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Caption
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Day
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Category
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Franck Canu
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Sunday |
Players |
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Raphaël Levy
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Sunday |
Players |
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Carlos Barrado
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Sunday |
Players |
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Reinhard Blech
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Sunday |
Players |
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Olivier Ruel
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Sunday |
Players |
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Christoph Lippert
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Sunday |
Players |
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Stan van der Velden
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Sunday |
Players |
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Noah Boeken
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Sunday |
Players |
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The top 8 of Grand Prix Barcelona
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Sunday |
Players |
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The top 8 and a big wooden submarine
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Sunday |
Players |
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Noah Boeken, broken again
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Sunday |
Players |
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Final match between Christoph Lippert and Noah Boeken
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Sunday |
Players |
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Christophe Lippert, angel in disguise
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Sunday |
Players |
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Portuguese Bruno Barracosa table judges the semifinal match between Christoph Lippert and Carlos Barrado
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Sunday |
Players |
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The semifinals between Olivier Ruel and Noah Boeken are judged by Jesper Nielsen
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Sunday |
Players |
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Olivier Ruel and Noah Boeken check each other's deck before the semifinals. Stan van der Velden keeps an eye on Noah; Sideboard reporter Rui Oliveira is following Olivier
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Sunday |
Players |
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Lots of people follow the draft
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Sunday |
Players |
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The Top 8 at the draft
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Sunday |
Players |
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The best judges team ever!
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Sunday |
Staff |
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Xavier Petit lost in round ten and dropped after round thirteen - but he doesn't lose his smile
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Sunday |
Players |
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A croissant for everyone this morning, to make up for the confusion on the start of day two
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Sunday |
Players |
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Florent Jeudon and a munching Frédéric Courtois
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Sunday |
Players |
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The loose hands of Antoine Ruel
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Sunday |
Players |
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Ivan Aranzana covers the feature match of Carlos Barrado in round ten
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Sunday |
Players |
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The match between Noah Boeken and Arjan van Leeuwen in round nine ended in a draw
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Sunday |
Players |
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Diego Mata is carefully watching his opponent
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Sunday |
Players |
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Noah Boeken
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Sunday |
Players |
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Press coverage from out of space
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Sunday |
Players |
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David Sevilla, a well-appreciated Spanish level two judge and Sideboard reporter Juan Tavira
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Sunday |
Players |
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Arjan van Leeuwen, "Have I got a surprise for you"
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Sunday |
Players |
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Not hiding underneath a cap this time, Sergio Parra
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Sunday |
Players |
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Sergio Parra versus Diego Mata, a feature match of undefeated Spanish players
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Sunday |
Players |
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Miguel Folgado Sr, and not one of his kids for a change
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Sunday |
Players |
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Coming fifth at Grand Prix Antwerp a couple of weeks ago, Arjan van Leeuwen is no longer an unknown player
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Sunday |
Players |
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Portuguese Tiago Chan did not make day two but stayed in the running until the very last moment
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Sunday |
Players |
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A concentrated Diego Mata proves that exercise pays off
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Sunday |
Players |
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A tired looking Ricardo Guerra at the end of day 1
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Saturday |
Players |
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Carlos Gomez Villota was undefeated... until round 8
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Saturday |
Players |
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Friedrich Rademacher and Alberto Urdiales only have eyes for the game
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Saturday |
Players |
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Franck Canu from France vs.local Sergio Parra, a popular match in the last round of the day
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Saturday |
Players |
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French rising star Farid Meraghni vs. mtgmetropolis.com reporter Omar Sagol
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Saturday |
Players |
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The real Rodman?
