ISSUE 2 NEWSLETTER OF THE 39TH SPR INTERNATIONAL MEETING MARCH 2008

Thank you all for your enthusiastic feedback on Issue 1! And thank you as well for your suggestions on what to include in Welcome! Issue 2 and the forthcoming ones. Following many of these suggestions, we have added more restaurants to the Eating Esther Giménez-Salinas i Colomer in section (p. 2), and have also included a list of Rector of Ramon Llull University websites where you can find many more restaurants It is my honor as the

reviewed and classified (p. 3). In this issue you’ll also find Rector of Ramon Llull

information on cultural visits (p. 3) as well as an article from University to welcome the TimeOut Online that we thought could help those of you participants in the 39th who have not been in Barcelona before to better

understand our city and our country. This issue’s I Am From International Meeting of

Barcelona section contains an Easter egg (well, it’s not the Society for

exactly hidden!)—if you are curious about the unlikely duet Psychotherapy Research. Mercury‐Caballé, you’ll find it very easily. On a less lyrical Consistent with the and more down‐to‐earth level, we are also including main trends in research practical information (p. 6), accommodation FAQ’s in p. 7 and higher education in (please reserve your rooms ASAP, Barcelona is one of the Europe and the world, our most visited cities in Europe in the Summer), and a special preview of the Banquet (p. 8). Remember that there are a University has always had a clear international mission. limited number of tickets for the banquet, so please get one This interest has led to establishing increasingly also ASAP if you don’t want to miss this very special event. extensive and intensive research links, as well as to The Local Organizing Team™ supporting international conferences such as SPR’s.

Certainly, it is a success and a source of pride for Ramon Llull University that hundreds of the world’s best psychotherapy researchers are going to meet in our city thanks to the organizational support of one of

the university’s most active and prestigious faculties:

Blanquerna Faculty of Psychology, Education and Sport Sciences. I wish you all a pleasant and profitable stay in Barcelona and hope that, when the conference I NSIDE T HIS I SSUE is over, you will feel that this city and this University are also your home. ™ 2 •Eating In BCN

•More Restaurants •Cultural Visits Esther Giménez-Salinas i Colomer 3 •Did You Know That… Rector

•Understanding BCN 4 5 •I Am From BCN

6 •Practical Information

7 •Accommodation FAQs 8 •The Banquet Newsletter Editor-in-Chief: Luis Botella.

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lunch of cañas (small beers) and no-fuss tapas like herb-infused Eating In Barcelona (continued on issue 3) steamed mussels, toast topped with luscious duck liver and For Cervantes, Barcelona was a "refuge of foreigners, school caramelized onion, and a hearty four-cheese risotto. The of chivalry, and epitome of all that a civilized and inquisitive seemingly endless menu is written on the blackboard at the taste could ask for." When it comes to eating, “civilized taste” bar, and the easygoing servers never seem to be fazed no in Barcelona means not approaching lunch and dinner as just matter how many times you call them back to order something meals, but as social constructions. They are the perfect time to else. dive in a sea of pure relatedness (to borrow Ken Gergen’s Casa Tejada metaphor) and to celebrate friendship and the joy of life. You cannot do this in 20 minutes and eat at the same time, so we Address: Tenor Viñas, 3 like to devote to our meals the time that they deserve! The Phone: +34 93 2007341

