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FareVela’s Michele Tognozzi from Barcelona. Pictures of LR’s. base It appears that from Colon’s column to LR takes 40-50 minutes on foot

The same arrangement - or at least VAT exemption for the teams - applied in Valencia, if I’m not mistaken

Actually, it took six years - but from next week cruise ships will dock at temporary (?) facilities on the mainland. A permanent solution requires dredging a canal in the lagoon, opening another can of worms

Tell that to Venice

About TV masts, my favorite is the Norman Foster designed telecom tower at Collserola (zoom in for the clever stay arrangement)

Interesting: tramuntana in Catalan, tramontana in Italian (the Alps in this case). And we do say “lose the tramontana” meaning go berserk

... definitely, but my heart still yearns for the Rita Barberá sex goddess :D  

The author is right in pointing out that the deal was only made possible by the astounding about-face of Mayor Ada Colau as well as of the regional government, ruled by the Catalonian Republican Left, can you imagine? No explanation is suggested, however

More like a mix of Spanish and Genoese actually: past ties between marine merchants. To this day, an area in Northern Sardinia speaks Catalan Understandable, for an Italian

It’s not complicated: at the national level, PP and socialists are more or less evenly matched. In order to stay in power, the socialists need the support of the locally strong Catalan autonomists/independentists

From the outside, one thing is clear: Barcelona was not viable, mainly because of the strong, ideological opposition of mayor Ada Colau reflecting the opinion of the local populace. And then at the last minute, for reasons unknown, she switched sides and the whole thing gelled Talk about GD...

I could be wrong, but I believe the cooperation is between the central government socialists and the local Catalan faction. In Malaga the local PP was rebuffed by the central government even on the comparatively minor issue of the 15-20 M€ infrastructure works

Michele Tognozzi’s long interview with his Catalan colleague Jaaume Soler, plenty of backstage info, funding details, well worth translating...

Anybody remember wind conditions during the Olympics?

At last, seems serious enough - the Catalan way. But says six teams, naming the usual five?

Perfect - except no mention of the small matter of venue money

According to FareVela’s Michele Tognozzi wind in Barcelona is not quite as good as in Valencia