Hotel J. Balmes Barcelona

... fear of losing their things. Both women and men wear white esparilles for the dance - women's with ribbons around the ankles. Quite wonderful.

The evening was warm and we walked through the streets -- most in the old city are closed to cars. We ate tapas in La Ribera at Lonja do Tapas. Those of you who aren't Pattis can skip the next part: grilled squid with garlic and parsley, steak ...

... Needless to say, the masseuse did not wash her hands after touching that hairy man. I was very thirsty after working up a sweat riding the bike through the city, so I drank my Sangria fairly quickly. This did not strike me as a bad idea until I had to get back up on my bike. Getting all the way back to the bike shop was quite the experience. There were lots of laughs to be had.

All of that exercise left me famished, so we walked to the market where ...

... more like a hotel. We just hung out, had a couple of quiet drinks and watched some comedians on You Tube with sleep at about 1am. DAY 7 - BARCELONA Today was our day to explore Barcelona and a bit of Spanish culture. We first did a driving tour around Barcelona, seeing many things including the 1992 Olympic Complex. Then I went to the Gothic square and saw the Gothic Cathedral, which was okay. We then caught a train and saw the La Sagrada ...

... of a nude beach. After catching some rays with the naked people, we decided to hit the tour bus again and see different parts of the city, including the Olympic village from the '92 games. We spent the rest of the time in Barcelona walking around some more and checking things out. We both really liked the atmosphere there, with the beaches (not necessarily the nude ones) and the beautiful city.

... more shocking and I think were meant to be that way. Much more on the vulgar side. In any case, I do recommend it as the rest of the work was pretty amazing and well worth an entrance fee if you happen to pay for it... We then found ourselves a seat at the before said noodle bar and ordered the goods. I haven´t had Japanese noodles in so long I forgot what they tasted like until of course I smelled the Soba Soup base and saw the little curling flakes sprinkled on ...

... ate there (grilled cuttle fish) mmm ..and proceded to finish the evening off back at the Mexican place below our BnB...mmm, food! Anyhoo, since it´s my colleague´s fault that I bought and DRANK Don Simon sangria, I should probably sign off now...the keyboard is a bit blurry.... :-) Boomer, this stuff is RANK! Hopefully we get up at a decent hour... nyt-nyt! ....live fronm Barcelona, cue the National anthem....what´s the national anthem...?

hello everybody! i like writting in point form so here are a few things about barcelona 1. the water from the taps isn't drinkable so i'm spending a fortune on water every day to support my water habbit. 2. we went to a nightclub last night that was an old baroque ballroom. so it was awesome appart from the trashed tourists everywhere. it was fun. 3. flamenco is hot 4. i've been spending the first couple of days thinking about the socio-political ...

... de mi... vieron lo que hace uno cuando la persona que tiene al lado es el amor de su vida, jajaja! Bueno voy a ir a probar suerte a la habitacion, en una de esas es hora de dormir, son la 1 y pico, ojala las franchute ya esten de rondas por ahi! Sera hasta la proxima entonces, abrazos y amor para todos, Mari y Scott (hey...donde esta Scott...creo que haciendo piruetas y verticales con los franceses! jajaja!) Mari al rescate!!!!!!! Ciao! Ostia!

... a new language?? yup, in Barcelona other than spanish they speak 'Catalan' which is a mixture of spanish and french....I think, Im pretty sure thats what it is! Providing the locals dont speak a mile a minute I can almost completly understand what they're saying! Its funny, I came to spain thinking that culturally it would be very similar to Argentina,I was wrong, its society is closer to our Aussie culture than ...

We finally get a solid night's sleep on a train (noone else ever came around to our car) during an easy ride to Barcelona. We raced to the lockers to beat the rush and secure our stupid bags before heading out. Armed with my trusty guidebook map, we head out..... about 2 miles away from the city. I'm lucky Amy doesn't kill me - I think my saving grace is the reservations all being in my name. We realize how bad our situation is when we recall how we haven't ...