Cal Joanet Tiurana Lleida

Ms. Montserrat

... took off for the funicular (basically a tram) that takes you up up up to various scenic points from which you can hike and gasp at the view. We hiked for about two hours before heading back down to the monastery and inhaling a late lunch of catalan sausage, white beans, and grilled veggies.

It was a great and exhausting day of inspiring sights -- check out the pics!

Monistrol de Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain kimszrom

Riding, day 2

Wow... I didn't have time to write all the stuff that has happen to me and there are multiple reasons for that.

1. It was too many event that happen
2. I was in an absolute zeitnot

Let me elaborate on these :)
I couldn't help but to try to attack that first serious ascend of Stage #7, after all we are talking about 1200m, starting from some 670m, what could possible go wrong...

Well, let me tell you - there is no less trustful device ...

Somewhere between Solsona&Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain maxint

Barcelona - Rumble in the Ring - Rated G for Gore!

... of life and then they start to distract the bull with the capes which are magenta on one side and dark yellow/gold on the other. The bull runs around the ring chasing these Banderilleros - they duck behind openings in the ring and continue to torment the bull. The trumpets sound again and out come the two Picadores on horseback with their long spears - the bull eventually will ram into the side of the horses - thank goodness for ...

Barcelona, Spain jimstephkrueger

Pilgrimage to Montserrat

... Photos will come in the next days - when I don't have much else to show you) We decided to walk up the restaurant that we had been to with the really nice staff - and actually we had walked by on our way back from the hospital and told them that we would be back. They said that they were open until 1 a.m. and they wrote my name down and said that when we got back we wouldn't have to wait as long then. There is always a wait here. By the time ...

Montserrat, Spain jimstephkrueger

La Santa Creu - What a sight

... a light lunch of toasted ham and cheese but Jim had his heart set on the restaurant across the street - so I had coffee there while he had his roasted vegetables and roasted pork. We then headed off towards the shopping center. A very nice complex - some outdoors and some indoors with a really nice area of amusement rides for children. Will, check out the photos of the ferris wheel and the horse races! Also, what do you think of Bahdee ...

Barcelona, Spain jimstephkrueger

Adventures amongst the inquisitive Spaniards

Oh boy... Right after finishing my Hebrew Ulpan final, I met up with Jessica and we jetted to the airport. We flew Arkia, which is Hebrew for Cattle Car, I think. But we got there safely. We met up with our busload of tired Israelis and left for the hotel. We were dropped off at midnight a mere 12 blocks from our hotel. We slept well but angrily. Barcelona, by the way, reminds me of San Francisco without hills. Day 1: After ...

Barcelona, Spain mwolf

Rolling thru the barcelona hood.

We rent bikes and cruise around the boardwalk... We hop in the dirty water and play in the stinky sand(ciggaretes.) We end up making friends with these two girls next to us and ask them about the local night life... They recomend a few places and then tell us to meet them at their fav bar. We then go eat dinner, spicy spaghetti and salad. We shower and change and find our friends... The locals are amazing how they stay up all night sipping on beer. A little boring for ...

Barcelona, Spain shennyg

hablo la lingua! Finaly

So we are now in spain, I can communicate to people a lot more easily. We got a night train to barcelona and the first day we checked in a wandered around, We are staying on "la rambla" it is a main street with street performers. We went to the casa sacrada, you pay to go see a construction site, pretty dumb. The idea was cool, it is like arichitecture from the idea ...

Barcelona, Spain shennyg

barca

... was a good chunk of most days. the parc guell by gaudi was another highlight for me. really beautiful and tripped out spot. spent a day on the beach with picnic+ beers, strolled the harbour, ate seafood checked out artists markets, stamp/coin collector markets, watched locals dance the sardana (catalan dance) in front of La Seu (the cathedral) on sunday, walked around a beautiful park called parc ciutdella. looked in a lot of churches and cathedrals! we ...

Barcelona, Spain nat-l-e

Can't believe i'm doing a "travelogue"

so here i am, sitting in my apartment in Barcelona, spain. It's much easier for me to accept the fact that i'm actually living here now that it's been a while (three months already?!?!?) but still a little strange when i look on a map (or even stranger, a globe!) and imagine exactly where i am. But the more i travel to other countries, the more i feel like coming back here is coming back home. It's a nice feeling. The ups and downs of the first few months had me only ...

Barcelona, Spain brittanydavis