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Barcelona, Spain Day 3 - Tibidabo, Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Barcelona, Spain Day 3 - Tibidabo

A travel blog entry by styrsky

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... of the mountain, ... the rides and shows and restaurants are on six different levels, all connected with various stairs, paths, and elevators. 'Tibidabo' comes from the Latin phrase where Satan tempts Jesus in the desert by offering him 'all of this'. ...

Barcelona, Spain Day 5 - La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Barcelona, Spain Day 5 - La Sagrada Familia

A travel blog entry by styrsky

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... gawkin'. Kids get McD's. Back to the apartment for our bags, and we walk to the train station about 1 mile away. I'm sweating and stressing a bit ... worried the thugs that gave me problems a couple of days ago might spot my bald head again as we ...

Europe: the final countdown, Pineda de Mar, Spain travel blog

Europe: the final countdown

A travel blog entry by mcgown

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... for we suspect some locals and  the English in the summer? The kids seemed to think the Spanish go to the Canary Islands in the summer. According to Montsie, Pineda has less of the young drinking tourists and more families, so very nice and gentle. ...

Barcelona, Spain Day 4 - Free Museums for us!, Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Barcelona, Spain Day 4 - Free Museums for us!

A travel blog entry by styrsky

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... (the main reason we were going to go), and a recreation of all the different types of pueblos that can be found throughout Spain (I'm forgetting the name of this place at the moment). Instead, we decide to visit three nearby museums, find a place for the ...

Barcelona, Spain Day 2 - Beaches & a scary evening, Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Barcelona, Spain Day 2 - Beaches & a scary evening

A travel blog entry by styrsky

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... by walking quickly, gives the two fingers to his eyes and then to my laptop, and say, "Cuidado, eh?". ... "Si...", I acknowledge. "Gracias." ... and I put my laptop in my back pack and head towards home ... and just as I see the door to my apartment ...

Barcelona., Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Barcelona.

A travel blog entry by stevefn

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Barcelona. ...

Alcossebre and Peñíscola., Alcossebre and Peñíscola, Spain travel blog

Alcossebre and Peñíscola.

A travel blog entry by stevefn

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Alcossebre and Peñíscola ...

Time With Libby, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Time With Libby

A travel blog entry by philthy

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... our hostel with no problems. We were meeting Sarah´s younger sister Elizabeth (Libby) there (she is spending a summer in Spain for school) and Sarah, even in her slightly hungover state from our last day in Berlin, was vibrating with excitement. I ...

6 Countries in 3 Days - A new record!!!, Calella de Palafrugell, Spain travel blog

6 Countries in 3 Days - A new record!!!

A travel blog entry by peteandmandy

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... of Barcelona, another of Shane and Kate's recommendations. We arrived around 3 pm and found very little open, welcome back to Spain and the afternoon siesta. We hadn't organised any accommodation so had to wait for the Tourism office to open at five. We ...

Barcelona., Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Barcelona.

A travel blog entry by stevefn

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Barcelona work ...

Spain: Adventures in Catalonia Country, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Spain: Adventures in Catalonia Country

A travel blog entry by sarah

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... breakfasts on our terrace and wander the streets around La Rambla discussing the difference between the categories "prison tattoo" and "regret tattoo" (conclusion: it´s a prison tattoo if it is tackily done but still displayed proudly). Libby was meant ...

Alcossebre., Alcossebre and Peñíscola, Spain travel blog

Alcossebre.

A travel blog entry by stevefn

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Alcossebre. ...

Cool and Cozy  in Catalonya, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Cool and Cozy in Catalonya

A travel blog entry by charmedlife

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... to linger and gawk unobstructed. This house was a fantastic emblem to art, to ease of use, natural light, nature and imaginative playfulness. I adored it. I then made time to stroll the marina and the crowded alleyways, view Barcelona´s gothic ...

A rainy drive down the spanish coast., Barcelona, Spain travel blog

A rainy drive down the spanish coast.

A travel blog entry by jeroenandlinda

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... After changing we headed out to the SANTS station. Here we said goodbye to our golf as we returned it to Europcar. Our driving through Spain is done (for now). We drove close to 3500 KM between Marseilles and Barcelona, so I guess we took a bit of a ...

