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| 31st.
I've
done a big overhall over at GayBarcelona.com
and changed the maps to Google maps. I've also added the nearest metro
station to every location. It should make it a lot easier for you to plan
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30th.
Tonight
we're off to see Chambao in concert at the Melia
Sitges Hotel They hail from Cadiz in Andalusia. Their music is a mix
of Flamenco & Chill. If you've seen the Andalusia advert on tele, either
here or in the UK, its their music that's played in the ad'. Will tell
you how it went tomorrow.
Sitges
is getting a Barklays bank. Its opposite the Oasis commercial centre and
will be open very soon. For a list of all financial institutions in Sitges,
see GoSitges.com |
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| 29th.
Fingers
crossed. It looks like the rainiest May I've known is coming to an end
at last. The sun is out, and it could even be the the second day in a row
without rain, if we're lucky! We know a lot of you who came this month
had a poor deal because of the aweful weather, but don't let that put you
off coming again. That was very unusual weather and highly unlikely to
happen again. Sitges has its own micro climate, with over 300 sunny days
a year. Its created by the mountains which surround Sitges and cause the
approaching clouds to veer around Sitges. At least that works most of the
time when the weather is coming from the west, which it almost always does.
This May the rain systems were coming from the south, so that's why we
got dumped on a lot. Sitges being south facing, wasn't protected by the
mountains. |
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28th.
Orek's
Bar has a new DJ this year, one who takes his job seriously and enjoys
the music, so this year you can expect much more varied music. The music
was always good, but just not varied enough, but now it is. Apart from
that, it is one of Sitges friendliest and busiest bars and attracts a wide
variety of people from all age groups.
Got
my PC back. They had to format the hard disk, due to an error with the
disk itself. Its working great now, but I-ve got English settings on a
Spanish keyboard and everything-s coming out wrong. Anyone know where to
change the keyboard settings in XP^ / That was supposed to be a question
mark. |
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27th.
No
sooner do I mention that we're exceeding 500 visitors a day, than we passed
600 for the first time yesterday! 602 to be exact. That's incredible. Thank
you all for visiting us :-)
If
you've written to me over the last couple of days and have not had a reply,
sorry, but my computer finally bit the dust and is in the store being fixed.
In the mean time, I'm using my boyfriend's lap top and have realised that
I don't know any of my access codes to anything, because I use a program
that remembers them all for me, so I can't check my email because I've
forgotten the log in. Amazingly, I did one of my very rare backups onto
an external hard disk just hours before the PC crashed, so can at least
continue with updates to the daily blog. Normal service should be resumed
shortly.
Yahoo!
It didn't rain yesterday!!! (But it has already rained this morning)
Interestingly,
as you know, I've previously talked about how we're in the worst drought
for 60 years, though I find it hard to believe we still are after such
a wet May, however the s#/t has hit the fan, because its come to light
that a mains pipe in Barcelona has been leaking 11 million litres of water
a day and that they've known about it since 2006. How many litres (or should
I say resevoirs?) is that down the drain in 2 years? |
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26th.
Seeing
'Donkey Dong' around town this week has got me thinking - If you've got
any 'interesting' photos of your holiday in Sitges, please send them along
and we'll stick them in our photo gallery.
The only thing we ask is that they are at least the size of the photos
you see in the gallery (960 pixels wide) and that although we don't mind
how risqué they are, they can't be pornographic. Having an erection
is not considered pornographic in public in Spain,
as long as its not accompanied by lude behavior. So c'mon lads, lets see
what you look like on the nudist beach or how well you stand out in those
swimwear, etc. Of course, the photos could just be of interesting views
around Sitges as well, or photos of Carnival, Fiest Mayor etc.
NewComment
today. |
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| 25th.
