Casa Sol Cala Blanca

... sole achievements were cycling into Barcelona to find out how to get to the train station at 7.00 in the morning and finishing my second book. Other than that I did nada, nothing, zip - which was lovely. I slept pretty badly that night, which the sly romantic in me would say was due to the anticipation of Ellen's arrival, but in brutal reality it was due to the 30 bites on my body and the fear of more to come. And so B.E. concludes.

... not be talked about.............. Tired after the journey we spent the evening walking the length of the Las Ramblas, and went to Port Vell where there are some pretty impressive Yachts. Today we went to see the impressive Gothic Catherdral, but they knew we were coming as they have surrounded it in scafolding!! We took a trip up the Mirador De Colon, which gives you a 360 degree view of Barcelona and port. We then visited the El Corte ...

... corpi estranei alla città gettati su questo bel lungomare in fretta e furia. La passeggiata olimpica con centinaia di pennoni bianchi e senza bandiere mi fa sentire in un paesaggio post-atomico tagliato da un sole troppo cattivo che spacca la pelle, mentre le fontane intorno a noi sono vuote e non hanno senso alcuno, senz'acqua. Rivedo Oriol alla mia spalla destra, mentre fissa la scultura del gatto. La tavola di marmo di commemorazione ...

... because of Barcelona's own style of the Art Nouveau artistic style called Modernisme. The central figure of the style is the architect Antoni Gaudi - a genius who created a series of buildings and parks across the city, most with a light organic feel about them, though some are very dark. His most famous creation is the Sagrada Familia cathedral, which has been under construction since 1882, and won't be finished for at least another decade. But that's not all ...

... says: Patty, I saw it! Patty says: Steve, we are lost... Steve says: It is your turn to ask for directions... We made it to Zaragoza where we stopped for the night en route to San Sebastian in the Basque region. We stayed in San Sebastian for a few days and enjoyed walking the streets and tasting the pintxos (Basque version of Tapas) and just taking it easy. We decided to skip the driving through France and fly directly ...

... s inspirations was apparently Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, which amazingly I had just read in December! So it was fascinating to see his take on what Captain Nemo’s ship would have looked like.

After the overpriced tour we found a place for lunch where I had to try some famous Spanish ham which is apparently one of the big deals in the town where Katherine lives. It is very good and we sit around making lots of jokes about ...

... de la plusvalía con arreglo a la forma m (1,560 libras de hilo)-d (78 libras esterlinas) = M (artículos de consumo). Pero los elementos de valor de cada parte alícuota del producto hilo de 10,000 libras pueden representarse en partes del producto, exactamente lo mismo que en el producto en su totalidad. Del mismo modo que estas 10,000 libras de hilo se pueden dividir en valor del capital constante (c), 7,440 libras de hilo con un valor de 372 libras esterlinas, valor del ...

... in were amazing! I really want to get into Mosaics when l get home- if l ever find the patience. We then took photos of the Basilicas New-Renaissance façade of Christ and the apostles and left the Basilica passing through a long alleyway containing so many beautiful coloured illuminated candles! It was a pretty special moment- l knew they represented something significant for the thousands of pilgrims that come here every year and their prayers. Descending down Mont ...

... the city by the ocean where we just vegetated for the rest of the afternoon. That night, Christine, Katie, Shannon, Carlos, and myself went out to this great little restaurant which sits out over the harbor, overlooking the large sculpture erected for the Olympics. The food was so good and we sat there for hours just enjoying our last night in Spain. Looking back, I can laugh about everything even though there were times when I wasn't too happy with some people. I think is all part of ...

... in the city (except the Gaudi stuff but that's another day). I ended up this restaurant on the wharf that was having a private reception, but the waiter said he'd serve me personally and so snuck me in on the balcony with a view of the sea and the city. I met some girls (Ana and Yisell)from California in my room and they were so great! We're planning on going to Andorra on Thursday.