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Oriol, Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Oriol

A travel blog entry by mittelmeer

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La mia prima guida a Barcellona si chiama Oriol (che č un tipico nome e anche un cognome catalano). Fa il perito chimico e ha i capelli color paglia, tutto un po' austriaco, tutto un po' perito chimico. E' di altezza media, proporzionato, con gambe ...

My Last Night in Barcelona..., Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

My Last Night in Barcelona...

A travel blog entry by h_hurst

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... much all the city fountains, so that sucked, it would have been nice to see... I think there is a water shortage in Spain though, so I understand! Tried to find the botanical gardens, but it had gotten pretty late and my sandals were starting to hurt, so ...

Do do do do do Myyy Girona, Girona, Spain travel blog

Do do do do do Myyy Girona

A travel blog entry by ademrocktheeu

... checking through customs and not so impréssed with the free for all seating. Did great shopping (Adam collected his first metal t-shirt) and checking out of this quaint and quirky town. Our time here was brief and before we knew it we were on the ...

Panoramic views @ Montjuīc, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Panoramic views @ Montjuīc

A travel blog entry by superzoom

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... it became a museum a few decades ago. Montjuīc was the main sight at the 1929 Universal Expo held in Barcelona, and many constructions where built at the time, for example the impressive structure of what is today’s Catalonian National Museum of ...

Dali Dali! (Day 191), Figueras, Spain travel blog

Dali Dali! (Day 191)

A travel blog entry by thearodgers

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... with all the great new things I'd just experienced.  I know the bus trip of a lot of Europe (instead of just France and Spain) in April for everyone will be amazing! Unfortunately I won't be going on that one, but I think the parents are arriving so ...

Touring Barca, Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Touring Barca

A travel blog entry by dewolffamily

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... art. It's really a city everybody should see and experience. For lunch we did the Spanish thing today. We had tapas and paella mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I even had a glass of Sanghria with all that yummy food. It has been dry all day but not very warm. ...

Yay Barcelona :), Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Yay Barcelona :)

A travel blog entry by taramarika

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... abroad in England and decided to take a quick trip to Barcelona then to Rome before she heads home. Shes the cutest person ever, and shes 5 months pregnant. It was great. We went shopping and then out for dinner with two other girls, one from Chicago - ...

Sunny days in Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Sunny days in Barcelona

A travel blog entry by taramarika

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... is coming near an end :(. I fly tomorrow to London. I´ve met some great people its been fun. Hung out with Kristina and Karyn yesterday. We went to the beach and then we went to another Park and walked around. Also we wondered about and saw various ...

back home, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

back home

A travel blog entry by tarah51

back home, to begin the soul destroying mission that is finding an apartment in barcelona. i swear, i must have seen 20 in the last 3 days. so bad. anyway. i am supposed to be looking now... so i will go. thats the update ...

Spain....ŋBien o Mal?, Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Spain....ŋBien o Mal?

A travel blog entry by davisa157

... Egypt and Greece and even got to see a mummy.  We also got to see a bunch of the statues from Rome, Greece and Italy.  Unfortunatly around lunchtime Stacey wasn´t feeling very well so she decided to go back to the hostel and I continued alone ...

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Barcelona

A travel blog entry by exploreamerica

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... the day by touring the city at 11AM.  Once again we walked down Las Ramblas.  At the end we reached the water and a statue for a tribute to Christopher Columbus.  From there we took a boat ride and enjoyed the sites.   ...

Picasso and Catalonia Museums, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Picasso and Catalonia Museums

A travel blog entry by exploreamerica

On June 30th we visited the Picasso Museum.  We saw hundreds (thousands?) of lesser known works and sketches.  At 3PM we visited the Catalonia Museum which had a Sputnik exhibit in addition to Catalonia works over the past millennium.  The ...

Bustling Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Bustling Barcelona

A travel blog entry by amsmitty

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... a blast so far, walking down the famous Las Ramblas avenue lined with palm trees,street performers, flower stands, birds in cages and other novelties. We also walked through an open-air market with hanging meat, whole pigs, rainbow assortments of fruits, ...

Beautiful Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Beautiful Barcelona

A travel blog entry by goalie121

... time at the beach before heading to Salamanca for dinner, a fancy but not too pricey fish restaurant near the beach and our hostel ( a Hyman suggestion). Restaurant suggestions are crucial because otherwise you have to rely on looking at menus but have ...

The boys in Barca, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

The boys in Barca

A travel blog entry by smirky

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... fun and have made our short time here very memorable. We strolled down the las rambles after a nice supper looked at a clock and realised that we had a good hour before our train then the british penchant for messing with the worlds time dawned on us ...