Catalan word “sobretaula” (“sobremesa” in Spanish) means Prices Tapas 3€-17€ “time after meal for socializing during which participants sit Frommer's Review around the table drinking and talking” and, just as the silence Covered with rough stucco and decorated with hanging hams, that follows a melody is a part of it, the sobretaula that follows Casa Tejada (established in 1964) offers some of the best tapas. a meal is at least as cherished as the meal itself. So… relax, Arranged behind a glass display case, they include such dishes take it easy, and enjoy your meal as well as your friendship! as marinated fresh tuna, German-style potato salad, ham salad, and five preparations of squid (including one that's stuffed). Les Set Portes For variety, quantity, and quality, this place is hard to beat. Address: Passeig d'Isabel II, 14 There's outdoor dining in summer. Phone +34 93 3193033 Espai Sucre Price Main courses 18€-35€ Address: Princesa 53 Frommer’s Review Phone: +34 932681630 Festive and elegant, 7 Portes been around since 1836, making it one of the oldest restaurants in Barcelona. Pretty much Prices: 3-dessert platter 28€ ; 5-dessert platter anybody who is anybody has dined here over the years. While 35€ Frommer's Review these days it's more touristy than aristocratic, there is still Espai Sucre (Sugar Space) is Barcelona's most unusual dining enough authentic charm left in the decor (and patrons) to room, with a minimalist decor and seating for 30. For the make it well worth the visit. The white-aproned staff members dessert lover, it is like entering a heaven created by the sugar are constantly on the go, which in some ways makes it feel like fairy himself. The place has a gimmick, and it works. The an upmarket canteen. There is nothing slap-dash about the menu is devoted to desserts. There is a short list of so-called food, though: Regional dishes include fresh herring with "salty" dishes for those who want to cool it with the sugar. onions and potatoes, a different paella daily (sometimes with shellfish, for example, or with rabbit), and a wide array of Actually it's quite good and imaginatively prepared, including the likes of ginger couscous with pumpkin and grilled stingray fresh fish, expertly deboned and skinned at the table. You might order succulent oysters or an herb-laden stew of black or artichoke cream with a poached quail egg and serrano ham. The lentil stew with foie gras is first-rate, as are the spicy veal beans with pork or white beans with sausage. Portions are "cheeks" with green apples. Forget all about those tearoom enormous. The restaurant's name means "Seven Doors," and concoctions you'd find in a pastry cafe. The desserts here are it really does have seven doors underneath some charming original creations. Your "salad" is likely to be small cubes of porticoes that are typical to this portside pocket of Barcelona. spicy milk pudding resting on matchsticks of green apple with Bar Mut baby arugula leaves, peppery caramel, dabs of kaffir lime and Address: Pau Claris, 192 lemon curd, and a straight line of toffee. Ever had a soup of litchi, celery, apple, and eucalyptus? If not, you can try them Phone +34 93 2210007 here. If some of the concoctions frighten your palate, you'll Price Tapas 30€-40€ for two find comfort in the more familiar -- vanilla cream with coffee New York Times Review sorbet and caramelized banana. Every dessert comes with a This bustling joint is where local people go to feast on a casual recommendation for the appropriate wine to accompany it. ™

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Internet Resources To Find Even What To Do In The City Of Culture Barcelona has always been a city with strong cultural and More Restaurants festive traditions. Its more than 50 museums and many art Barcelona has more than 6,700 restaurants. It’s obviously galleries stage permanent and temporary exhibitions that are impossible to try to review a significant sample in this part of a stimulating, year-round, calendar of events. The Newsletter. However, besides our own biased selection of recently extended ; the Fundació Joan Miró; the favorites, here’s a list of websites where you can find a lot Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya-MNAC, with its unique more. Browse them, make your selection and bring a list with collection of Romanesque art; the Museu d’Art Contemporani you when you come! de Barcelona–MACBA; CaixaForum, housed in an old art- ;TimeOut Online—128 restaurants reviewed and classified nouveau factory; or the Fundació Antoni Tàpies are must-see by type of food, area, and price: landmarks which trace culture throughout the ages. http://www.timeout.com/barcelona/restaurants_bars/1/ ;Gastronomic Routes recommended by Barcelona Music in Barcelona is a fiesta. All the musical genres can be Tourism official website—for those of you looking not only enjoyed in the city, from classical to contemporary music, for a good meal but for a better knowledge of our city and our from ethnic music to jazz. Modern concert venues−which are culture. also landmark buildings−such as L’Auditori, the Palau de la http://www.bcn.es/turisme/english/turisme/ Música and the Gran Teatre del offer prestigious ;Guía del Ocio—an eclectic and weekly selection of performances throughout the year. Theatre-going is another recommended restaurants, including theme suggestions (e.g., activity that enlivens the cultural life of Barcelona, which romantic dinners). In Spanish. features prestigious internationally-known theatres. The http://www.guiadelocio.com/barcelona/restaurantes/ opening of the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya consolidates the ;Frommer’s Online—105 restaurants reviewed and range of entertainment on offer in Barcelona. classified: Barcelona is a cultural hotspot. Every year, the city’s museums http://www.frommers.com/destinations/barcelona/45_inddin.html and cultural centres are a melting pot of people. Last year, ;BCNShop—128 restaurants reviewed and classified Barcelona’s main museums attracted some 14,000,000 visitors. selected by Barcelona Turisme. The Sagrada Família is the most popular cultural attraction and http://bcnshop.barcelonaturisme.com/ ™ over two million people visited it last year. La Pedrera, also Did You Know That… designed by Gaudí, and the new CaixaForum also proved popular with 1,500,000 visitors. •Barcelona is the only city in the world with nine buildings which are UNESCO World Heritage: la Pedrera, Park Güell, Source: Turisme de Barcelona. Press File. 2007

