Wednesday, 7 November 2007

Dead Man Floating

As not that many exciting things happen to me at the lab, I will write a little about my sisters work. She gets some more action once in a while as she lives in a city of millions: Barcelona. I have been back to Barcelona several times now since I moved last Christmas, and I must say the city is getting way too big and crowded and I dont feel very safe anymore. My older sister Birgit works at the World Trade Center in Barcelona. The building is surrounded by water for about 300 degrees , almost making it a little island at the entrance of the port, so anywhere you look out of the window, you will see water. Last thursday my sister and her colleagues found a body. They went to have a coffee and a snack at a lower floor when they suddenly saw a body floating in the water. As if this was not shocking enough yet (dont read further if you’re sensitive!!), the person did not seem to have a head anymore. Face down, or should I say, chest down, he seemed to have been in the water for some time as his body was swollen. It looked to be a guy, with blue jeans and a white shirt on. The police was called immediately, but it took another 2 hours before they got him out of the water, away from my sisters desk view. I’m happy my desk view is a bunch of perfectly healthy goats and horses...

7 comments:

Daily life said...

Creepy!

Anonymous said...

ok, ik lees je blog niet meer tijdens mijn ontbijt!

Elke said...

Weiwei sorry girl it aint no Halloween prank!

Elke said...

Mmm lekker ontbijt voor de PC, boterhammetjes met geitenkaas, wat gekookte hesp, beetje leverpastei, paar rode niertjes, enkele kippenboutjes,...

Mijn oprechte excuses Daan, moge mijn volgende schrijfels uw maag beter stemmen!

forks said...

Weird enough this story makes me want to go back to Barna...

Elke said...

Gork, when are you back in BCN? I a planning to visit some weekend, maybe you are there...

forks said...

I'll be there dec the 18th until the 24th and then again from jan 3th til 7th