Hostal Poblenou Barcelona

Barcelona - first impressions

This
morning we awoke extremely early, just before 5.00am, and had quick
showers, finished packing then left our room to head down our very
direct route to the Linea Blu waterbus stand. There was a little
crowd gathered in the gloom even before we arrived with their roll on Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Canary Islands penny71

We love Gaudi

Today
was a fantastic day (lucky we didn't change our flights and go home
yesterday, when we both said we wanted to!). We had read that the
Bus Turistic, the hop on hop off bus, was recommended for Barcelona,
so we set off earlyish, caught the metro into town and bought a
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We love Barcelona

This morning we awoke slightly later
than planned and had breakfast at about 9.00am then headed off to the
metro and made our way back to town then to the Placa de Catalunya
and jumped on the red line tourist bus and on to the Placa d'Espanya
where Darren would have taken man...

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Goodbye HOHO Bus - we're independent again!

After breakfast this morning we used
the metro to go back to Sagrada Familia and found the queue a more
satisfactory length. We entered the cathedral to find that much of
the centre was still under construction with some very impressive
scaffolding, but we could still see tha...

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ARRIVED

WELCOME TO BARCELONA

Finally unfolding our bodies form the 7hrs what wasn't 7hrs of sleep, we collected our bike cases sans two straps. Our design for additional case strength worked well except the inspector clearly did not snap the fastex buckles well. Guided to the #41 bus by our hostal host to Placa de Catalanya..the center of town....

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Getting it Together

It took less time than I thought to put the bikes together. The bed became the surgical table and Cherry skilled nurse handing me the parts in sequence. The patient survived. Anxious to get riding again we set out in the evening to explore our surroundings. Down along the beach Columbus and up the Rambla. We secured the rendezvous location at th...

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Market Meeting, Guell,Montserrat, Majesty

MARKET MEETING
We have become victims of our own technology. With no cell phone to confirm connections, we relied on best laid plans to meet with the Peterson's at the Mercat off the Ramblas. Fabulous selections of fresh fruits, meats, nuts, dried everythngs, and best of all ...cappuccino!! Meeting friends in a strange location is a wonderf...

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