Palau Güell, Palau de la Música Catalana, Hospital de la Santa •Museu Picasso: http://www.museupicasso.bcn.es/ Creu i Sant Pau, Sagrada Família, Casa Batlló, and •Fundació Joan Miró: http://www.bcn.fjmiro.cat/ Cripta de la Colònia Güell? •Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya-MNAC: •Barcelona is the world’s third most popular congress city, http://www.mnac.es/ according to the International Congress & Convention Association •Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona–MACBA: (ICCA), and is the seventh city in the world for convention http://www.macba.es/ tourism, according to the Union of International Associations •CaixaForum: (UIA)? http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/centros/caixaforumbcn_es.html •Fundació Antoni Tàpies: http://www.fundaciotapies.org • According to the magazine Lloyd’s Cruise International, •L’Auditori: http://www.auditori.org/index.aspx Barcelona is Europe and the Mediterranean’s leading cruise •Palau de la Música: http://www.palaumusica.org/ harbour? •Gran Teatre del Liceu: •According to the German Sport+Markt the Football Club http://www.liceubarcelona.com/teatre_liceu.asp Barcelona is the most popular football team in the world with •Teatre Nacional de Catalunya: more than 50 million fans worldwide. http://www.tnc.es/ca/index.html

•La Pedrera: http://www.gaudi2002.bcn.es/english/index.htm Source: Turisme de Barcelona. Press File. 2007 ™ •Sagrada Família: http://www.sagradafamilia.org/ ™

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UNDERSTANDING BARCELONA Helped, in large part, by the legacy of Gaudí and the

This text from TimeOut Online summarizes quite other Modernists, which provided the city with a accurately the recent history of BCN and captures unique foundation both architecturally and in spirit, this nicely the way many of us feel about it. See a was perhaps the most spectacular, and certainly the slideshow of more than 250 amazing pictures of most deliberate, of Barcelona’s reinventions; it

BCN to illustrate it—try to find the Conference succeeded in large part because this image of Venue among them! Slideshow: creativity and vivacity simply fitted well with an idea of the city already held by many of its citizens. Thrown http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcnbits/sets/620757/show/ into the mix were the core values of cultural pride and

a delight in traditional ways, from dancing the sardana According to every poll worth its clipboard, Barcelona is the European city best loved by visitors, and to the in front of the cathedral, to wheeling out the papier current generation of cultural dilettantes and easy mâché giants at the first hint of a celebration.

