Mirador de Colon Barcelona

February 1: Happy Spring in Ireland! And Rachel and I are headed on an 11 day getaway. First, a flight from Cork to London-Stansted. We arrived around midnight and since all the chairs were taken we slept, if you can call it that, on the cold hard tile spooning the heater. Finally, we were allowed to start checking-in around 4 am and arrived in …

Today started with us going on a tour of the city from the little travel bar we had our cooking class @. We had this out of work architec from Dublin who could have been dad if you shaved 15 year off him and gave him a shave. Very simillar way of knowing everything but always making out that he didn't know that much. So we first started by walking …

With the alarm set at 4:15 and only getting 3 hours sleep I knew this was going to be a bit of a struggle. The alarm went and Fiona was straight out of bed and getting everything organised like a legend but I could not even be bothered to open my eyes, I wasn't already struggling and the day has only just started. In the end I did manage to get up …

... back down to the harbor area, but the windy conditions closed it down for the day so we walked down towards the Mirador de Colon, an over-the-top supremely phallic symbol dedicated to Chris Colombus. Blog still in progress. I will continue to write ...

... is still moving on ice when you buy it. At the end of La Rambla is the Monument a Colom (in Catalan) or the Mirador de Colón (in Spanish) or the Columbus Monument (finally, in English) dedicated to none other than Christopher Columbus.  The ...

... 7 pm cities become dead, everything remain closed. The agent dropped us by his car to the city center near the "Mirador de Colon" a big tower with lot of statues around her. At the right side there was international passenger terminal for cruise ...

... but they knew we were coming as they have surrounded it in scafolding!! We took a trip up the Mirador De Colon, which gives you a 360 degree view of Barcelona and port.  We then visited the El Corte Inglais shopping centre and again down the road, ...

... about 60 Euros   We then headed back west along the Passage de Colon until we reached the MIrador de Colon that is about a 50 metre high column and statute of Columbus at the base of Las Ramblas where it meets the Port.  Columbus looms large ...

... two tall buildings, Barcelona's commercial complex and Arts hotel. Ended the day with a night stroll from Mirador De Colon (Colombus Monument) on the La Rambla and other Placa. First place on Sunday morning was a beautiful gothic cathedral followed by ...

... not quite flamingo but close.  Sheila took a water logged break at found some tent to sit under to rest.  I could see the Mirador de Colon, the fountain at the southern end, near the harbor.  A tad wet we walked back up the mile and I told ...

... street due to the numerous warnings about pickpockets and the crowds.  At the end of the street we saw Mirador de Colon, which is a statue recognizing Christopher Columbus.   We continued wondering the city until we came to Santa ...

... me vaya un dia mas para alla, probablemente mañana. Obviamente vi todas las casi obras de Gaudí, subi un toque al mirador de Colon y patee la rambla y el paseo de Gracia. Y fui al mercadito (la boqueria) que eso si es increible. Viviria aca nada ...

... awesome flip thing over like 4volunteers for their big finalee. Then we near the end of the tour we walked past the mirador de colon (which is this coloumn with Christopher Colombus ontop of it, saying he's discovered the new world), Then we stopped and ...