Chess Hotel Atlantis Barcelona

... back to the Reception to drop off the comment card and the girl tracked me down and said I didn't pay and that I had to go to the accounts person who spoke no English. They hadn't set up Rachel's account with my credit card and they wanted a cash payment. I asked if I could pay with credit card and he said yes but after 5 minutes it didn't work and luckily I had plenty of euros because we spent nothing on shopping! So I paid got th ...

... i had such a good time in paris and then the fact that my hostel wasn`t that amazing. Like, the people were nice and all but didn`t really find anyone heaps col to hang with.

though on my first day in Barca was with a Candian guy, who brought his guitar with him so we he starting jamming with a busker, which was heaps cool. They were just busting out riffs, they play "Girl from Ipanema" and then just improvised the rest of it. That was in Park Guell which is a park designed ...

... day. I walked and got my train ticket, a couple dresses, a book in English, and went to the Parc de Chateau. It had a beautiful overlook of the city and the beach. I also stumbled upon and went into the Cimetiere du Chateau.

It is one of the biggest, creepiest, coolest cemeteries I have ever seen. It puts every cemetery in New Orleans to shame. This one was especially creepy because I was there by myself, in the late afternoon, and this cemetery is crammed ...

... ends just before the sea front. Of course it's not all discount hamsters and Hola! Magazine though, the bottom half of the street has a more sinister side, with the usual collection of sex shops and peep shows present. I was walking back up the street as the sun set and was stopped in my tracks by a woman who I can only fairly describe as a little on the large side. "You tourist?" "Yes" "Want unisex *******?" "No thank you" (Unisex? What the ****? Best ...

... on est ainsi un peu plus sur le beat des Barcelonois. À 13h, on a fait allumer le fourneau d'un resto de pizza qui n'avait encore reçu aucun client pour le lunch! Programme de ce lundi : vue d'ensemble d'une partie de la ville sur le toit d'un bus touristique, puis le reste à pied. Le thème de la journée : Gaudi. Vous verrez sur nos photos que Jacques s'est fait un ami, le dragon du ...

... street lined with performers and market stands. The next day, we saw the amazing Sagrada Familia, the cathedral that Antoni Gaudi designed and it won´t be completed until 2020. It is so neat - nothing like any of the cathedrals that I have seen throughout Europe. It is colorful and is supposed to represent nature. We then toured Park Guell, a park ...

... you want the water to go. 4. Wide, shallow toasters. Actually, my mother-in-law uses a rack that goes above the gas stove to toast bread which is cool too, but I couldn´t see myself doing that. She also has a branding iron, like you can imagine to brand an animal, to burn the sugar on top of crema catalana (the original version of creme brulee-- the french copied). Since my Spanish husband eats plenty of "french" bread, or baguettes, these toasters are the ...

... and giving us great tips on what we can do with 3 days in Barcelona. It turns out that he's from Peru, and he's got a trip planned to visit family there for the exact same days that we're planning to be there! We agree that we should keep in touch and see if we can meet up again on a different continent. It's really amazing the connections you make when you're traveling this way. The next morning, we attempt to leave early and start exploring, but Franco ...

... we couldn't remember the name. So we followed directions on our map to what we thought was the campsite, but we were so wrong. We took the metro out to the edge of town and tried to follow signs and got completely lost and finally got a cab to take us, only to find it was some park with weird sculptures all over it. So we had to go back downtown and start over. Luckily, some of our friends were there by this time, and we got back okay. That night, everyone wanted to go out ...

... who was killed by a tram in 1926. This was his main project. However his completed work is all over the city and very impressive. Next we headed to Parc Guell, Guadi´s landscape gardening with an amazing view of the city. We followed with an even more impressive view of the city, from what must be the highest point in the city - Tibidabo Park/Hill which has a tram to climb the mountain, a large church and an amusement park that is only open on weekends. We ...