11:30am. Today's Corpus Cristi flower festival was a washout. Yet again,
it poared with rain this morning and washed most of the flowers down to
the beach. This is certainly the wettest May I've known in Sitges and is
the first time in 10 years I've known it to rain for Corpus Cristi. As
always, we're the first on the net with photos of events in Sitges (Or
none events) :-) Photos. |
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25th.
9am. You can definately see the town getting busier now. Parrots
Pub was packed solid yesterday, as I'm sure they will be today if the
weather turns out as nice as it was yesterday. (After the showers stopped)
Its the perfect place to sit and watch the boys go by, especially early
evening when they're coming off the beach. Talking about crotch watching,
anyone else noticed that guy that's in town at the moment, who wears skin
tight jeans and is hung like a horse? He must be all of 9" flaccid. Slap
me baby!
We've
listed the themes for each night at Organic Disco |
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24th.
Bear
with me lads, I'm doing a little advertising plug today...
Since
April 2008, we've been exceeding
500 visitors
a day to GaySitges.com and that
number is continuing to rise - Advertise with us and you'll soon see why
everyone who advertises with us for their first time, continues to renew
their ad'/s year after year.
From
late June, we'll be doing a very original advertising campaign in Sitges
that we guarantee will be the talk of the town. (We've invested 2,000€
in it). Get in now, before that visitor count rockets to even higher levels!
Email us for advertising details. |
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23rd.
Today
its thank you to Thanks Brad & Mike from the Beach
House restaurant for renewing their ad' for the 4th year running. They
serve some very interesting Oriental/Australian mixes. The food is lovely,
its presentation is nicely done and they always have cute waiters to serve
it to you. To make sure they keep regular visitors to Sitges happy, they've
introduced a new menu again this year.
NewComment
today.
PS.
If anyone out there knows of anywhere in Sitges that is screening the Eurovision
Song Contest, please tell us. We do know the Cine Café and the Piano
Bar, which were the two most likely places, are not showing it. |
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22nd.
Madonna
is coming to Barcelona! Its just been confirmed that she will play at the
Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc on September 18th. It will be her
first time in Spain for 7 years. No other concert dates for Spain have
been confirmed.
NewComment
today. |
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21st.
Seems
I forgot to list one of Sitges top attractions. Something I'm sure we'll
all be rushing to see - Photo
Continuing
on from yesterday, Monroes
restaurant IS doing a daily brunch/breakfast every day except Monday. (Lady
Diamond is too knackered after her Sunday night show at Prinz Bar to get
up Monday mornings. Bless here little diamond socks.) |
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20th.
Thank
you Pablo & Ben from Monroes
restaurant, who've just renewed their ad' for the 3rd year running. They
do a very good value for money, quality English/International menu. They
also like to keep their clients entertained to make it a special night
out. They are toying with the idea of doing a daily brunch through summer
this year, we'll have more details of that as soon as they're available.
Another
old piece of Sitges bites the dust. They tore down the building on the
corner of Plaza Industrial, Opposite corner to Parrots
Pub. Photos |
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19th.
I've
decided to start up the comments page again. I used to have one here but
like a lot of things, stopped doing it when I moved to Madrid, but now
that I'm back in Sitges to stay, we'll give it a whirl again. So lads,
start writing in with your comments. They can be about anything from what
you think of this web site, to what your holiday was like, to a good experience
or even a bad experience, etc, etc.
You'll also notice in the links below that I've added a History
of Sitges page and a link to GoSitges.com,
which lists everything in Sitges. Oh, and bye the way, over at GayIberia.com,
I've just added a Spain's Top Attractions page and a Spain's Top Events
page.
I've
gone over a week without mentioning the weather, but just have to mention
it today. At loooong last we had a lovely day yesterday. The last two weeks
have been miserable and I've heard quite a few people complaining that
they left lovely weather behind in England to come to a cold, very wet
Sitges. Sorry lads, we do everything we can to help you have a great time
in Sitges, but the one thing that is out of our control is the weather.
