Esplai Hotel Calella

... my flat in gracia looked over the Sagrada Familia!

There is nothing I could complain about in Barcelona, its such a a beautiful city..the only thing is that being a student, it was quite expensive, i had to budget with food and going out sometimes but it didnt stop me having a great time. While i was in spain i bought the connect club card actually which saved me money, it gives you discounts in bars ...

... morning - I walked with my pack on and found a boisterous group of fellow vagrants. Somehow, I knew, they were all in the same situation as me, and all were gathered to share a drive-in movie. I talked to the lot of them, all of us with packs on, and it turned out they were sharing a van to go where I was going, and they had room for me, too! Finally I turned over and slept with my hat over my eyes, waking up to move back onto my slim camping pad ...

... 1883. Construction continues today and it still won't be completed for another 20 years. It is an amazing piece of architecture and art. We stopped to take some pictures and a quick lunch at a nearby cafeteria. Also on the bus ride, we saw some sites from the 1992 Olympics. This was particularly exciting for Bernie and myself because in 1992 we were suckered into the NBC triplecast of the games. I don't ...

... the hospital. There is no point doing the tour unless you are really interested in the history of the place, and I had just missed the English language tour, so I decided to photograph instead. There are so many beautiful architectural features - it wasn´t designed by Gaudi but by someone else ..... will fill the name in later..... it is in the modernism style with lovely colours used for the roof tiles as well as elsewhere. I spent about an hour there, then ...

... backpack. Sure enough the hotel had my backpack! It had been gone more than 3 days but looked fine. In examining the paperwork on it, I discovered that the backpack had been recovered from Bilbao! I would like to visit Bilbao someday to see the Guggenheim Museum but certainly didn´t expect that my backpack would visit without me. In checking Vueling´s flight schedule their only flight from Malaga to Bilbao leaves each night around 9 pm. Where was my bag all day and then why put it ...

... finished around 2030 or so, Anyway, after that, we went to the hotel. We had to put our suitcases onto this van which took them to the hotel. We had to walk uphill to the hotel. Finally checked in and got changed for dinner in the hotel. It was....interesting. After dinner, I think most of the group went with Libby into town, but me and Dana didn't. We of course played some cards before going to bed.

... in Germany for the past year! I can say we have ate like Kings here. The fish is delicious and absolutely fresh and reasonably priced. Today we went to the big market plaza at Boqueria and had some delicious fresh juice and the fruits are so flavorful its like they grow them in the back. It makes me miss summer in California! However we did have the most disgusting empeñadas. After one ...

We have just arrived at our B & B and it´s great! Nice and clean - brand new!! YAAY! Free internet too so I,ll probably be able to do some blogging during siesta time, as we already noticed lots of stuff was closed down during our cab ride in. Flight was a bit gruelling and not much sleep - 9hrs Vancouver to Frankfurt- 2hr stop over and another hour and a half flight here...yeah, I know....SHUTTY! Even looking as horrid and ...

... were quite cheap... a place had a menu of 300 shots and most were 1.50 euros. nice. Although some experiences I wish I could forget... like walking down the main street (Las Ramblas), I saw a streetside ******* by a hooker in full view from the busiest street in Barcelona. Then I got violated by a transexual hooker. I'm ...

... yet beautiful streets in search of good food and plenty of alcohol- which I found both very easy to come by. Brenda (girl from California) and I encountered a few random happenings walking the packed streets at night. Something caught the upper left corner of my eye, looking straight up to find that two people had snuck up into a construction site. They were making out like school kids on the tenth floor minus the walls and anything else ...