Barcelona, Spain Day 1 - Arrival and La Rambla, Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Barcelona, Spain Day 1 - Arrival and La Rambla

A travel blog entry by styrsky

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... in a very special way. ... But, I will be honest, I'm also quite excited about the next leg of our journey. Next stop ... Barcelona, Spain ... just a quick 45 minute plane ride away. As soon as we land in Barcelona, its clear that 'we aren't in Kansas ...

Barcelona, Such a beautiful City, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Barcelona, Such a beautiful City

A travel blog entry by jeroenandlinda

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... So we went onwards back into the subway. We surfaced near to 'La Rambla' area. This is the buzzing center of Barcelona, and apparently pick-pocket central in the evening. The street was filled with touristic eateries and souvenir shops so we headed out ...

Circus Circus., Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Circus Circus.

A travel blog entry by stevefn

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... 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. Exactly why I ...

The Nightmare of Ryan Air, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

The Nightmare of Ryan Air

A travel blog entry by shyoungstr

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Excited to depart Morocco and return to Spain, we learned a lesson in "low cost" airlines. Stay away from them at all costs. Worse than Easy Jet, Ryan Air is notorious for squeezing a dollar out of you for each and every thing. Starting with 40Euros if ...

Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Barcelona, Spain

A travel blog entry by tbassplayer

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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 ...

Going home, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Going home

A travel blog entry by marc-patty

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... know where to start our conversation, we have so much to talk about after so long apart. We'll be here in Spain for a few weeks until we see on the BBC weather forecast that the temperature in London has gone above ...

Barcelona., Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Barcelona.

A travel blog entry by stevefn

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Barcelona. ...

Romans by the sea, Tarragona, Spain travel blog

Romans by the sea

A travel blog entry by lucinate

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... of a tower and other connecting bits and pieces. This all led to the Provincial Forum which apparently was the political and economic administrative centre. It had medieval tunnels underneath, which were cool and a kind of museum. We climbed the tower ...

Let's get ready to Rumblas..., Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Let's get ready to Rumblas...

A travel blog entry by marktjhung

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... quarry's ceiling? what about the energy and playfulness of Parc Guell, with its fairy tale gingerbread houses, magic vibrant salamanders and the single, continuous, impossibly elaborate mosaic bench? No - surely it's the facade of Casa Batllo - the wavy ...

Barcelona in a Nutshell, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Barcelona in a Nutshell

A travel blog entry by shyoungstr

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Excited to depart Morocco and return to Spain, we learned a lesson in "low cost" airlines. Stay away from them at all costs. Worse than Easy Jet, Ryan Air is notorious for squeezing a dollar out of you for each and every thing. Starting with 40Euros if ...

Wacky architecture, sangria, tapas & thieves, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Wacky architecture, sangria, tapas & thieves

A travel blog entry by vine_hooligans

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... little story is so ironic after my entry on crime in South Africa as even a stable first world European country like Spain is not immune to crime. And it seems this is not a small problem as the queues at the police station proved. This is such a common ...

Barcelona: Gaudilicious, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Barcelona: Gaudilicious

A travel blog entry by technotrekker

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... early creativity. Then there are sites by his contemporary Modernists like Domenech Montaner (the first Modernist architect), Cadalfalch, Sagnier and Bassegoda (amongt others) - some of which from pictures I've seen look stunning indeed. So, in all an ...

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Barcelona

A travel blog entry by meganandkevin

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... group of tourists was carrying shopping bags, it is safe to say this is largely a shopping vacation destination.  The next day, and our last day in Spain (for now) we headed to Montserrat by train and cable car. This is the site of a centuries old ...

La Sagrada Famiiia, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

La Sagrada Famiiia

A travel blog entry by shyoungstr

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Determined to see La Sagrada Familia, we spent the bulk of the day at the still unfinished church designed and built according to Gaudi's planes. Meanwhile, we are in disbelief that with the massive amount of tourists paying $20 bucks a head to enter, ...

Barcelona., Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Barcelona.

A travel blog entry by stevefn

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Barcelona. ...

Diary Finished - Clint's Thoughts so far..., Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Diary Finished - Clint's Thoughts so far...

A travel blog entry by clintonb

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This entry is not detailing any particular place in Europe, however these words depict my thoughts and feelings. ********* I have filled up all the pages in my current diary and about two thirds of the way through this travelling experience, and have ...

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