There are still a few things you can do if its raining though. See the
bottom of the What's on & Where
page. |
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| 18th.
The
best English breakfast in town just got even better. Margarita
Beachfront restaurant have found a new supplier for their bacon and
sausages. The new bacon is suculent and the 100% pork sausages are the
best you can get. Oooh, my mouth's watering just from mentioning it! |
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| 17th.
Today I've added details of the 2008 Tarragona International Fireworks
Display and the Salvador Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres to the
Attractions
in Catalonia page. More attractions & Events will be added over
the coming days/weeks. I have now also added the best way to get to each
of the attractions from Sitges and the train times. |
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16th.
NEW - Yet another new thing added to GaySitges.com today. Attractions
in Catalonia takes you on a tour of what's worth visiting in towns
around Sitges. I'll be adding a lot more to it over the coming weeks and
if you know of anything I should add, please drop me a line.
- Remember to check GayBarcelona.com
as well, for Barcelona's top attractions.
Today
is the day that Bar 7 starts opening every night, which kinda, sorta marks
the official begining of the summer season.Yipee! |
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| 15th.
Welcome
Parrots,
to GaySitges.com. With Parrots
Hotel right above Parrots Sauna,
which is right next to the stylish Parrots
Restaurant and seconds away from the popular people watching Parrots
Pub and Parrots Terrace,
you need look no further for somewhere to stay, play and pass the time
away on your trip to Sitges. |
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| 14th.
Thank you Fabio, from B-Side bar, who has renewed
his ad' for yet another year. If you're looking for a bar with a friendly,
chill out atmosphere,
B-Side has it. A popular
bar with frequent strip shows in the summer. Before you go there, why not
try his restaurant Ogmios, which in the
short time its been open has gained a very good reputation for quality
and price. |
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13th.
I've
just put
GoSitges.com back
online. I took it offline because we were unsure of whether we were going
to stay in Sitges, however, we have finally decided that we are going to
stay here. In fact, we're looking for a new apartment to rent, so if you
know of a good one, please let us know. GoSitges.com
lists all the stuff we don't have in this gay guide. I'm currently doing
a major update to it, as a lot of new places have opened and quite a few
have closed since it was last properly worked on 4 months ago. So lads,
looks like this old blog is here to stay :-)
I
noticed that the Platjador
Hotel had truck loads of new mattresses delivered yesterday. They looked
like high quality ones too, so no worries about squeaky springs if you're
staying there! ;-) |
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| 12th.
If
you like coffee, you must try the new Café Sitges, Sant Pau, 32.
Every coffee is ground individually when ordered, to make sure it is as
fresh as it can be. Say hi to Andrew & James for me. |
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| 11th.
It
continued to poar with rain all day yesterday and finally stopped in time
for us to hit the bars. Here's some photos
of the deluge. Today is beautiful and sunny :-) Other news is that Eric
& Carlos from Bourbons bar got married. Congrats lads! |
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| 10th. It continued
to rain all day yesterday and all of last night. At the moment, (7am) it
has stopped. As much as we wanted rain, that's more than enough for our
liking, for now. We want our sun back! Saddly, the forecast is grim. At
least 3 more days of rain to come. So if you are coming to Sitges in the
next few days, don't forget to pack your Wellington boots! Check our What's
on & Where page for some wet, beachless day ideas. It started raining
again at 10am and now at 2pm, it is pouring down. |
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| 9th. Not exactly
pouring with rain yet, but it has been raining all night and is forecast
to continue throughout the weekend. |
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| 8th. The forecast
says we're in for heavy rain tomorrow and Saturday, with more rain Sunday
and Monday. I know that's not want you want if you are coming on holiday,
but we are deperate for it. We're in the worst drought condition for over
50 years. If you are here in the next few days and if we do get heavy rain,
after it stops, pop down to the promenade where the Subur
Hotel is and you'll see the street turned into a torrential river.
