Gran Hotel Rey Don Jaime
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Arrived! (In the 'Burbs)
... had landed. Super easy instructions from Ingrid, my first AirBnB host, had me on a comfy Castelldelfels-bound bus in reasonable time. The under-20 minute trip was through an area that, if it weren't for the greenhouses, could've had me thinking I hadn't left Spearwood/Coogee - market gardens galore!!
Ingrid's apartment is on the same street as the ...
Police raids and mail order brides
... to take each other's photo whilst standing in front of a tourist sight and making (what I would call) a V for victory sign. This is very different to the East Europeans. When they take photos the girls and women all pose as if they were creating a modelling portfolio at best or images for a mail order brides web site (not that I have seen one of these) at worst.
Tomorrow we have an early start as we fly to ...
Redemption and fireworks
... a plaque on a nearby wall tells the story of the death of a number of women and children who were killed in the church by a bomb dropped during the civil war. The holes in the external wall are generally attributed to firing squads because this site was used for executions after the fall of Barcelona.
There is yet another famous death associated with the church, because it was to this place of worship that the devout Antoni Gaudi was walking for his daily prayers ...
Spanish Culture and Picasso
... write this blog while the rain hopefully moved on.
Very lucky with our food today. There are many bars and cafes just near our apartment. Tonight we tried one of the more upmarket restaurants in making a big night out as we were off to a concert. Exceptionally fresh seafood, with a huge platter of the whole fish brought to our table to choose something to have cooked. Although the ...
A man with a country once again
... exactly where it was in relation to the closest train station, we opted for a taxi.
The only time I had ever been to a US Consulate before was in Sydney to vote in the presidential election when I lived there in 1996. The consulate in Barcelona was in a posh neighborhood, away from the tourists and the color and craziness of La Rambla. We went through security and, after surrendering phones, cameras and our bags, ...
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