Bar-the-lona, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Bar-the-lona

A travel blog entry by amandai

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... whined-what are we going to do, well if she doesnt want to change what can i do, im faclemt in english meaning overwhelmed). And as per usual this all happened while i was sitting right there, the oye vehs kept coming....  ...

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Barcelona

A travel blog entry by b.a.manzella

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The train from Montepellier to Barcelona was cool, had to stop on the border town for a couple of hours. Got an espresso. Had to line up for 45mins in Montpellier because the machines don't accept foreign credit cards. Walked for miles to get to ...

Rest and RElaxation on the Gulf of Roses, Sant Pere Pescador, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Rest and RElaxation on the Gulf of Roses

A travel blog entry by kasnsqueak

... off again on the road having had a reasonable sleep in the van. It only took a few hours and we crossed the border into Spain and the coast was nearby. We were aiming for the Costa Brava near Gerona where Wayne had spent the weekend 2 months ago with ...

Amway China Gaudy Style, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Amway China Gaudy Style

A travel blog entry by showme

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This was a really amazing big budget event in celebration of something to do with the chinese section of Amway having a huge junket in Spain. The location was decked out with fascinating Gaudy-style deco (I heard they worked on it for ten days) and the ...

Hola from Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Hola from Barcelona

A travel blog entry by segacs

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... the Pont de Gard to see the Roman aqueducts and take photos. There was also a fire at the border between France and Spain, and lots of billowing clouds of smoke greeted our entrance into Spain. The campsite we're staying at just outside Barcelona is ...

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Barcelona

A travel blog entry by theskinners

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... making and 50 more to go. May have to come back to see the finished product. Then Picasso. Largest collection of Picasso in Spain. The museum walks you through the history of his works. We both enjoyed it. Walked Las Ramblas and visited the market. ...

Para Vale, tengo la sombra del viento!, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Para Vale, tengo la sombra del viento!

A travel blog entry by somanyroads

Hola hermanita, queria contarte que hace media hora consegui el libro que tanto me recomendaste, La sombra del Viento!!! asi que maņana lo empezare a leer. Hoy recorrimos caminando todo Barcelona, creo que estamos promediando unos 10 a 15 km por dia, ...

Majestic Madrid, Madrid, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Majestic Madrid

A travel blog entry by liliens

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... almost require none anyways. The intricate design, iron work, frescos, figures decorating the buildings, balconies, roof ornamentation, and woodwork define a classically Spanish design which is both impressive and unique. We just loved the ambiance and ...

Bodysurfing in the Med?, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Bodysurfing in the Med?

A travel blog entry by beckerworldtrip

... it. But for a little kid, the physical exertion pays a price, and that price is early evening crankiness. Only in Spain, 'early evening' is ten at night and smack in the middle of pizza. Back at the apartment we played Catch Phrase on the IPAD, which has ...

"We'll Figure it Out"

A travel blog entry by cutiebanana

... 'merica and we set out in search of transport to Burgos.  The earliest bus was too late so we went over to the train station and were able to get tickets for an earlier time.  Shortly we were on our way to Burgos, soon to embark upon the next ...

Cold.. Cold... Cold....... Getting warmer...., Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Cold.. Cold... Cold....... Getting warmer....

A travel blog entry by steven_lamothe

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...  the rest of the city. Where I go from here is still a mystery, although I did reserve a ticket to the south of spain, and then to Lisbon, I may change my plans. Sorry for the choppy sentances, my time is almost up at thi internet cafe and I ...

Restart, Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Restart

A travel blog entry by maxint

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... the backpack and the bike just at the places they should have appear a day ago. Some 20 minutes later I'm starting the journey... and starting to understand that it's a total fiasco - under no circumstances I'll manage to push that bag (it's some 22kg): ...

Ghost Town....., Salou, Spain travel blog

Ghost Town.....

A travel blog entry by john.babinec

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... so I decided to take it easy today. It is still raining off and on, I haven't eaten anything in over 24 hours since leaving Madrid, and I'm still not feeling very well, but I had to venture out if for no other reason to grab a bite to eat. As I walked ...

Barthelona!, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Barthelona!

A travel blog entry by dane

Entry coming ...

Dopo una settimana in questa cittā, Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Dopo una settimana in questa cittā

A travel blog entry by mittelmeer

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Barcellona in Italia viene dipinta come la cittā perfetta. Daniele l'inverno scorso mentre passeggiavamo sulla piazza di San Cosimato a Trastevere diceva che a Barcellona non si vedono le auto in doppia fila, non si passa in alcun caso con il rosso, non ...

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