perjantai 15. toukokuuta 2015

Alive in Barcelona



# Vinny Olavi # Groupie High School # Vincenzo Olavi # GHS Racing # Knockout Cocktail # Vinny's Playground # Modern Day Cowboys # nti Kaleva & the Mistake # Los Gran Artistas

UUJEA, back from Barcelona. Lähtöä edeltävät päivät olivat melkoisia nekin, sillä Kärpät pelasi lätkäfinaaleja Tapparaa vastaan (taas), ja ehdittiin paikankin päälle tsiigaamaan Game Five. Edeltävä viikonloppu alkoi keväisellä biitsikävelyllä Nallikarissa ja leffaillalla, vuorossa ”The Wolf Of Wallstreet”, 90-luvun klassikko ”Fargo, Tom Hanksin uutuus ”Cpt. Phillips” sekä Losin traagisiin ihmiskohtaloihin paneutuva ”Powder Blue”.

# Vinny Olavi # Groupie High School # Vincenzo Olavi # GHS Racing # Knockout Cocktail # Vinny's Playground # Modern Day Cowboys  # Matt Nitro # Wegster # Tiger L.A. # nti Kaleva & the Mistake # Los Gran Artistas

Vappuhulinat starttasivat Koitelissa väitöstilaisuuden jatkoilla ja seuraavana päivänä aaton juhlinnalla meidän Penthousessa. Tigeri ja Miia olivat niin älylaitteidensa lumoissa, että katsoin paremmaksi koodata Nitrolle ja jatkaa vappuaaton viettoa Heinäpäässä. Heitettiin läppää, minkä jälkeen kierrettiin vielä kaikki Oulun täyteenahdetut baarit lävitse – vain Hemingwayssä mahtui istumaan. Tikru heräili meidän sohvalta seuraavana aamuna, joten päätettiin miksailla meikän elektroprojektin biisejä tappaaksemme aikaa.

# Vinny Olavi # Groupie High School # Vincenzo Olavi # GHS Racing # Knockout Cocktail # Vinny's Playground # Modern Day Cowboys # Tiger L.A. # Wegster # nti Kaleva & the Mistake # Los Gran Artistas

Next Stop – BARCELONA!

5.5.2015 Woke up early for the morning flight, first to Helsinki. 7 o’clock we’re sitting in a cab and picking Tiger up from Höyhtyä. A weird thing happens when getting in the plane. Some Arabian guy starts to claim that my Hilfiger watch would belong to him. FUCK THAT! After champagne drinkin’ were finally on our way to Barca. Margarita is already at the airport waiting for us and we hire a car for the week from Hertz. It’s chaotic in the city so we try to park the car for like…five hours. After a necessary picnic in the car we finally find a spot from Montjuic Hill. Crazy… A taxi driver brings us to Gracia City Hostel, finally.

# Vinny Olavi # Groupie High School # Vincenzo Olavi # GHS Racing # Knockout Cocktail # Vinny's Playground # Modern Day Cowboys # nti Kaleva & the Mistake # Los Gran Artistas

6.5.2015 The place we stay in is absolutely awesome! Cool atmosphere with youngsters and hips managing the place, with all those good-morning-breakfasts, those will make a perfect combination. We’re up pretty early for Sagrada Familia, Casa Battlo and Casa Mila. Just around the corner of Southern La Rambla, there’s a tapas bar named La Taberna Del Portus which offers 10 tapas’ for 20 euros. We walk through the Barceloneta Beach to twin towers of World Trade Center and then all the way back to Garcia.

# Vinny Olavi # Groupie High School # Vincenzo Olavi # GHS Racing # Knockout Cocktail # Vinny's Playground # Modern Day Cowboys # nti Kaleva & the Mistake # Los Gran Artistas

7.5.2015 Visiting in Parc Guell is important for my gf cause she admires that kind of architecture style or whatever by Gaudi. Later we walk through the old town of Barca, El Barre Gotic all the way to the side streets of El Raval for some pinchos’ in a place called Bar International Beer – how cleverly named! 

