El Abrevadero Barcelona

10.27.09 From Portugal to Spain &#8211; The Signs Are Everywhere!<br><br>On Tuesday, after yet another great hotel breakfast at Roma, we decided to brave the AeroBus back to the Lisbon airport &#8211; with much better success this time! Our flight to Barcelona was late, so we passed the time talking to a lovely Aussie girl at the airport (whose story was a bit sad &#8211; just a few ...

... Trevi fountain, walked through some of the ruins and into the Coliseum. Then we finished off the afternoon at St. Peter's Bascilca, which was beautiful! We missed seeing the Pope by a few hours! Grace and Julio saw him that morning! Florence and Pisa were beautiful too, and we got to eat some authetic Italian food! But not pizza.... I KNOW! No Italian pizza for Erin.... that's why we have to go back! :o ...

... door to go to Esther and Francisco's anyway. It was so nice to sit down with my 'foster uncle and aunt' and have a good, long chat and laugh together one last time. I showed them my photos of Pamplona plus some other photos I'd taken during the trip. Before we knew it, it was 10 pm! But, I found it hard to go home after they suggested we go out to eat something. How could I decline? Before we left, Esther gave me a Barcelona FC scarf in the ...

... Italian speaking" help. At the café, I made friends with the Manager (he let me use their office internet) we had so much in common and he too has a gypsy soul having lived in places such as London, Spain, and Holland... we became instant friends. Alessandro is Italian but he speaks perfect English from his time in London, thus speaks with an English accent, he is incredibly sweet and very fun. He took me under his wing for the next few days ...

... Today we all slept in and got up to make a big brunch! We don ' t normally cook together, but we all missed each other from spending the week apart, so it made for a fun thing to do to get to check up with each other too! I ' ve been talking Mitch and Mike around Florence showing them all the things I know to show them. We went up to Piazza Michelangelo which overlooks the entire city of Florence. I hadn ' t been there yet, and ...

... didn't stir till 8:30 the next morning.<br><br>Monday Barcelona<br><br>When Mandy finally woke we raced down for breakfast before it finished, then jogged down the road to the Plaza Del Rei where a free guided walking tool was meant to depart. It didn't, and after half an hour we and the others gave up, and started walking. We went down to the Columbus monument commemorating where Christopher left to discover America, then ...

... 1 dress, 1 sandal every day/night, 1 flip flop), 2 hats - Travel size items: shampoo, conditioner, bath gel, lotion, toothbrush, toothpaste, dental floss, hair spray, hair gel, deodorant, shaving cream, razor - Electronics: Laptop & charger, cell phone & charger, IPOD, speakers, and chargers, digital camera, extra memory card, case, charger, jump drive, DVD's/movies, 8 AA batteries - Books: for fun and ...

After Paris, Matt headed up to the Netherlands and I came south to Barcelona. I spent the afternoon at the beach reading and watching a few windsurfers. The water was cool and, I´ve heard, dirty, so I suppose that´s why so few people were in the water. The next day I went to a Cathedral and the Picasso Museum in the morning. The museum showcased much of Picasso´s early works which were interesting to see because when I think of Picasso I tend to associate him ...

... wihtout seeing some form of stripes of spots! 3. The pants which we have christened ¨hammer pants¨. Actually, that part was all Courtney´s doing...the pants are reminiscent of the M.C. Hammer phase. The ****** hangs about a foot lower than normal pants, and they are really baggy with a tight strap that is worn just below the knee. The end result is a sort of skirt sort of pants that hangs just below the knee...we tried to buy some in hopes that they will be cool in North ...

Barcelona estuvo buenisimo. En Lo de la hermana de Vicky me trataron barbaro. Pude conocer muchisimas cosas muy impresionantes como la catedral de catalunya (una catedral que tiene partes del imperio romano, partes romanicas, partes goticas, y partes nuevas, o sea un edificio con casi 2000 años de historia.) La Sagrada Familia tmabien es impresionante ...