Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands Travel Blogs

... . From there Sonia picked us up and we spent the night at her parents´ house in a small village still farther outside of Barcelona. We were fed and, of course, we couldn´t go to bed without a few drinks at the bar the next town over. We got a tour of both ...

A travel blog entry by philthy
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... that is the symbol of Barcelona, La Temple De La Sagrada Familia. This cathedral was the work of one of Barcelona (and Spain's) most famous architect, Antoni Gaudi. The temple is breathtakingly large and hasn't been completed, even though it's been under ...

A travel blog entry by tbassplayer
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... We spent a whole afternoon with two of the Spaniards we kept stalk... I mean ¨running into¨ in Vietnam. Sonia and Enric took us on a Barcelona walking tour, complete with a fabulous tapas lunch. It happened to coincide with the Day of Music put on by ...

A travel blog entry by sarah
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... all Barcelona has to offer. My new friend told me her mother always said you must leave one thing to come back for, and in Barcelona´s case, it will be more than one, as the numerous museums, parks and surrounding areas are all great reasons to come back.

A travel blog entry by charmedlife
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So I have just ticked off one of my other European must see cities. From Thursday to Sunday I spent a long weekend in Barcelona with Erik and Fredrik, two childhood friends from Norway. Barcelona, a city I still had not visited, but always wanted to see. ...

A travel blog entry by stevefn
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... that we were the only ones on the mountain. Just incredible.  A fitting way to end our tour of Spain!  We finished off the evening back in Barcelona with a local beer and an assorted tapas plate before we got organized for another big travel day ...

A travel blog entry by meganandkevin
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... surcharge.  And finally, the ticket was mine at triple the cost as advertised.  Great scam eh? So I arrived in Barcelona Spain only to realize that I was back in South America again.  Or so it seemed... I was surrounded by ...

A travel blog entry by jeffsadventures
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... . We enjoyed a coffee and some Portuguese pastries, before taking the plane on the final leg of our journey to Barcelona. We arrive at the airport to a mix of tears and joy from Patricia's family who had come to collect us. It ...

A travel blog entry by marc-patty
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... roof that you come here to see. Huge tubercles of sculpted ventilation towers and chimneys rise above you and create one of Barcelona's most recognisable skyline sights but watch out for the stairs over the undulating surface or you could seriously hurt ...

A travel blog entry by technotrekker
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... , but the temporary exhibition also featured pianos: smashed, painted with erotic images, with chandeliers dropped upon them. Miro and pianos... In some ways, Barcelona has been a bit of a struggle. A struggle to see everything - somehow a week not ...

A travel blog entry by marktjhung
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... across Spain, can also be observed in the fact that it is even very difficult to find restaurants of Spain's Latin American colonies. Barcelona however is not Castillian, it is Catalan, and its openness to the world is immediately visible. The city's ...

A travel blog entry by tavini
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... is a thieves paradise after Inge-Marie's handbag got stolen from the restaurant. We were warned that pickpockets and thieves are in abundance in Barcelona but never realised it could happen so easily nor to us as we are usually quite vigilant about this. ...

A travel blog entry by vine_hooligans
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The traffic in Barcelona is mad. When we were in Spain in 1998 I refused to drive. Death wish. No change there then. 2005 and I still didn't feel the need to get behind the wheel. Especially in the brand new hire car with no insurance, the steering ...

A travel blog entry by lucinate
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... time - Murphy's Law. Today we start a complicated return to our own part of the world, with a flight from Porto to Barcelona, then connecting tomorrow with a flight to Singapore which connects to a flight to Bangkok where we pick up a car to take us to ...

A travel blog entry by guykb
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... but it is more expensive and touristy than we recall and we are skinflints these days.  Instead go to a lovely cheap restau with them both. Head back to the UK browner than we arrived and feel like we have had a holiday - like we needed one.

A travel blog entry by emanddave
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... through this travelling experience, and have travelled through 16 of the 19 countries i've set out to see. I am still sitting in Barcelona, a spot i've managed to find to be on my own to spill out my thoughts to paper.  Travelling in the manner ...

A travel blog entry by clintonb
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We had a very wet day travelling to Barcelona and had originally planned to get of the bus in Avignon, France to stay for a few days and explore some of the coastal towns in the Languedoc-Roussillon region but being so wet and miserable we just had an hour ...

A travel blog entry by heatheravan
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... asked alot of questions about my home Australia.  She was down in bercelona studying Latin American.  INFO: Barcelona is the only city in Spain to speak Latin America, the rest of spain speak 'Spanish'.  This night club was rediculously big, ...

A travel blog entry by clintonb
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... when he fed me and Jay and Evan, two Aussies I'd become friends with, I was able to play translator between them and him. One other thing Barcelona has going for it is an excellent beach, certainly as far as cities go. It's not going to draw comparisons ...

A travel blog entry by danblank
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... a great time :o) i'm writing this entry with intentions of definitely coming back! When first arriving in Barcelona we rocked up at the trainstation and was completely confused with how to buy a ticket here! Thankgod some other bloke saw us struggling ...

A travel blog entry by clintonb
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Day 12 Barcelona - 29 October 2007 Beautiful day.  We get off a little later than expected - ship not cleared.  Everyone is VERY excited and we almost run off the ship when allowed.  We take the shuttle into Las Ramblas and wander ...

A travel blog entry by aussiepanda
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... more metropolitan but was still in touch with the laid back tapas life. It also had a starbucks on every corner we think. Barcelona is the definition of Spanish sass. They definitely know how to live life. It was hard to decide our favourite place here so ...

A travel blog entry by meganandkevin
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... want to hear, mate?¨ in my best Australian accent. They cheered and were satisfied that I was an Aussie through and through. Barcelona was a trip alright, I became Australian, Justen became Italian American, we partied every night till dawn, met lots of ...

A travel blog entry by orangenemo
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... my way to an upgrade failed miserably.! Two seats to myself though and off we went. I bid a final farewell to Sunny Spain and made a promise to myself that I shall return! Did not reallly appreciate the actually distance from Spain to USA. And as I ...

A travel blog entry by jrcormack
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... into power during the Spanish Civil War, Catalonians were suppressed in Franco's desire to unite all of Spain.    Geographically, Barcelona is quite like Los Angeles.  It has the mountains and the beach and the weather is warm ...

A travel blog entry by yah27
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... (even though the toilet doesn´t work). Sorry I don´t have anything more exciting to talk about. We have been in Barcelona for one day and two nights now and haven´t really done anything except go to clubs at night. Yesterday we said that we were going to ...

A travel blog entry by orangenemo
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... tour. But, it was a bit difficult getting there. Namely because when we left Andorra, we were without a map of Spain and were sans guidebook. These facts alone were enough to make this super anal, type-A personality sister go absolutely insane. Couple ...

A travel blog entry by gr8escape
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Our time in Barcelona was up and after 10 amazing days of getting to know this Catalan jewel, there wasn't much more we could ask for. Now that our shopping was done, my hair was cut, our bags were made, and our hostel paid for, all we had to do was ...

A travel blog entry by zento
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... things, finding my way, different ideas, different people, saying "hello" in a new language,.. in short I love travel. Barcelona is a nice city, and my favourite part of the whole place? Sunshine. I didnt realise how much I had missed my old friend the ...

A travel blog entry by itsem
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... is a genius and a lunatic, and I came away very impressed. "I do not take drugs. I am drugs." I carried on to Barcelona and stayed the night in a good hostel. They have free internet, which is what I´m using now. Unfortunately, they´re fully booked ...

A travel blog entry by siscri
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