Pension Espalter
Travel Blogs from Sitges
Spanglish and sign language
... sangria wasn't anything to brag about. In a land off narrow postcard streets, flamboyant locals, tapas bars, and gorgeous beaches, sitges was an awesome spot to kick off our trip. Hopefully we won't have to communicate in pure Spanglish and sign language come Barcelona (cameras are stuffed at the bottom of our bags, but pictures are soon to follow) Adios, Seana and ...
What we did our last day and a half in Europe
... back to the hotel and retrieved our daughter, then walked over to the Sagrada Famiglia. As in Paris with Notre Dame, there was a long line to enter, so we just walked around the exterior, having decided to buy tickets online for the next day. There was the usual concern over where to eat, many places were closed on Sunday. But we found an amazing restaurant, Brown's 33 on the Passeig Gracia, just down from ...
Barcelona Single Beds....
... talkin 11pm dinner)... we missed dinner hour but were lucky to find a little diner that would open for us and cook us some burgers. We even made a cabby friend who took us to port Olympico for some solid North American dance beats. I think they stole our iPods on our way in, bc every song was one of our jams... Met some kind Kiwis with some stellar tips about touring ...
Off the Grid
... streets of my future, not sure where they will take me. All the while, I'm searching for grids. Logical patterns that will get me a job and a house someday, but, at the same time, are aesthetically pleasing to my moral eye and soul's passion. I'm mentally overlaying different grids, different plans, hoping that they'll work together in tandem to produce something I can be proud of.
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Barcelona
... the mountain and enjoyed panoramic views of the city, marred only by a run-in with a pedophile in an enclosed sculpture park next to a playground (eek!). Afterward I hightailed it down the mountain and indulged in a bit of retail therapy to wipe away my trauma, undisturbed by Joel's constant bellyacheing. Then I had a quick bite to eat before meeting Joel at the Metro to head out to the pool for hockey.
Joel now. The pool turned out to a little far ...
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