After a few years spent in Barcelona working in a real estate company, I found myself, at the beginning of 2011, on the job market again. It's not an atypical situation in Spain nowadays, and, like many other friends, I found myself in what we call paro in Spanish, i.e., unemployed. Instead of jumping on a plane and making the most of the privileged situation of having time and money at the same time, I decided to keep on looking for a job and leave the project of travelling around the world for the future. Weeks of job hunt followed, and they now sum up, more or less, to a year. Too bad that I did not want to spend a gap year, but, if I look back, life has not been so bad over the past months. Let's face it, Barcelona is a gorgeous city, and when you get stressed about the fact that your job search is leading you nowhere, you can always call up a few friends and arrange an aperitive on the beach.
In spite of the crisis, Barcelona has not lost its vitality, and it keeps offering a huge deal of restaurants and bars, scattered all over the city. The nice thing is that new places keep opening (although some, of course, go out of business), and the international vibe in town has not faded away. Throwing out CVs and going out in bars and restaurants with my friends were my main activities over this unwanted gap year. Since I assume that none would care about my job search strategy, I decided to open this blog to share with other internauts my best experiences in Barcelona's great dining and clubbing scene. Keep in mind that, as an Italian, I am really into good food, good wines and good drinks, so maybe you want to use some of my advice if you ever decide to spend a few days in town!
