Clarion Hotel Don Jaime Castelldefels

... girls and aguy talking cultural differences, music and what ever. The south Carolina girl is sweet. <br><br>As well as that im meeting a guy tomo morning about a sales job which pays really well, and ive got another job to call back, so all is good on that front. <br><br>ive uploaded a video and sdome pics of the ramblas, the street where barcelona really comes alive and where i´ll work doing the pr job. <br ...

... really) ... and that made Samuel scared, and the poor little guy almost lost his nerves. He nearly started crying, but thankfully we were only a bit away from the exit and he kept his cool to the end. It was hilarious. We were all cracking up. ... The second memorable thing was also about Janice being scared to death, this time atop a really tall ride. The basic ride is to hop in to a cart attached to a really really long arm sort of thing that rotates a bit like a ferris ...

... that look like the gingerbread houses out of hansel and gretel. The area was originally designed to be a self-contained community, but it sort of flopped, and is now a beautiful public park.We spent a couple of hours handing out, there as a guy playing spanish guitar in a huge undercover area which made for some good chillout time, before we headed back to have a late lunch and wandered past some appartments that he had built in his same artistic style. I didnt bother ...

... amazing art and it´s really a part of the culture and scenery here. Also, the Montana graffiti shop is located here (for those of you who don´t know, Montana creates some of the top-line spray paint for graffiti). We´ve also met some great people here. Yesterday after walking the beach we stopped at a bar for happy hour and got cocktails with two British guys. They came down here four years ago from London and decided to never ...

... very evident and in use by the residents of this modern city. The weather was perfect, and it really gave me a chance to test my Spanish...although many of the residents prefer to speak their own Catalan...they'll be the first to tell you that it's a different language, not a dialect of Spanish. I still rate Barcelona as one of the TOP 5 cities in the world...well worth a visit!

(Jim) Several months ago, we were making plans to celebrate Alexander's 7th birthday on August 30. With finances constrained by the cost of the trip, and material gifts limited by the size of our luggage, instead of gifts we gave Alec a choice of several experiences as a birthday present. In the end, his choice came down to EuroDisney with the whole family, or the chance to see FC Barcelona play a football match. (That is soccer for those of you in Rio Linda ...

... else, he was certainly original! From there we headed back to the boardwalk and after buying our lunch from a grocer headed to the beach. We had a wonderful relaxing afternoon walking on the sand and testing the water (which was wayyy to cold for swimming). We then walked back along the boardwalk and up Las Ramblas stopping at a café for a few last tapas and sangria (I even got a slight sunburn!). We then caught the metro and then the bus back to Girona to fly back ...

... here, which has a big pedestrian walkway right down the middle. Kind of hard to explain without pictures (which you will all see when we get back!), but we are on this street and have our own balcony that overlooks the street. We had our first meal in Spain, and what else would we try but some tapas! This is a meal of small portions of lots of different things (spicy sausages, salads ...

Oh, my final day in Barcelona. I´ve just not had the energy to write the last little while. I think I hurt my foot with all my walking, so I really haven´t done much to talk about the last two days. Yesterday, despite my sore foot, I took a bus up to Montjuic Park and walked around for a few hours. Helped the foot of course, but I can´t just sit and do nothing in Barcelona! Montjuic is the place where the Barcelona Olympics were held back in 199....don´t know. 92?94 ...

... I have begun to inquire about jobs teaching English. There is a state run school that gives classes in Catalan for free in hopes that all the state's residents will speak fluent Catalan to increase the state's autonomy. So maybe I'll learn some Catalan, it seems a little silly since the language is only spoken in this state in Spain, but, a little learning never hurt anybody. The town where I live, Castelldefels, is actually really nice. It's got a beautiful beach and everything is ...