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Gaudy Gaudi
... a bit of a chill in the air but the sun shines brightly.
We are distracted only by wondering when we will know about our flight(s) home and whether or not they will operate given the hurricane bearing down on New York, our initial destination. The airline is not willing to change us yet so we wait. Mandi has one plan for us which includes skipping New York. We would fly from Barcelona to Miami and then to Denver after having ...
Barcelona Bound
... to Barcelona. We took a bus at 11:30 Thursday night and didn't arrive in Barcelona until 7:30 in the morning! Despite trying to sleep it was so uncomfortable that I probably only slept for a couple of hours. Before we could check into our hostal at 1, Kristen, Genevieve, Ling and I went on a tour of La Sagrada Familia cathedral. This was by far the most impressive cathedral I've ever seen- from the size to the amazing stained glass windows, ...
Guilt and fireworks
... was still overcast and drizzling when we walked the few metres to the bar and found a table with a view of a TV. The match had started and it wasn't looking promising for the French. CC had put his Castellers de Tarragona t-shirt on because there were castellers scheduled for 12:30 in Placa de Sant Jaume. JD was browsing the internet whilst watching and observed that the Tarragona castellers had achieved a difficult tower the day before, that they were very pleased about and ...
Pedals, pillars and the presence of the church
... for exceptional food makes for a contest to customers advantage. Gazpachio or stuffed eggplant starters, and fish, potatoes in a tomato sauce with a red wine was the lucheon menu we savoured. Great experience, and then strolling to explore and find our way towards home. We came upon Santa Maria del Mar again. I guess it seemed like many famous Gothic cathedrals- large, high vaulted ceilings, elaborate leadlights ...
First Full Day
So the flight over to London was pretty good - I just listened to music and had a decent sleep. Then, we had a hectic transfer for the flight to Barcelona, and met our group right away.
We took a bus over to the school gym we´re staying at. We´re all in the same room, and soon we´ll be sharing it with some Brazilians and Lithuanians. We took a subway into downtown, and quickly found a ...