonderful people it attracts.