Hotel Saurat Espot
Placa Sant Marti 1 Espot, Catalonian Pyrenees, Catalonia, 25597, Spain and Canary Islands
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Sleep All Day, Party All Night
... fresh smoothie and set off to find a jersey for the Barcelona game!
That night we met Kevin and his friends at an Irish pub for dinner and drinks before the game. The bar was set up similar to Scholars in Rome although it was a lot less crowded. Emily and Courtney met up with us here since we were all going to the game. The bar had a backwards clock so it went 12 7 8 9 10 11 6 5 4 3 2 1.. This was rather ...
Santa Tecla to La Merce
... there were three things to do. Firstly there were La Merce programmes to get. As in 2010, these were broadsheet newspaper-style programmes printed by El Periodico. They're free but I'd rather pay a euro for a glossy pamphlet-style programme as produced up to 2009. The newsprint ones tend to go a bit fluffy quite quickly, especially as they tend to get carted around in handbags and backpacks.
Next there were gegants and beasts. Pretty much all of Barcelona's ...
Speechless in the bowels Gaudí's Imaginarium!
... impressionist-looking images on variations of red/orange, blue and green), but also openings in the vaults, like cavernous wholes, allowing light to bathe the pews. The raised high altar seems to be at the heart of the temple, even though it is not in the middle, since it is the spot with the most light. An elaborate crucifix channels most of the light, with its mobile glasses, suspended in mid-air. There was a cordoned off area for people ...
Arrival
... journey from the airport to the centre only took about 20 minutes
- very clean, very efficient albeit not much to see out the window.
Most of the city part is underground. Arrived at Passeig de Gracia and
promptly set off in completly the wrong direction for out hotel!
Managed to map the guidebook to one of the main streets turned round and 10 minutes later checked into our hotel...
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Barcelona- City by the Sea
... I headed to the train, which took me to the city center. From there, I caught the metro to the nearest stop by my hotel, and walked in! The hotel was amazing! It was a 5-Star hotel right on the marina and my room over looked the Mediterranean. I had expected ...