Jetsetters it is almost impossible to imagine that it Barcelona’s love of eccentricity had already brought wasn’t ever thus. about a wealth of quirky museums (such as those This is the city’s triumph, and its own self-assurance is devoted to shoes, perfume, sewers, funeral carriages and mechanical toys), to which more were added. Its fortified with the quiet knowledge of how it got here. handsome but grimy façades were buffed up, its Over the centuries it has been buffeted by invading forces, fleeced by trade restrictions and strangled by streets renamed and its churches restored. To see it autocratic central governments—and every time has nowadays it’s as if the drab decades were just a bounced back prouder and more audacious. After the collective bad dream. ™ http://www.timeout.com/barcelona/feature/2098/Introduction.html ‘grey years’, the interminable period between the end of the civil war and Franco’s dying breath, there was a huge zest for change, to move on to a new era. It stoked the desire to transform the city itself, while the Jean Nouvel’s futuristic Olympic bid and then the Games themselves provided Torre Agbar is extra incentive, not to mention cash. cylindrical in form and completely covered by I love going to Barcelona because it is cosmopolitan, glass. With a height of (post)modern, active, welcoming, and lovable at the 142 meters, it can be same time … what else can one ask for? seen from practically Mark Beyebach. anywhere in the city. It is representative of Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca. Barcelona’s The finest architects and urban planners were commitment to persuaded to take part in this vision. The axis upon continue at the which the project spun was the idea to ‘turn Barcelona forefront of world around’ to face the sea, creating whole swathes of architecture and it has become a tourist beach from virtual wasteland. Ugly high-rises flung up attraction, not only during the Franco regime were pulled down, derelict during the day (its blocks razed to provide open spaces and parkland, viewpoint, at 142

meters high, is an and world-class artists and sculptors—Roy Lichtenstein, James Turrell, Claes Oldenburg and enviable vantage point), but also at night (the Eduardo Chillida among them—commissioned to tower is illuminated brighten up street corners. Along with the creation of from top to bottom the new Barcelona in bricks and mortar went the with a combination of promotion of Barcelona-as-concept, a seductive various colors). cocktail of architecture, imagination, tradition, style, nightlife and primary colors.

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I Am From Barcelona!

(continued on issue 3)

Montserrat Caballé was born in Barcelona on 12 April 1933. She has become 's greatest living soprano. Her voice has a creaminess and power which is unsurpassed. Her ability to float a note pianissimo is unrivaled. She is considered to have become the leading Verdi and Donizetti soprano of her time. Montserrat Caballé is one of the few operatic singers to have had a pop record on the charts. Freddie Mercury, the late lead singer of the rock band Queen, was a fan of her work and on meeting her they sang at the piano all night. They became firm friends and the album Barcelona was recorded with lyrics by Tim Rice amongst others. The single from the album charted twice in the UK and was a success the world over bringing new fans to this remarkable woman.™ http://www.divasthesite.com/Singing_Divas/Montserrat_Caballe.htm Floquet de Neu (c. 1964–2003) was an albino

gorilla, the most popular resident of the .

Ethologist Jordi Sabater Pi found the only white gorilla known so far outside the Equatorial forest of Nko, near the river Campo, in Spanish Guinea (Rio Muni now

Equatorial Guinea), on October 1, 1966. Floquet

() was known worldwide, mentioned in tourist guides and shown on postcards, becoming a mascot for the city. Snowflake is also known for being the most solicited real animal to be cloned by the public and

media—which is possible since his DNA was kept after his death in November 2003 at the Barcelona Zoo. http://www.floquetdeneu.es/ ™

W ATCH F REDDIE & M ONTSERRAT S INGING “BARCELONA”

We have edited a webpage with selected audiovisual material. In this month’s issue we have included Freddie Mercury & Other famous Catalans: Montserrat Caballé’s performance of “Barcelona” in 1988. This was one of the last performances of Queen’s lead singer

•Pere Bosch-Gimpera (1891-1974), anthropologist, before his untimely death. archaeologist and prehistorian. We have also included a video from the song Boig per tu (Mad •Pau Casals (1876-1973), cellist. about you) by Sau & Luz Casal. The also untimely death of

•Xavier Cugat (1900-1990), musician. Carles Sabater, Sau’s lead singer, in 1999 turned this song into the anthem of a whole generation. Boig per tu is a slow tempo •Salvador Dalí (1904-1989), artist. torch song in Catalan. Played live with a chorus of thousands

•Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850-1927), architect. of fans at the it makes you feel… well, judge

for yourself. •Pau Gasol (1980-), NBA basketball player. http://recerca.blanquerna.url.edu/constructivisme/barcelona.htm ™

•Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926), architect.™

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION (COMPILED Online Reservations and Discounts FROM RELIABLE WEBSITES) Through the BCNShop webpage you can buy online tickets Exchange for many attractions, museums, and shows, as well as You can exchange cash or travelers checks at any bank or reserve a table at restaurants. You can also benefit from exchange office. Rates are not fixed and vary from one discounts in such interesting products as the following: place to another. Banks generally take a 0.30 % •Barcelona Card: City card featuring free travel on public commission. The exchange offices do not, but the rate is transport, discounts and free offers at museums, cultural often less favorable. In some offices, you can negotiate a venues, theatres, leisure facilities, night-clubs, shops, better deal on exchanging large amounts. Savings banks restaurants and entertainments, other services, and unique open from Mon. to Fri. in the morning and Thu. afternoons. means of transport. Banks also open on Saturdays. The exchange offices are found mainly in the centre of the city (The Ramblas), at the •Articket BCN: Single ticket which allows you to visit the 7 airport and at the railway stations. Their opening hours leading art centers in Barcelona. vary, but some remain open till late, including weekends. If •The double-decker Barcelona Bus Turístic: the most you are in need, you can also exchange money at hotels, convenient way to discover the city's most interesting and although probably at a poorer rate. Also, Tracy Eells attractive sights. pointed to us that ATM (Automatic Teller Machines) offered •Guided scooter tours: a guided panoramic tour of the the best rates and lowest commissions. city's main tourist landmarks, on automatic 125 cc scooters, Taxes escorted by a guide who talks about the history of the sights Value Added Tax, (in Spanish IVA—16%), is charged on on the route. the consumption of products in the European Union. •Guided walks: Gourmet, Modernist, and/or Picasso.

Electricity •Barcelona Zoo.

The most common electric current is 220 volts and 50 hz. •Olympic and Sports Museum: Barcelona is the first major Post European city to have a museum dedicated to the Olympics— the Museu Olímpic i de l'Esport. The museum You can buy stamps to send letters in any tobacconist's is located next to the Montjuïc Olympic Stadium and offers a ("estanco"), in some hotels or in post offices. They can then unique visitor experience centered on the Olympic be posted in any of the yellow post-boxes spread around movement and sport. ™ the city. http://bcnshop.barcelonaturisme.com/ Phone Calls

You can use any telephone booth or public telephone to make phone calls. Most work with phone cards worth 6€ or N EWS• N EWS• N EWS• N EWS• N EWS 12€, which can be bought in tobacconists. Calls made The high-speed train line which links Barcelona with Madrid between 22h and 8h of the following day, Saturdays from (AVE) was inaugurated on 20 February. A total of 17 high- 14h and Sundays all day are subject to a reduced charge speed trains will run between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. every day, (30 to 50% cheaper). Local and inter-provincial calls: seven from Barcelona and eight from Madrid, linking the Province code + number. International: 00 + country code two cities. Trains circulate at speeds above 250 kilometers + area code + number. To receive a call 34 (Spain) + 93 per hour, on occasion reaching 300 kilometers per hour. (Barcelona) + No. From Sants Estació the AVE will take you to Madrid in 2 Internet Cafes hours and 40 minutes. ™

There are cybercafes of all sizes spread all over the city. http://www.renfe.es/ They are really not very hard to find. Prices are modest (3€/h) and most of them have great coffee, too.

