Dennis Hollingsworth

Logistics Barcelona

Living this auto-free life is wonderful. But there are days when the supply chain breaks down and you have to schlep around and get some of the important logistical stuff done.

My art supplier, an online company based in Brussels by the name of Schlieper, has been the key in living and working in a relatively remote village such as Tossa de Mar. In the beginning, the elapsed time between a click of the mouse and a knock by the deliveryperson at the door was about two weeks. Recently, it has taken over a month...

Not Good.

So, yesterday, we took the Sarfa bus to Barcelona to do a little shopping.

Barna Art is the art supply store in Barcelona. A little old and frayed, it has nearly everything you need from custom stretched canvas to printing ink. On this day, there was a steady stream of people at the cash register. Prices are a little high though... by about 20 percent higher than I have been accustomed to. Add to this, about 32 percent more for the battered dollar, banking fees coming and going, top it off with a bus ticket, and you have a slightly tarnished shopping experience.

Oh well.

If you are visiting Barna, don't forget to visit Barna Paper, which is a block away. Good stuff.

Stephanie shopped Zara and Miss Sixty at the Passeo de Gracia. We ate Basque tapas to sooth the strain on the bank accounts.

A good day but a day not in the studio though.