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Saturday |
Players |
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Sideboard's Nele Van der borght in high spirits
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Saturday |
Staff |
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"Mossieur" Canu throws a glance at the camera
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Saturday |
Players |
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Eloi Cabacas has a perfect 6-0 record, without having any byes. Notice South-African Dennis Battiscombe in the background
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Saturday |
Players |
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Adolfo Hernandez, probably only one point away from day two at this moment
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Saturday |
Players |
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"Play faster, Noah" says Head Judge Marc Hernandez
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Saturday |
Staff |
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That is one very big camera - Rune Horvik, a shy scorekeeper
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Saturday |
Staff |
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There's only one person who brings chocolate filled koala bears back from Japan
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Saturday |
Players |
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An animated Amiel Tenebaum
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Saturday |
Players |
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"Le chattard" Christophe Haim "...and on top of that, he seems to know how to play" according to Tenebaum, his opponent
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Saturday |
Players |
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Stan van der Velden is almost scared to let go of his card
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Saturday |
Players |
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Round six features current European Champion Eivind Nitter
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Saturday |
Players |
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Alexa Koen, Mati Ganzalez and Oscar Boy from the Devir office in Spain
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Saturday |
Staff |
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Jelger Wiegersma doing what the Dutch seem to do for a living these days: making a killing at tournaments
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Saturday |
Players |
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Juan Vidal from Spain in the feature match spotlights for the first time
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Saturday |
Players |
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Carlos Barrado shaking it
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Saturday |
Players |
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Spanish Raul Mestre surprised everyone by making Top 8 at Grand Prix Valencia in January last year. By now he is far more experienced...
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Saturday |
Players |
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Spain's pride and glory, Roc Herms, Carlos Barrado and Alex Menal
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Saturday |
Players |
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"Le" Marc H. sipping his juice or how a Head Judge can look innocent
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Saturday |
Staff |
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The catering staff - we're fans
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Saturday |
Staff |
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Nicolaï Herzog, confusing life totals cost him the match
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Saturday |
Players |
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If that isn't the world biggest grin - Helmut Summersberger
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Saturday |
Players |
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What you don't see are Raphaël Gennari's flashy blue shoes
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Saturday |
Players |
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Florent Jeudon bites his lip over a tough decision
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Saturday |
Players |
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The feature match area
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Saturday |
Players |
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Portuguese threesome: Frederico Bastos and a swinging Rui Mariani, who follow the feature match Friedrich Rademacher is covering
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Saturday |
Players |
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Speaking Spanish, Randy Gallegos feels at home in Barcelona
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Saturday |
Staff |
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The first round of the day, on the foreground Ed Fear
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Saturday |
Players |
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Successful French players enjoying their byes, from left to right: Christophe Haim, Amiel Tenebaum and Florent Jeudon
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Saturday |
Players |
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Pedro Arnal and Xavi Gracia of the Devir website take their job very serious, here they are discussing the spelling of each other's names
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Saturday |
Staff |
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Spanish coverage on www.mtgmetropolis.com: Juan Herraiz so embarrassed about his colleague Alberto Urdiales, who goes nuts over his computer
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Saturday |
Staff |
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Patrick Mello seems pleased with his deck
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Saturday |
Players |
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Lucio Moratinos received a set of fine cards really but will need lots of luck with his mana draws
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Saturday |
Players |
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Nice to see little Miguel Folgado back, his last Grand Prix was Biarritz
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Saturday |
Players |
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A Spanish version of Jester's Cap, may it bring him good luck
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Saturday |
Players |
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Stan van der Velden doesn't believe in his deck. Will he be doing Sideboard coverage tomorrow?
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Saturday |
Players |
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The sacred start of a Sealed tournament
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Saturday |
Players |
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Eugene Okine and Yuri Marking came all the way from Russia to get a tan
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Saturday |
Players |
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Judges have varied tasks, here's one being a watch dog
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Saturday |
Staff |
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With the museum next door, security staff is letting people in twenty at a time only, so there is no need to rush
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Saturday |
Site |
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The registration is running smoothly
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Saturday |
Site |
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Eight o'clock and the crowds enter
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Saturday |
Players |
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Next to the port and the Maremagnum, reason enough to wear a funny hat. Magic players?
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Site |
Players |
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A unique example of civil Gothic architecture, waiting to be filled with endless rows of tables
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Saturday |
Site |
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A charming little garden still quiet
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Saturday |
Site |
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The Maritime Museum is next door, as you might have noticed
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Saturday |
Site |
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Grand Prix Barcelona is held in the former Royal Shipyards of the Drassanes Reials, where vessels were constructed for the Catalano-Aragonese crown
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Saturday |
Site |
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Rigging
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Saturday |
Site |
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Card inspiration or not?
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Saturday |
Site |
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Row, row, row your boat
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Saturday |
Site |
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The Ramblas, "the only street in the world which you wish would never end", according to some
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Saturday |
Site |
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BCNeta makes sure our kitten doesn't dirty the place
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Saturday |
Staff |