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Accommodation FAQ’s Q: I want to stay at a student’s residence or youth hostel. A: At the conference website you’ll also find a Q: I want to stay at the congress venue. list of 8 students residences, plus the youth What need I do? hostel mentioned before. Because some of A: The congress venue is at Hotel Barceló them are not exactly near the Barceló Sants, Sants**** and is a short metro ride from we have also included detailed instructions on many tourist, dining and shopping destinations how to get from the residence to the in Barcelona. The hotel is located above the conference venue by public transportation. railway station, Sants Estació, which is also a Some of the residences offer the possibility to subway (metro) station served by two metro share the room with up to 4 or 5 roommates, so lines; L3 and L5. To reserve a room there, go if you know of a group of people coming to the to the conference website and follow the conference you might be interested in instructions you’ll find. organizing your stay together. Q: I want to stay at another hotel near the Q: I want to stay at an apartment. congress venue. How do I find one? A: For those traveling with their family or in a A: There are several other hotels located near group, renting an apartment can be a smart the Barceló Sants. On the conference website plan, giving you the unique experience of you’ll find details and contact information for living in a foreign city and saving money with more than 30 (ranging from youth hostels to 4 a cheap weekly rate and cooking in your own stars hotels). Because SPR has not a contract kitchen. At the conference website you’ll find with these hotels, room prices may vary the contact information of an apartment rental depending on circumstances that are beyond company we recommend. If you don’t like this SPR’s control, so the best way to know is to one, or you don’t find apartments available, try contact them directly. this web (go to “members”): http://www.apartur.com/ Again, apartments can be shared, so try to Barcelona: plural and overwhelming organize yourselves if you’re a group planning microcosm of light and colour, shapes, to stay together. smells, touch and sounds. A sum conquered Q: Need I reserve my accommodation to time. Built in stone. Drawn in crystal. early? Isabel Caro. Universidad de Valencia. A: You definitely do. Barcelona is quite busy during the summer. Its many attractions make it a number 1 tourist destination, and if you Q: I want to stay at another hotel, but I wait you are likely to have difficulties finding don’t mind if it’s not within walking an accommodation within your preferences. ™ distance of the Barceló Sants. A: Staying at a hotel in another area of Barcelona is not too much of a problem in this case, because the metro will take you to the Barceló Sants in a matter of minutes. To locate a hotel of your liking, use the search engine that you’ll find on the conference website and choose according to your preferred criteria. If you want to make sure that the hotel you choose is near a metro station, look at the map that most of them display in their websites.

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Synopsis CosmoCaixa isn’t a museum for the mere onlooker. Visitors are invited to try

things out. The room which has the 65-metre Part I Geological Wall, with all kinds of geological

formations and rocks—some of them formed by erosion and sedimentation—even includes part of a Brazilian glacier. A 1,000 The spectacular CosmoCaixa is an 2 m exhibition room takes you to the biggest enlarged, much improved version of the crowd pleaser, The Flooded Forest, a living, 1980 original. Funded by a major bank (La breathing Amazonian rainforest inside the Caixa) the Museu de la Ciència closed in museum with over 100 species of animal and 1998 and embarked on a 6-year overhaul. A plant life where you can experience tropical 100-million € refurbishment transformed the rain and 80% humidity levels, surrounded by La Caixa Foundation’s Science Museum the typical flora and fauna of the zone. All in into CosmoCaixa, a totally new concept in all, the new CosmoCaixa is a unique and museum design which makes science an highly entertaining window to the world of accessible and appealing discipline; the best, science. most high-tech, and certainly most hands- That night, the museum will open on, science museum in Europe. Located exclusively for us. So, our own Nuit Au above the Ronda de Dalt ring road, it Musée will surely take place in a very occupies a modernist building (originally a congenial atmosphere! poorhouse) at the foot of the Tibidabo Part II mountain. CosmoCaixa is an extremely interesting museum: it is educational, interactive and attractive to look at. The museum visit begins with the After visiting the museum, dinner will Room of Matter which has four different be served at the Museum’s Restaurant… areas: Inert Materials shows the beginning featuring surprise special guests! of the universe some 13,700 million years Part III ago, the Big Bang and the creation of matter, energy, space and time; next comes Living Matter, which began around 3,800 million years ago with the origin of life; thirdly we find Intelligent Matter, which explores neurons and the way in which life responds to environmental changes; lastly And after dinner… let’s dance! The we come to Civilised Matter, which spans party will go on at The Rosebud, a club just a the period from the Australopithecus, the few meters from the CosmoCaixa. first genus to walk on two legs, to today’s Homo sapiens, who learnt how to create DON’T MISS IT! See you soon BCN fins aviat! 8 matter. GET YOUR TICKET!