Catalonia
Travel Blogs from Catalonia, Spain and Canary Islands
Classic City Break
... town before the tourist information closed at 10pm and book a room. He had wisely arranged some well-recommeded digs for himself and merely smiled sympathetically as he stayed to calmly wait for his bags. Sweating and breathless we met him at the train ...
Touring Barcelona´s Sights
... of Barcelona´s most visited sights, the La Sagrada Familiar. The Sagrada Familiar is Gaudi´s life masterpiece. Construction begun in 1882 and continues today at a very slow pace. Today there are eight towers, all over 100m high, with 10 more to ...
The Gothic Quarter
... pipe organ was sounding while hundreds of tourists walked around in awe of the place. Aside from the tall arches and vaults, everything was magnificently illuminated, and while the organ played, we walked around admiring the tiny small sculptured details ...
Barcelona at last!
... walk down La Rambla. It was getting dark so we decided to walk a little more to find a supermarket and get some dinner. The closest supermarket was in Spain's biggest department store: El Corte Ingles. We got some French bread to make avocado, crab meat ...
One Gaudi City
... Spanish 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. ...
FCB Wins the Championship Finals
... More fascinating though were all of the FCB fans dressed in their favorite team shirts. Tonight was the huge championship between Barcelona and Manchester. It was impossible to get into the English pubs but those were no interest to me anyway. I was for ...
Barcelona madness
... 't dampen my spirits. To get here was a cool eight hours on the bus, through places like Nimes and Montpellier. We crossed into Spain over the Pyrenees mountains, a natural border with France and stomping ground of proud Catalonians even before Julius ...
San Sebastián
... We were a little sad when we left Spain as we really loved the country and its colourful people and culture. Like many other countries in Europe, Spain deserves at least a few months to take in all it was to offer and we will definitely be ...
Brilliant Barcelona
... out to be, a simple idea, very little amount of research and the result would be a Thelma & Louise trip into the heart of Spain. With a good friend of mine Young Miss Katie, visiting her parents in Madrid for a couple of days over the last of the UK ...
Barcelona... friendly!
... was all good! This afternoon, I visited Barcelona´s cathedral which I found to be an exhillerating experience, especially sitting and relaxing for 1 hour whilst listening to an 30 strong adult choir sing hymns etc. I love opportunities like that ...
So you wanna fight?
... ask - how is work going?? Ahh Spain, has allowed me an opportunity to catch up with my parents who are own their Spain and Italian adventures, great to catch up and talk about the past year of activities and mis adventures!! Also no more slumming it ...
off the islands...
... a futebol game during my stay in Spain but the big match, Barcelona vs. Real Madrid, was going to occur after I left Spain for France. When I was in town FC Barcelona was on the road vs. Liverpool (a 1-0 win for Barca). Tickets ...
BARCELONA
... I 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 ...
Paris to Barcelona
... lined up but will rely on other backpackers in finding out the hidden gems of these two cities. I developed an immense interest in Spain ever since visiting El Caballo Blanco when a child... I can remember the bull fights vividly. It is also the Spanish ...
From wet and windy Santander to warm & sunny Med
... with wonderful views of mountains up to 2600 mts. We found it hard to believe we were in Spain while doing a trek in this region; the meadow valleys and the snowy mountain peaks reminded us of Switzerland. The next few days we drove for about 1000 kms ...
Fast Cars, Nude Beaches, and Gay Fashion
... some with holes where the butt cheeks go, others with a removable flap on the side of the bulge. Fascinating. We continued to walk and turned into a street that Hector said was dubbed "the street of sin". This was due to all the gay bars and clubs ...
Leaving Barcelona
... . One girl asked me if I was from Australia and I just went with it, using my best Australian accent. It worked, miraculously, and I tricked her. Later on some Aussie guys told me that I shouldn´t wear a VB shirt unless I was Australian. They were trying ...
Aimlessness, Part Deux
... speak in Spanish with you. In San Sebastian I used my Spanish a lot and was able to talk to girls that Mike and Justen couldn´t. I think Spain has spoiled me because now if I go to France or Italy I will be at a loss to communicate, especially in ...
On Barcelona, and coming home
... love living in a culture where I know enough, but am still trying to master the language. Plus I loved listening to the Spain accent. And having Jenna's boyfriend comment on my South American accent - 'dulthe', he called it (dulce = sweet), even though ...
The Secrets of Mount Montjuic
... to our surprise, spiraled downwards! We walked the charming snail-like trail descending through trees filled with raspberry and plum colored berries, lavender flowers, bright orange fruits hanging from branches, hazelnuts dropping from the high trees ...
Barthelona, a re-visit
... and we went to another bar, where we met up with a load of Isabel's friends and her sister. More alcohol was consumed. This was Spain, and I was dying. I needed sleep. It was 5 in the morning, so we went back to her parent's place. Sunday came, and we ...
Viva Espana!
Finally the day had come to say goodbye to Eastern Europe and start the next chapter of my adventure, Spain. Although I had been to Europe twice before, I had never been to Spain because I never had enough time. With time on my side this time, I decided ...
Mushroom man of Barcelona
We crossed back into Spain, still no Spanish stamp though and drove up the coast. We free camped all the way up, stopping off at a couple of beaches along the way. Coming from Australia, where a beach is part of everyday life, its amazing how I have ...
HOT!
... the road and then asked everyone at the tables for money. It was really funny when the police came and pulled them away. It seems like everyone in Spain would rather do anything but work a regular 9-5 job. There was this one funny street ...
The Mullets LivE!
... day we met an American couple and the gentleman proceeded to tell me how Gaudi modeled a lot of his Architecture designs from fruit and vegetable shapes. I kept this in mind and had a plan; today would be di'a de Gaudi. I circled all the Gaudi related ...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I will write about Barcelona soon. I only have the day here and then a night train to Paris! Its so hot...and muggy...love you guys and thanks for writing back and have a wonderful day! Have a great ...
La Sagrada Familia
"One of Spain's Most Extraordinary Buildings" The unfinished, modern-style cathedral by Antoni Gaudi is definitely interesting to see. It was one of the places I most wanted to visit in Barcelona. My family and I took the train part of the way and walked ...
I Hate The Euro
... - bus is better! We decided to get out of the train and walk instead as we knew we were near the city centre. We immediately found a hostel and didn´t want to walk around looking so we took a room in a dorm. 22 Euro which is about $27 US. Stinks!! I hate ...
Bar-th-elona full of sunshine!!
... games with the Aussie team. After that we headed down into the centre of Barcelona for a leather, lladro (prounounced yadro) and pearl demonstration - it was unbelievable!! (Only a joke my fellow Contiki peeps will understand I'm sure) Yes, Barcelona ...
