My two-week travel adventure started in Barcelona, where I met Jeff (my boyfriend) after being separated for two months. The reunion was far from what you see in the movies...let´s just say, I made a sign but was unable to use it when frantically running around the Barcelona airport trying to figure out where his plane landed. We were lucky enou...

Barcelona has been a ton better than Madrid. My hostel is down these little cobblestone streets, which you probably shouldn't walk down at night. The area is great and I'm right off of another plaza, Spain must be filled with them. Alas no ABBA accordians, but many clowns for entertainment. Oh and the thieves are entertaining in the plaza too. T...

I was very excited for this bike tour. I haven't been on a bike in a while, nevertheless, i wouldn't pass up the chance to be a crazy tourist bike around some unfamiliar city. What could be better? First, we took off from the bike tour home base, and stopped over in places like Placa Reial, the beach and docks, Stop over to get a drink at a cafe...

Half the group took a plane to Bilbao for the day to see the Guggenheim. The group I was included in took at trip to the winery: Frexinet. We took the metro and than train. We had gotten word from Tourist Information that prebooking was unnecessary. Turns out that the tip was outdated and when we arrive, i got some looks from the staff behind r...

Alison and Nancy took us to Casa Mila and Casa Batllo. Today I was fortunate enough to have forgotten the battery for my camera back at the hostel, so i had the opportunity to relax, let everyone else take pictures, and grab my sketch book and pen, to take my time and really analysis the details of gaudi's works which were displayed inside of th...

Traveling to Montserrat was an journey in itself. Our 1 hour bus tour traveled along snake paths that crawled up the extreme landscapes. The winding roads were so narrow that we experienced very close encounters with passing pikes, cars and worst of all, other BUSES. Eventually we made it, a little green in the face. After a debriefing with the...

Continuing on our observation of Gaudi's impression on what makes Barcelona, really Barcelona, we start our day off with a visit to see the Familiar Sigrid. Traveling by metro, we arrive around 9:30am, and purchase a double ticket for both admittance at the church, as well as the gaudi museum at Guell park. It was easy to connect what was happe...

It feels great to finally be off the plane at Barcelona's Internation Airport. We had arranged for a bus to come pick us up from the airport and take us to the area where our hostel was located. It was an interesting way to kick off the trip, although the bus was a little stuffy, but i guess it was worth the $75/person. The scenic root we took ...

This day was schedualled as a Free Choice Day within Barcelona. I'm gonna just leave it at that...