La Boqueria Barcelona

We arrived at El Prat Barcelona's Airport at 10:30, recieved our luggage and took a taxi to our hotel Casanova by Rafael, in Grand via les Corts. Suprised to see that the room we booked was in fact a suite in the top floor of the hotel with a spacious bedroom, a living room with a 40'' LCD TV, 2 bathrooms and many more. Took a shower, an hour of …

We had to cancel our plans for the beach today as it has been pouring here all day. We were up early and on the Metro to the Sagrada Familia. This was easily the most beautiful cathedral I have ever seen. We headed back to the Las Ramblas and spent the rest of the morning at La Boqueria. I have never been to such a massive market. It was amazing. …

We had an awesome day today! We walked Las Ramblas which is a tree-lined boulevard full of vendors, restaurants, food markets and street performers. At one of the well-known food markets, La Boquería, we bought Jamón Ibérico, which is one of the tastiest hams you will ever eat! We also bought bread, fresh organic fruit, amazing smooth-like-butter …

It is so often the case with me that I start things without ever completing them. Although, I never really lose the intention of finishing. So, here I am over a year later trying to keep my blog in line.

I find this trip fairly hazy now that I think of it. There are many many things that I could say about Barcelona but I think that the …

Yesterday was a great day! We took the metro downtown to Las Ramblas; this street was truly an epicenter of activity. There were tons of different purveyors from livestock, flowers, and food, to trinkets and souvenirs. There were also street performers, which made their money by allowing tourists to take their pictures (we snuck in a few pics …

Yesterday was by far our busiest day, we toured Barcelona via a hop-on, hop-off bus. We slept in, which was a must after having a late dinner the night before, and ventured out to Catalunya Playa and on to Cafe Catalunya for breakfast. We both had chorizo on a baguette and coffee, it seems like a simple breakfast, but it was so satisfying. We …

Yesterday was an early day, we were out and about by nine am. Our main goal was to see all the sights and sounds of La Boqueria. Breakfast was a Spanish pastry filled with pastry cream; it was light, fluffy, and doughy all at the same time. We also had freshly squeezed orange juice from this contraption that scores and juices the oranges to order. …

One of the things I was most excited about when planning the European part of my trip was purchasing a Eurorail pass and traveling by train. My first journey was from Amsterdam to Barcelona, where I was meeting my friend Ashley. The first leg of the trip took me from Amsterdam to Paris on the fancy, newish high speed train, this journey took three …

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Barcelona and Montreal have more things in common then you may imagine .. which is why I love this city.

Though I was there working I did manage to re experience Barcelona a little bit once work was finished. I worked …

... home appliances, all on the boulevard running down the centre of the street! About halfway down we came across the Market La Boqueria. A huge covered market where you can buy just about any food product you can imagine. From perfect produce to hordes ...

... in full form from each vendor's ceiling, spices, fresh juices and candies open in waves of color all around. This is La Boqueria, a dizzying display of smells that change at every corner. Fresh fish. Cured pig. Colorful fruit and vegetables. This was ...

... had was lunch we bought ourselves using fresh meat and cheese. But luckily, just today we have found a giant market called Mercat de la Boqueria on Las Ramblas were you can buy small meals for lunch and buy breads, meats and fresh food.  There is ...

... . We saw the statue of Columbus before making our way back, stopping on the way to buy the fruit we'd seen earlier at La Boqueria. Mmm, strawberries. Upon meeting back with the group, we went on a quick Gothic walking tour. Then, to an optional ...

... part, you get to keep the menu. Hotel: Via Augusta. Dec 6th Sites: La Sagrada Familia, Mercat de la Boqueria Lunch: Origens 99.9% Wine: Abadal Reserve 3.9 2000 Dinner: Sandwich at the Hotel Dec 7th Sites: Picasso Museum--the best ...

... street called La Rambla which extends through most of the city. Off of La Rambla is an amazing market called La Boqueria with huge stands full of tropical fruits and vegetables everywhere. Chris had a fruit juice puree and I ate a half of a papaya as we ...

... exploring the other areas of the city. One day we strolled down the busiest pedestrian street, La Ramblas. Shopping at the bustling market, La Boqueria, off the main street is certainly an experience. If you want to see a skinned head of a goat, that's ...

... with intricately detailed buildings and monuments. A little ways down La Rambla is an offshoot to the Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria which today is a market that sells just about anything you could want to eat.  Originating from 1217 as a meat ...

... fashion on the Metro stairs, much to my immense mortification). Instead we wandered up and down the Ramblas, had a coffee, and then explored La Boqueria, the central market which is huge and was crazy busy when we were there on a Saturday morning. We ...

... the plaza de la republica - up and down narrow, little streets, jostling shoulders with every other wanderer - we cross la rambla and enter la boqueria - the fresh food market, apparently well known and photographed often - talk, and more talk - ending ...