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Rambling
After planes and trains we finally arrived in our hotel. Barcelona put her best on to greet us - it was a glorious winters sunny day. Only about 12 degrees, so Caroline was freezing! We decided to go for a wander, and right outside our hotel is Las Ramblas, a street with a wide walking section down the middle which runs from Plaza de Catalunya and the water. On a Sunday afternoon there were ...
The other Barcelona
... a very noisy place with good atmosphere. Our walk after brought us back to the Rambla and we thought we were walking down it but ended up at the top again so decided to walk home via a lively bar.The following day we decided to do the Sagrada Familia despite the queue. In fact it only took 10 mins to get in. The real queue was for the lift to the top- 1 hour 20 mins -so we just stuck to the basilica itself which is amazing and the photos I include do not do it ...
Out the gate!
... fact that I have just paid $100 for my own love seat to Amsterdam. :) Not a bad way to fly I might add. Had my own pillow from home stretched out and took many comfortable snoozes.
Having flown a few times and observed the fresh vegetable and meat Kosher style meals are made of verses the over cooked and bland "coach" style meal I have now learned to select that little box under meal preference reading Kosher.... except this time I ...
Barcelona
... all his splendor his unique vision of the use of patterns from the nature. One of the things that I was impressed by was the high use of Catalan over Spanish. I (a native spanish speaker) was able to communicate without any problems, but there was lot of people in the streets speaking Catalan. Also, names of streets, radio stations, music, indications, etc. I was even getting confused with some of the main attraction ...
Days 35 & 36
... despite all the signs about silence and respecting it as a place for prayer. Finally, we dragged ourselves away, with hundreds of photos, none that will do this wonderful building justice, but nevertheless, it's all we have. Come and experience it for yourself, it's the only way. Back to la rambla on the metro, and lunch in a cafe-bar - tapas of Spanish ham, manchego cheese (sheep's milk), tortilla (the potato kind) and chorizo de pamplona (a kind of salami - red in colour due ...