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Good Times in Barcelona
First off, sorry it's taken us so long to update our blog. Time keeps flying by and it's difficult to find the time to write detailed updates... this is why we are going to try and make this one a little shorter and let the pics do the talking for us... Barcelona was SO much fun! It's definitely become one of our favorite cities... so much that I ( …
Off to Barcelona
... like a shark’s fin above water. The Jaws music would not have been out of place although perhaps a bit naff.
The megaphone (megafone?) was held by a man wearing a hoodie and as he climbed onto the stage I observed "That’s Filastine" which wasn’t exactly a leap of intellect either, but I was far from the last person in the crowd to spot what was going on.
I confess that until I saw the line-up for this years BAM (Barcelona Accio Musical) I ...
Festa Major de Gracia
... mining in this area up until the 1980s and the driver observed that there weren't many collieries in London but when we explained what it was about he became quite animated and told us that he had been in a brass band in the RAF and was definitely going to look them up.
The flight into East Midlands was rather late due to strong headwinds and we took off about 30 minutes after the scheduled departure time. A little time was made up en route which allowed Ryanair to ...
Gaudi's Work Around Barcelona
... scattered around Barcelona.
Gaudi was a brilliant Spanish architect who lived from 1852 to 1926. However brilliant he was he had a very unorthodox method of designing his works. He hardly ever used any written out math. Instead he would construct inverted 3d models using strings and hanging weights from where the strings connected for all of his measurements. Sometimes during constructions he would even just improvise his buildings ...
Departing Barcelona
... carried aboard is nothing but a greedy policy to try to force passengers into buying way overpriced beverages from the ship. I was incensed to see ship staff selling soda packages for $97.50 ($6.50 per day times 15 days). Keep in mind this is for fountain soda – which is dirt cheap and costs something like 5 or 10 cents per glass.
I boarded Voyager at 2:26 p.m. and headed to Deck 11’s Windjammer Cafe to eat lunch at the buffet. Then I made my way to Cabin 9553. ...
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