Catalonia
Travel Blogs from Catalonia, Spain and Canary Islands
The city of human statues and knock-off handbags
... had time to stop and purchase some chocolate croissants for breakfast :) The train took us through some pretty bleak landscape, I thought Spain was greener. I guess I was wrong, it was a bit moonscape-esque, all brown and dreary. Still, was nice to ...
The English barnacles.
... them and talk at them as long as we can because they might understand us. It’s really great here in Spain because we seem to be seeing more and more Englanders jetting about. That night we had a great craic with some over a couple of bottles of red ...
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!
... . today i also visited the picasso museum. one of the best museums ive ever been to. it is housed in 2 old castles and chronicles his work. i really enjoyed it and brought home a very interesting book! tomorrow is our last night in barcelona. we are ...
Rambla ramble and a trip to the zoo.
... to the Barcelona Zoo. I didn’t expect much of it, but it turned out to be an outstanding zoo. Compact, uncrowded and loaded with exotic animals, I enjoyed this zoo more than I have ever enjoyed a zoo before. The place has drink fountains! Remember ...
Barcelona - maņana, maņana
... cruisey but at times can be very frustrating. Had a huge first day after arriving on an overnight train from San Seebastian and pretty much got straight into the city. La Rambla was a crazy tourist-infested boulevard with so many street performers we ...
Barcelona!
... love it. We've been here about 2 weeks now and have seen almost everything. Plenty of museums lke history, 2 Dali museums, Picasso, and a marina one. We have relaxed alot more in Barcelona and are enjoying the sun, getting a tan and reading. Our next ...
The brilliance of Gaudi
... the Museu d´historia de la Ciutat (www.museuhistoria.bcn.cat). The main attraction of the museu lies underground. Entire streets and squares of old Barcelona (Barcino) are accessible via walkways suspended over the ruins of Roman Barcelona. They are the ...
Off to the Costa Brava
Last stop: Tossa de Mar. It's a beautiful Mediterranean town 1 1/2 hours north of Barcelona. One of my favorite places. Okay, back to finals. Financial Economics kicked my ass today, but oh well. I'm headed for ...
Barcelona- second day
... might guess, he forgot, and we rode the bus for an entire hour to the last stop, where the remaining riders got off, and the bus driver remembered (since we were the only ones still on the bus)! He apologized profusely, but also reprimanded us for not ...
It's not Spain, it's Catalunya!
... called Catalunya (this is the capital for 7 million Catalunyans- meaning it is the spot for Spanish people from this region in Spain- called Catalunyans) to the big Barcelona Cathedral. It is a huge, Catalunyan gothic style church. We went during a free ...
People watching
... by. Val is definitely a people watcher, which is great because we are too!! So while show was thus occupied Kim and I punished ourselves by doing an exercise circuit along the esplanade before a well earned scrambled eggs breaky. After much searching we ...
The Barcelona Heat
This past week, we spent our five day break in Barcelona, Spain! It was soooooo beautiful there....and the sun was constantly shining! I wanted to post the pictures right away....so enjoy the following pictures and be ready for the rest of the story very ...
Barcelona
Nos levantamos a las 6:00! Pucha! Bueno... como yo habia previsto salimos un poco tarde pero lo importante es que comimos un buen desayuno y estuvimos felices y listos para el viaje. Habia un momento muy especial cuando pasamos la frontera entre la ...
Press release and Jacket Text
... ; A Guidebook To Catalonia That's Not for Tourists Pick up any guidebook to Spain and chances are it focuses on the same old landmarks, beaches, food and attractions. That's all well and good if ...
France, Spain, etc
... hers and we went to St. Valery, a sort of small beach town. We all had a fun, walking along the muddy coastline and eventually finding a strip of actual beach. For lunch, I had a crepe made with intestines...im not sure what animal those intestines ...
18/09/2007
... Afterwards we strolled down Carrer Ample and happened upon a cosy looking bar called Pergaminos where we only meant to have a beer or two but couldn't resist the mozzarella, onion and tomato salad. A nightcap in Taxidermista topped the evening off ...
19/09/2007
... ', mainly serving people working in the business park surrounding it became our regular breakfast haunt, offering excellent tortillas and hot sandwiches the were considerably more interesting than the choices on offer in the Travelodge. Probably not worth ...
Barcelona
First souvenir for spain -a rubber soccer ball, lucky eh?? Arrive Barcelona late, it's col smelly and traffic galore!! Do a quick bus tour of Barcelona, beautiful city, the lookout is the best part - overlooks the city and the port.Left aligned photo ...
Wow!
... european threads and our backpacks are getting heavier, so it is on to the last stop our travels, Madrid...oh but there might be a day trip to Sevilla, Spain, just for kicks. Hope all is well in the states and we will be seeing you soon. R & ...
Brief pause in Barcelona
... really good time, thank you Angel and Adriana. I leave tonight on a ferry to Genova, Italia. Vale, hasta luego.. Oh, and I didn't quite escape the port city theives... my helmet was stolen off my bike while it was locked on the street. No ...
Week 5 (Barcelona)
... ticket was a chocolate bar! YUM! The museum was super small but had exhibits on the history of chocolate making in Spain and also chocolate sculptures of popular characters: Spongebob, Chicken Little, the house from Up!, etc. The gift shop ...
Back in Spain
... years and years it's been going on. I went to Las Ramblas, a mile or so stretch of shops, restaurants, artist drawing caricatures and portraits of people...I was tempted for a minute or so to get one done. Decided another day. And of course ...
Barcelona: Gaudi Times and Rainy Weather
We rounded out our time in Spain with a stop in Barcelona. Despite the rainy weather, we still managed to have a great time! We had a very event-packed first day trying to fit in all the outdoor sights in between glimpses on sunshine as we weren't ...
Word for the Day - WALKING.....and lots of it!!
... the night before that our fabulous hotel is right across from the Mercadona which is a big ol' supermarket. Yay! Inexpensive eats and treats! So we snagged some tasty pastries and fruits and started our day walking down the Avinguda Diagonal. It's the ...
Olot and Besalu
... apparent that a car would be necessary to get around to do the hikes. Not to be dissuaded, we decided to hop on the bus anyway and have a look around. First up, we went straight to Olot, a town of about 30,000 people in the lower Pyrenees. There are three ...
Mason's first blog
Hi. This is Mason. I like Barcelona .The beaches are very nice but the people are weird. Oh don't leave your apartment if you have a apartment don’t leave your keys. Like two stores away there a pizza place the pizza is so good that you die. Like ...
Barthelona
... the first 3 hours of the day trying to work out how we were managing to run out of time. Decided to forfeit our booked flights and reschedule to allow another day in Barcelona. Alright, sorted, let's have a look at this place.....oh...but we havn't got ...

