Catalonia

Travel Blogs from Catalonia, Spain and Canary Islands

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The city of human statues and knock-off handbags, Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

The city of human statues and knock-off handbags

A travel blog entry by lingo83

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... 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., Cambrils, Spain travel blog

The English barnacles.

A travel blog entry by joeljenaturner

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... 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!!!, Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!

A travel blog entry by tweeds315

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... . 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., Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Rambla ramble and a trip to the zoo.

A travel blog entry by beckerworldtrip

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... 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, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Barcelona - maņana, maņana

A travel blog entry by purple_havs

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... 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!, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Barcelona!

A travel blog entry by esmibert

... 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, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

The brilliance of Gaudi

A travel blog entry by ntlockhart

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... 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, Tossa de Mar, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Off to the Costa Brava

A travel blog entry by johnny322

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, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Barcelona- second day

A travel blog entry by mirranda

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... 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!, Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

It's not Spain, it's Catalunya!

A travel blog entry by mdaa

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... 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, Sitges, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

People watching

A travel blog entry by darrenhough74

This is a top pick!

... 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, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

The Barcelona Heat

A travel blog entry by mackieineurope

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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, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Barcelona

A travel blog entry by jtpharr

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Barcelona, Barcelona, France travel blog

Barcelona

A travel blog entry by quellomayo

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, Catalonia, Spain travel blog

Press release and Jacket Text

A travel blog entry by simonharris

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... ;          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, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

France, Spain, etc

A travel blog entry by justin

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... 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, Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

18/09/2007

A travel blog entry by avengerpenguins

... 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, Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

19/09/2007

A travel blog entry by avengerpenguins

... ', 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 ...

More pictures...yay, Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

More pictures...yay

A travel blog entry by scooterandlaura

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Some more pictures from Paris, Spain, and ...

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Barcelona

A travel blog entry by travellerette

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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!, Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Wow!

A travel blog entry by jkach50

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... 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, Barcelona, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Brief pause in Barcelona

A travel blog entry by ainaz

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... 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 ...

Barcelona, Casa Batllo and El Raval area, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Barcelona, Casa Batllo and El Raval area

A travel blog entry by kescott

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Week 5 (Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Week 5 (Barcelona)

A travel blog entry by michelleincr

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... 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, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Back in Spain

A travel blog entry by shanam6m

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... 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, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Barcelona: Gaudi Times and Rainy Weather

A travel blog entry by kelncre

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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!!, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Word for the Day - WALKING.....and lots of it!!

A travel blog entry by jenlow07

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... 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, Olot, Spain travel blog

Olot and Besalu

A travel blog entry by sophiatravels

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... 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, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Mason's first blog

A travel blog entry by beckerworldtrip

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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, Barcelona, Spain travel blog

Barthelona

A travel blog entry by ademrocktheeu

... 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 ...

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