Catalonia, Spain Travel Blogs

Time With Libby
Jun 28, 2004 (5 photos)

... found 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!!!
Sep 25, 2007 (15 photos)

... 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, Spain
Mar 6, 2008 (20 photos)

... 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 ...

Spain: Adventures in Catalonia Country
Jun 28, 2004

Barcelona is a fabulous city; I love Antoni Gaudi´s architecture, and I was really excited to show all of his creations to Phil, a tepid appreciator of mosaics at best. After meeting up with Libby (insert shrieks of excitement), we wandered randomly around ...

Cool and Cozy in Catalonya
Nov 29, 2007 (40 photos)

After all the warnings I received about this lovely city, I am happy to report that I have been having a fantastic time in the capitol of Catalonya. Not being able to speak either Catalan nor Spanish (well, only the few key words I recall from Sesame ...

Circus Circus.
Nov 12, 2006 (15 photos)

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. ...

Almost Like South America
Nov 14, 2007 (38 photos)

... nice and there´s some cool stuff to see like the Temple of Sagrada Familia., a huge basilica designed by Spain´s famous architectural madman, Antoni Gaudi.  The thing has been under construction since 1882....over a hundred years and it´s ...

Romans by the sea
Mar 6, 2005 (5 photos)

One hassle of hiring a car is finding a bloody parking space. The old part of Tarragona was another walled city and our hotel appeared to be inside the wall somewhere. Do you think we could find anywhere to park in a small, historical, sunny, seaside ...

Going home
Feb 18, 2007 (4 photos)

... 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 10 degrees:-) ...

Barcelona
Oct 21, 2007 (8 photos)

... view. We took a funicular (cog train) up to the peak of the mountain to see on of the best panoramic views in all of Spain. It was a little hazy that day, but the views were still breathtaking. We managed to find a spot where it seemed that we were the ...

Barcelona: Gaudilicious
Jun 20, 2006 (38 photos)

One of the main reasons to visit Barcelona is to check out the Modernist architecture, a movement that gained significance in the second half of the 19th century and thrived here like nowhere else in the world. With more than 110 sites scattered around ...

Let's get ready to Rumblas...
Sep 11, 2006 (87 photos)

Who is the greater genius - Gaudi or Ronaldinho? Oh the life to have the achievements of each offered to be experienced day after day. The phrase 'living the dream' seems appropriate. Gaudi is the first to present his argument - the mysterious and ...

Wacky architecture, sangria, tapas & thieves
Aug 9, 2008 (53 photos)

... break the monotony of the traditional styled buildings found throughout the city.    To get a true taste of Spain we booked ourselves onto a Spanish cooking class or rather demonstration as our role was limited to making some tapa's and ...

Gaudí's Barcelona
Mar 8, 2005 (4 photos)

... . They were fabulous. There were even town walls and the remnants of a small coliseum. We walked around them for a couple of hours then had to get to the airport ourselves. End of 5 days of glorious sunshine in Spain. It was great to see you Zonth!!

Porto to Barcelona
Jan 23, 2008

Every so often in a long trip you're bound to have someone get sick, especially when you are travelling with children. For us, it came today. Maggie came down with some sort of stomach bug and was up all night losing fluid at both ends, poor thing. Of ...

Living la vida loca-ish
May 16, 2007 (1 photos)

JJ and Christelle have a great apartment right next to the beach.  We spend most of the day working (this mainly involves reading, subscribing to most e-newsletters in the name of research and hoping for some sort of inspiration/money to come our way ...

Diary Finished - Clint's Thoughts so far...
Sep 29, 2005 (1 photos)

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 ...

Barcelona
Sep 6, 2005 (12 photos)

... staff to calculate the bill. You wouldn´t want to use a toothpick or else you´d be charged for tappas! The siesta rules in Spain. Even supermarkets shut for about 3 hours in the middle of the day. We were in the main fruit, vegetable and meat markets and ...

Barcelona - another country within Spain
Jul 5, 2008 (25 photos)

... Spanish somewhat closed to the outside world. Those two majestic figures, the catholic kings Ferdinand and Isabella which founded Spain through their marriage, represented Aragon [of which Barcelona is the main city], and Castille [which is the center of ...

Drinks and Cards at the Hostel
Sep 28, 2005 (8 photos)

... noisey yank i said before, was noisey but actually a really nice bloke haha!  There was another canadian bloke which moved to spain with his girlfriend and broke up 7 days later after buying an appartment.  James, poor bloke - he was so kind.& ...

Habla Espanol?
Sep 4, 2006 (33 photos)

... is the same way. What I enjoyed about Barcelona personally was the opportunity to speak Spanish again. I took Spanish in high school (why Spain was the choice for a holiday 5 years ago) and then my first semester at North Carolina, and the second I had ...

All inspiring Gaudi!
Sep 26, 2005 (18 photos)

... just gone through the same thing.  The underground was supprisingly very good, which for some reason i wasn't expecting in spain.  All carrages had blasting air conditioning, which i was very thankful for in spains hot environment.  A few ...

Gaudi Gaudi Gaudi
Oct 29, 2007 (77 photos)

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 ...

Calatayud and Montserrat
Mar 25, 2006 (10 photos)

... people of Montserrat went to buy their shoes and clothes. He told her that villagers of taste all drove to the capital of Catalonia, Mansera, to buy anything not available in the local supermarket. We had never heard of the town and assumed that it must be ...

Leaving Barcelona
Jul 19, 2004 (4 photos)

Greetings from Barcelona again. This is my last day here, tonight we take a train to Nice, France, on the French Riviera. We partied till dawn every single night we were here, that´s six days in a row. Can you guys believe that? That includes the night we ...

Beaching it in Sitges
Aug 6, 2006 (10 photos)

... my Spanish pronounciation, and the music holds my attention. Kind of takes me back to Dublin which also had some outstanding pubs. Spain and Thailand have a lot of similarities in regards to the nightlife. I got so addicted to one pub so much that I ...

7 hours in a Spainish Prison.
May 3, 2003 (7 photos)

... 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 left at about 11:50am and would arrive at 2:30pm the same day, I really did not appreicate how ...

BARCELONA
Dec 2, 2007 (38 photos)

... write this after spending 9 days in Barcelona, everything still seems surreal.   Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia and don't even think about calling them Spanish.  People speak Catalan and many distinguish themselves from the rest ...

Spain
Oct 21, 2007

We can't believe that is another country down. Spain far surpassed our expectations. The people are very pleasant, the food is good, and the cities and sites are beautiful. The siesta culture here is quite amazing. Like clockwork at 2pm the cities shut ...

Aimlessness, Part Deux
Jul 15, 2004 (6 photos)

... , I really like Europe and I try to run and hide whenever Mike and Justen start on their American pride stuff. I like Spain because I can communicate a little. Even if someone speaks English I always use Spanish, no matter how terrible my accent is or ...