On Friday night Elisse had asked me to leave uni a bit early, because we had somewhere to be at nine thirty. I had absolutely no idea what was going on until we got out to the olympic basketball stadium near Badalona and Elisse let me know we were seeing Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. They were absolutely incredible. I've never seen Nick Cave live and watching him dance about on stage during the songs and banter with a few of the audience in between was fantastic.

I had a great birthday yesterday. Elisse, Tim, Angela, Hélder, Ana and I all went down the beach for a truly relaxing afternoon. We tested the cricket set out for the first time, and discovered that the ball that came with the set doesn't bounce on sand, not even a little bit. We had sandwiches, beer and a few of us even braved the water to go for a (very) short swim. After that we headed back home for some Hummingbird Cake, which we managed to cook evenly in spite of our crappy oven.

After that, with Elisse and I just about falling asleep, we went out for tapas with Elisse's French 'cousin' and her friend and then for tea shakes afterwards at Copa Café.

Thanks to everyone for a really great birthday.