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Travel Blogs from Sant Just Desvern

In the Presence of Magnificence

A travel blog entry by luckshmy.subash

... to him. In the end after all that talk he offered two t-shirts for a good price. I told him I’d be back the next day as I really didn’t have enough cash on me and so we headed home for a siesta. The siestas in the afternoon, rejuvenates us for the night. For dinner we took a stroll along La Ramblas and took a wrong turn in an alleyway and ended up in a beautiful plaza filled with restaurants and a fountain in the middle of the plaza. While the scene was beautiful, the ...

The Wrath of the Space Invader

A travel blog entry by shayc

We came back to the Placa Reial on our second day, to get into the Gothic tour at 10:00 am. A crowd of people had gathered in the small square, waiting for the tour also. Our guide, Keiran, led us to a restaurant in one of the back alleys that had metal snails on the sign in front and a rotisserie fireplace under them. Apparently, it was a very old and famous restaurant because it had been in the family of the people who owned it ...

Santa Tecla to La Merce

A travel blog entry by penguinchris

... Barcelona, so we're hoping that maybe one of them will be on display next year. The standards are high and there's a lot of competition, though. One of the most astonishing things about FotoMerce for those who were at the previous festival is how it underlines how much you missed. For us it feels like total immersion - we try to see and do as much as possible, but there is so much going on that really you only see a tiny percentage.

Supermarket next and we bought plenty ...

Our Gaudi Extravaganza Day

A travel blog entry by wallyandchris

... bring into Maremagnum which is a big wall. �I did not buy a thing! �We wandered back up through the gothic quarter. It was amazing. �Dinner was at a restaurant in the gothic quarter with the reunion group. �It was amazing. �We started with some wonderful red wine and sangria and a lot of tapas. �It was so delicious. �It also included our entree and dessert. �We grabbed a cab back to the apartment. �It was great spending time with our friends with amazing wine and food. ...

Sitting, Waiting, Wishing... our bags would arrive

A travel blog entry by biruvia

... would have put on at the ball after her heels started hurting her feet. Karen and I just looked at the flip flops, and each other, and didn't say anything. We didn't have to. I later commented that our little nieces would probably love them. We had a city to see though, and two days in the same clothing and some diamond studded swirly sequined sandals weren't going to keep us from seeing what this magical city was all about.

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