# Vinny Olavi # Groupie High School # Vincenzo Olavi # GHS Racing # Knockout Cocktail # Vinny's Playground # Modern Day Cowboys # Matt Nitro # Tiger L.A. # Wegster # nti Kaleva & the Mistake # Los Gran Artistas


8.5.2015 Time for the practices of Formula One. We’re there drinking beer and suddenly realize that they’re selling fuckin’ non-alcoholic drinks there. What a shame! We eat self-made pinchos’ in our hotel room and the portion includes also a SMALL pot of caviar, YAMMY!

# Vinny Olavi # Groupie High School # Vincenzo Olavi # GHS Racing # Knockout Cocktail # Vinny's Playground # Modern Day Cowboys # Tiger L.A. # Wegster # nti Kaleva & the Mistake # Los Gran Artistas

9.5.2015 Qualification Session goes under the expectations for Finnish drivers, Räikkönen & Bottas. On the way back to our hotel, the freeway is blocked cause of some accident. So we end up eating outside in a place called Boqueria 98 which offers tapas’ from the table and some drinks. The place was okay!

# Vinny Olavi # Groupie High School # Vincenzo Olavi # GHS Racing # Knockout Cocktail # Vinny's Playground # Modern Day Cowboys # nti Kaleva & the Mistake # Los Gran Artistas

10.5.2015 We’re there at the race track with the official t-shirts and watching the race. Unfortunately Finnish drivers finished 4th and 5th but the atmosphere was PERFECT. Later we order some paellas in Patagonia Restaurant at La Rambla.         

# Vinny Olavi # Groupie High School # Vincenzo Olavi # GHS Racing # Knockout Cocktail # Vinny's Playground # Modern Day Cowboys # nti Kaleva & the Mistake # Los Gran Artistas

11.5.2015 We’re up early for a road trip to Andorra. If you’d like to do the same, I’d prefer the smaller road – NOT the E-freeway cause you’d have to pay about 40 euros for the expensive road tolls and you wouldn’t actually see anything. We took the A2-road which zigzagged through Igualada, Ponts, Organya, El Pla De Sant Tirs and La Seu d’Urgell to Andorra La Verra and all the way to Soldeu. The views were amazing, I’d compare them to California’s 1-motorway and to Iceland. Though it was almost 30 outside, you could still spot some snow there in Andorra. They have pretty good slopes there during the winters I guess. As soon as we were back in Passeig De Gracia it was time for some quality, fashionable dinner in Divinus. After bowls of Sangria I thought it’s still not enough so we bought some more and did put on parties in the hotel room. Later we walked to a party-hard nightclub, small Espit Chupitos on Carrer d’Aribau. Recommending!
  
# Vinny Olavi # Groupie High School # Vincenzo Olavi # GHS Racing # Knockout Cocktail # Vinny's Playground # Modern Day Cowboys # Miia Sofia # nti Kaleva & the Mistake # Los Gran Artistas

12.5.2015 The last day in Barcelona. Had to see legendary Camp Nou for the first thing and later we dropped by Bershka & Desigual for some summer clothing. Also visited the old University Main Building on Gran Via Catalanes. Centro Comercial De Las Arenas offered lots of shops but was kinda disappointment.

# Vinny Olavi # Groupie High School # Vincenzo Olavi # GHS Racing # Knockout Cocktail # Vinny's Playground # Modern Day Cowboys # Star Mafiaboy # Tiger L.A. # Matt Nitro # Wegster # Mike Rockberry # nti Kaleva & the Mistake # Los Gran Artistas

13.5.2015 An early-morning-cab to Fundacio Joan Miro, near the Olympic Swimming Stadion where our car was parked. Soon we’re having breakfast at the airport and just little late back in rainy Finland. Gotta say – one of the best trips ever!

# Vinny Olavi # Groupie High School # Vincenzo Olavi # GHS Racing # Knockout Cocktail # Vinny's Playground # Modern Day Cowboys # Tiger L.A. # Matt Nitro # Wegster # Mike Rockberry # nti Kaleva & the Mistake # Los Gran Artistas