Cursa Bombers

As I wrote in the previous post, yesterday was Cursa Bombers, or the "firefighters run". 18.000 people had signed up for running 10km on the streets of Barcelona, starting outside Parc de la Ciutadella and the Estació de Franca. They then went along the harbour, running up on Parallel, Gran Vía, Vía Laietana and ending outside the train station again.

From the beginning the run was only for firefighters (hence the name) but now everyone can sign up. Still there are firefighters running, and each year some run with all the firefighter-clothes, boots, helmets and oxygen-tanks! See the pictures.

I was there, not to run (you know me...) but to look after Gabriel while his parents ran. Together with Dina (the 4 year old girl I also babysit sometimes) and her father, the four of us saw the start and then went for coffee. Gabriels father finished first of the three, and the mothers came about an hour after the start; good lap guys!

You can't really see how crowded it was..

Firefighters!

Firefighters. Gabriel half asleep

Dina checking the baby

"Cus tonight is gonna be a good night!"

And Dina pepping "Eva, Eva Eva" (her mother's name)

The last volcano-update:

Kasper took the train from Montpellier to Perpignan, but from there all the train were canceled into Spain. So now he is on his way to Barcelona in a taxi, together with 7 other Spainards, hopefully ariving in 20min or so. Now I am going to meet him :)

Ash-cloud-detour-update

Since everything right now is about how Kasper will come home, this post will also be about that.

He did come to Paris this afternoon. There is a train-strike in France right now, so after standing in line for more than an hour, he got a train ticket to Montpellier, leaving about now. From there he will take an other train, but it doesn't leave until tomorrow at 11. That train will take him to the French/Spanish border, and from there he will have to take a regional train to Barcelona. PUH.

So hopefully he will come home tomorrow evening! Let's cross all our fingers...

Check out how the ash-cloud is moving here

And a webcam showing the volcano here

Today I looked after Gabriel while his parents ran Cursa Bombers. More about that and pictures tomorrow!

Charlie the wolf?

For those of you that claim that there is nothing left of the wolf in today's dog breeds, well maybe you should think again:

Volcano Update: Kasper is now going through Europe by train. Right now he is on the first one, Copenhagen - Hamburg. From there he will take a train to Köln where he will spend the night. Tomorrow he will try to take a train to Paris and from there to Barcelona. If anyone has a better idea, please tell me :)

Hey Iceland,

keep your ashes to your self! As it is now, Kasper won't be able to fly home from Copenhagen tomorrow, and Charlie and I need him, so please weather God, send the smoke to Greenland instead!

Is it even possible to take the train from Denmark to Spain?? Anyone?