Catalonia Atenas Barcelona

... dark and I couldn't see anything. It was only about an hour flight, then I had to take a bus into Barcelona, because the airport was an hour outside. Around midnight we pulled into the bus station and Zach was there waiting for me. We got on the metro and went to the hostel, which I never would have found on my own. Even though Zach had requested that we were in the same room, I was in a different one. We stayed up for a little bit talking then ...

... can we carry, we decided to buy 16 cases of beer (384) cans to last us the next 28 days. So in our best broken spanish tried to ask the store person how many beers they had out the back, after a bit of hand gesturing and pointing we managed to leave them with all bar 3 six packs sitting on their shelf!! 2 full shopping trollys later and we were on our way. The local council workers gave us a good cheer as we ran up this steap road to our hotel. ha ha ha, once back at the hotel they ...

6/8: <br><br>-Train from Madrid to Barcelona: 110.30 Euros<br>-Hotel: 30 Euros<br><br>6/9:<br><br>-Visited the Barcelona Pavilion, a commission by the German Reich in 1928 to host the International Exposition for 1929. It is noted for it highly simplistic form, and though the original was torn down after the exhibition, photographs allowed its ...

... and a park that are all ahead of his time. Today we visited the park, parc guell, it was too far away and probably not worth the time unless you know exactly how to get there (we got lucky), and it's definitely something that you'd never believe was built 100yrs ago. At night we walked around where the Olympic stadium is as well as the magic fountain is (closed), etc it's a great place for a view and for a walk, we saw a lot of ...

... by Gaudi. We climbed to the top of the hill and got some spectacular views of the city and the Mediterranean Sea. If anyone watches Americas Next Top Model, when they did the final runway show with the crazy brides, they filmed it in this park (see picture). We were able to view two more houses that Gaudi designed. He has the most imaginative designs ...

... space and time saving solution-- unless you use a dishwasher of course. 2. Dual-flush toilets. Many toilets here have a smaller button you can push for smaller "#1" type deposits, then a larger button for larger "#2" deposits. What a great water-saving solution. 3. Most houses I´ve been to here, instead of a fixed shower head, have a tube attachment that you can hang or manually move about. Great for hair washing, leg shaving, etc. You can focus on ...

... a culinary landscape that you're likely to get lost without guidance. Bueno. Franco shares with us before dinner is over that the Polish girls are going to leave tomorrow morning, a day earlier than they originally thought. "Okay." we said. "Umm... can we come back and stay one more night with you?" "Sure, no problem." he said, saving us a pile of money and another restless night's sleep. We proceed to make the pension operator very angry the next morning ...

... her way out she passed by the Gothic Courtyard where there are 13 geese,\ being fattened up by tourists. The geese represent the Saint who the cathedral is dedicated for, Saint Eulalia who was supposedly killed at age 13 for practicing her faith. After a few additional stops and some shopping, Katie met Graham at the conference. Dinner was the next stop. Time Out magazine's Barcelona guidebook suggested an Italian restaurant close to the ...

... We´ll be heading to the beach this afternoon and catching our train to Nice, France tonight. The weather is hot during the day, there was one threat of rain, but it never did rain, and when the sun goes down, the temperature drops, requiring a sweater. I´ve done quite well with my spanish, especially that the native language here is Catalan, in the Catalunya region, which is a variation of spanish. Those spanish lessons in Ottawa and Mexico really payed off.