Barcelona Dream Hostel

we were up early and into city, catching that replacement bus service certainly made things slower. We started the day off with a Fat Tire Bike Tour – which I highly recommend. The tour guide was fantastic and we got to see most of the city in 4 hours.

We stopped at the Barcelona Cathedral, and then headed to the famous Sagrada Famillia, Antoni Gaudi's creation. We also went through the park and headed past the bull fighting arena, stopped at the Arc De Triompf (Barcelona Versi...

So today we took a train to Barcelona. The best train I have ever seen in my life!! We took a bunch of baguettes from our hostel's breakfast for the road. Jeff was sitting with a guy from Logan Square. Small world!! Once in Barcelona, we got to our hostel in like 15 minutes. It was in the outskirts of Barcelona. It was so extremely nice and helpful! We were about 8 minutes walk from the beach. We got some crepes and ice cream at this little restaurant. I was nervous speaking Spanish here beca...

Here. So, Barcelona. Definitely worth the effort. Lots of cool buildings, good vibe. Not cheap, but if you look after yourself you can do all right. We've been to lots of Gaudi places, the funky park and building that everyone knows about. And the big church that's still being built. I think it's definitely a livable city. Good public transport, good climate. Good food. Maybe Santiago and Barcelona so far are my two non-English speaking livable cities. Cardiff being in the English speaking si...

Today we took a 2 hour or so train trip up North to bisit the town where Salvidor Dali spent a lot of his time working. He rebuilt a burnt out theatre and turned it into his museum. It's a big place. Really big, and we spent maybe 3 hours there, and it seemed a rush. It's full of sculptures made specially for the place and a lot of his art work. His oil painting are what most people recognise, but he also experimented with many styles of art. Oh, and it's nice to be in a country with a good t...

We were going to leave by train from Almeria to Barcelona on the Arco but when we
got to the train station we found out that the train was sold out. You need to reserve it in advance. Oh well, from there we went to the bus window and bought our tickets to Barcelona leaving at 9:45 AM and getting there at about 10:30 PM. The ride was pleasant and we stopped along the way and bought souvenirs at the rest stations and ate some pretty good food!

When we got to Barcelona we took the met...