Arrived in Barcelona yesterday evening by 5 hour train ride. I had the name and address of a hostel in hand...rode the metro (subway) close to the location and found it. I get there..oh ya, it´s closed and has been for 5 years...the information source I got the name from needs a bit of updating! Here in Barcelona they speak Catalan, which is act...

Barcelona is a massive city and from the minute we got off the train, we knew this would be the case. The feeling was so different from Valencia. So rushed and so busy like the other big cities we have been to like Paris and Berlin. We spent a long time trying to find our hostel and although we eventually got there, we weren't happy campers. The...