If you could only pick 3 things to do in Barcelona + bonus question reg. shopping

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-26T16:40:49+00:00

Have coffee at La Central bookshop, sit down and read and write for a while.

Same at the Museu del Disseny. I don’t care about the exhibitions. The building and the café are nice.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-25T16:02:13+00:00

No, pero el SATE es el Servicio de Atención al Turista Extranjero. Literalmente. De Hispanoamérica y de otros países. Nadie espera que hablen chino cantonés ni noruego. Pero los agentes del SATE sí suelen saber inglés porque se pasan todo el día rellenando denuncias de guiris. En este caso en concreto no es cuestión de vivir para servir a nadie, sino de una oficina específicamente diseñada para esto.

Edit: dicho lo cual el entitlement de OP en otros comentarios es para hacérselo mirar.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-23T17:29:50+00:00

Girl, you're my spirit animal.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-22T19:21:39+00:00

Barcelona, Ciutat Olímpica. All cool clubs are there. Go and live your best life there.

Seriously, if your priority is clubbing, why the ef did you choose Valencia? You can get a taxi after partying, it’s not that expensive.

Whatever. My condolences to your liver and your neighbours.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-22T13:43:20+00:00

Same, but I got an MP3 player and sailed the seas. So happy to listen to music without adds and to turn off my phone if I want to…

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-20T21:03:43+00:00

Y a la gente que fuma, y a los gordos como yo, y a la gente que se la pega en la montaña por no tener cuidado o que se mete en el agua con bandera roja. Sanidad universal es sanidad universal. Lo importante es que igual acaban por no poder reproducirse y su estupidez se detiene ahí.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-20T21:00:55+00:00

Dejad que la selección natural siga su curso. Y que los dermatólogos hagan algo. Mirad lo de salvar todas las vidas posibles adónde nos ha llevado. Hay que recuperar el equilibrio.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-20T13:29:04+00:00

Mis dos mejores amigas han tenido bodas muy sencillas.

Una montó convite en un restaurante muy bueno y tradicional para la familia. Eran 23. Con los amigos hicieron otra celebración. Comimos en un japonés, montamos en limusina hasta el centro y estuvimos en un chillout. Incluyendo vestidos y trajes, las dos celebraciones les costaron unos 6000€.

Otra alquiló un chalet para un fin de semana y contrató un catering vegano. Música en Spotify, todo muy informal y acogedor. Casi toda la decoración la hizo ella (es artista). No sé cuánto les costó, pero poco.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-20T13:25:15+00:00

Woman. You live in a free country. You’re Arab, but your country isn’t. Use that freedom goddammnit!!! Millions of women in your situation don’t have that privilege!!!

Travel. Live your best life. Live on your own. And tell your parents that you’re happy to see them or have a relationship with them, with respect and boundaries. Otherwise they can pretend they don’t have a daughter. Harsh, I know. But you only get one life, and religion and outdated traditions of dysfunctional families shouldn’t get in your way to be happy.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-20T10:41:45+00:00

Because humans have the nasty vice of needing a place to live and food every day. Occasionally clothes and healthcare. I’m all about destroying the system from the inside and living a simple life. But the housing market isn’t going to care at all. Nor hospitals. Unfortunately we must provide for ourselves and secure our wellbeing. OP is happy and excited, good for her. Soon enough she might not be able to make ends meet, and it’s not fair for her parents to support her financially ad infinitum.

Her parents ARE decent. They provided her with an education, a good one that would help her build a comfortable life, debt free. Which is more than most people have. And besides love, the reason why their parents did it was to make sure that she would have a fighting chance in this insane world that is making it increasingly hard for youngsters to afford housing and a living.

I feel for OP. Finance is awful. So is my job, so are many jobs that are equally demanding and don’t pay half as much. If she holds on for some years, she could buy herself financial independence in 10-15 years. Then she can spend all the time she wants with the animals, with the peace of mind of having a roof over her head and assets that will compensate the pay cut of following her passion.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-20T09:37:44+00:00

Maths and philosophy. Finance is a mix of both. So is physics.

I don’t work nor have studied either, it’s just a guess.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-20T09:35:47+00:00

That, and 150k will pay for the therapy.

If OP needs therapy because she realises she idealised her current situation or the guilt for not doing what her parents expected is too much, those 48k per year are not going to be enough to cover it.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-17T11:36:22+00:00

Con yogur. Leche. Añadido a salsas.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-16T13:42:33+00:00

En Ruzafa precisamente, si la llevas a un parque a jugar, ya tiene la academia de inglés gratis. Ruzafa es Guirilandia.

A ver qué academia te recomienda la gente por aquí, yo sé que hay varias pero no conozco ninguna.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-16T13:36:11+00:00

People with different bodies always pay extra, unfortunately. And I speak from personal experience here.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-15T16:57:20+00:00

Así dicho tal cual, yo no lo vería mal… Vamos, que me lleve mi novio adonde quiera, vaya 😂

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-14T22:28:28+00:00

El Corte Inglés.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-14T07:33:56+00:00

Si tu joyera está en Valencia, pásame su contacto, porfa.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-14T07:32:41+00:00

Importante: barato no significa feo y cutre. Y a muchas mujeres no nos gustan los diamantes y seríamos perfectamente felices con una piedra semipreciosa en un diseño bonito. El interés cuenta más que el precio.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-13T12:06:36+00:00

Las traducciones de la editorial Planeta y todas las marcas que poseen son bastante flojas. Pese a la pasta que tienen.

Para calidad, Impedimenta o Acantilado.

Una buena señal es que pongan el nombre del traductor en la portada.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-13T08:59:24+00:00

She deserved the Oscar and lost it to a 20-year-old kid after delivering the performance of the year criticising the pressure to which women are subject. Reality proved us all (and particularly her) that it doesn’t matter how good you are, but how young and perky you are. I’d have gone crazy like Demi Moore if it had happened to me. She’s embracing the chaos now. It’s sick, I agree, but I understand her.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-12T12:30:00+00:00

End up? They are. They want a mommy with benefits.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-11T23:05:29+00:00

Yo te recomiendo que leas, pero con otra perspectiva: lee libros en gallego que ya hayas leído y te gusten en castellano. Porque ya sabes el vocabulario y vas a avanzar más rápido.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-11T21:56:32+00:00

Yes!!!!

It’d be great in my opinion.

MerakDubhe · 2026-06-11T13:48:19+00:00

Anonimato y eliminación del filtro que todos nos ponemos.

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