Its quite a sight. |
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| 7th. El Candil bar
is temporarily closed due to an electrical problem caused by construction
in the apartments above. We went in there Saturday night and it was dead
silent, but bless 'em, they were doing their best to create an atmosphere
themselves. Hopefully their problem will be fixed very soon because it
is one of the best bars in Sitges. Always a fun atmosphere, always full
of good looking men and always great music. |
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6th. We're getting
bigger! GaySitges.com is part of GayIberia.com
which in turn is part of TheGayStation.com
which is a new gay guide to the world, in the making. We're currently working
on more towns that will be added very soon, and which are getting our usual
scrutiny to make sure they're accurate, however, we can always use your
help. If you have a gay business anywhere in the world, make sure you let
us know about it. If you live in one of the towns we've covered, please
tell us if you spot an error or know of something new that we don't have
listed. We're especially interested in cruising areas as they are the most
difficult to get to know of, unless you live in the town. Help us to help
you to know where in the world to go for a gay holiday
Blowing my own trumpet a
bit here, but in April TheGayStation.com
got 79,000 visitors and I've not done a single thing to promote it! Could
it be that everyone is looking for simplicity? I know I hate web sites
with needless bells & whistles. I just want the info I went there looking
for, not a display of the webmaster's latest skills with his new, all singing,
all dancing piece of design software, and that's exactly what I'm trying
to give you with my guides - pure simplicity. (Ok, I admit it, I'm too
simple to do it any flashier anyway)
This seems as good a time
as any to thank my two greatest mentors. Although I have a constant love/hate
relationship with this forever crashing piece of digital junk, Bill Gates
did give me what I'd always been looking for but could never find - a way
to work, that doesn't take too much effort!
Secondly, Google, who through
simplicity, got to be where they are today. I know you'll never see TheGayStation.com
up in lights like Google's name, I wouldn't even want that kind of success
- that IS too much hard work for my liking! But they are who I've always
attempted to emulate, in my own little way.
When all is said and done,
I hope I have been of some help to you. My two favorite subjects have always
been geography and men, and remarkaby, (Considering they are such unrelated
interests) I've found a way to put those two things together and hopefully
share some of my enjoyment with you. Have a great holiday, wherever on
Earth you go! |
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| 5th. If you're looking
for a hotel in Sitges, look no further. See our recommendations on the
Hotels
& B&B page. We have hotels in the centre of town, the nearest
hotel to the gay beach, the nearest one to the mixed nudist beach, Sitges
most exclusive gay B&B and a few others to choose from as well. |
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| 4th. Three great
restaurants that you should try while in Sitges are 1. The
Beach House. Aussie owned with a delicious mix of Aussie/Oriental cuisine.
2. Monroes. English run and very good value
for money English/International style dishes. 3. Margarita
Beachfront which does a great English breakfast on their lovely beachfront
terrace. At weekends and in high season, it is highly recommended that
you book in advance as these restaurants are very popular. |
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| 3rd. Daniel has asked
me to mention that if you want a massage this May holiday period, try and
book it as much in advance as possible as he is already very booked up.
He does great massages that are sure to leave you satisfied. See his ad'
at the top of this page or visit his web
site |
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| 2nd. Seems the Spanish
just couldn't wait to get to the beach this Uno de Mayo holiday. There
were traffic jams up to 100 kms long to get to the main beach resorts yesterday.
We've got beautiful weather here in Sitges, but if you are coming, bring
a light jacket. It's a bit on the chilly side at night. |
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| 1st. We've got a
new event for you for this month - Sitges Preludi Musica i Dansa. (Sitges
Music & Dance Prelude) It's a series of live concerts held at the Melia
Sitges Hotel's auditorium with some of Spain's top names performing,
including Chambao which many of you who don't live in Spain probably know
and if you don't know them, you should. Their music is a great mix of Spanish
Flamenco and Chill out. See the Events page for
dates of the concerts. |
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