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Time to leave Spain
Friday 5th of August, 2011, 12.30
Well it's almost time to leave, Lisa has just left to take Kate and family to Girona. Only Aase and family, Peter, me and Charlotte left. We had to be out of the rooms by 10am and managed that pretty well, apart from 2 little sleeping children. We could use the fridge by the pool till noon, and the terrace …
Parcs, buildings, buskers and La Merce
... entitled to sit there and it's free, but I generally work on the basis that who ever gets there first has the right to remain as long as they want. We tried making comments along the lines of "Keep your hands on your wallets?" and "Where's the sun gone?" but they either didn't hear or more likely didn't want to. At one point a group came so close that I started to film them on the video camera in the hope that some might object but all that happened was that another one of ...
Hidden Treasures in the Barri Gotic
I don't normally suffer from jet lag too badly, but the leg from Singapore to Barcelona killed me. Aidan slept 10 hours straight and was fantastic, and I even got five hours in myself, so I can only put it down to the heat and Singapore's rather exhausting few days. I fell asleep four times during the first day in Barcelona, once for two hours, and yet I still collapsed comatose at 10pm.
The second day ...
Modernista Neck
... his minor buildings would be stunning enough. But this city has one after another of his buildings, and those of the other Modernistas. Some buildings which in other cities would be huge eye-openers are considered boring here such are they spoilt for choice.
So let me take you through the big hitters:
- La Sagrada Familia: the amazing unfinished church that soars up straight and narrow into the clear blue sky. It might be ...
Hola Barcelona !
... table (as you do) after checking the time. The waiter immediately came up to us and told Louise to please put her phone in her bag (Not safe he explained). This happened again later with her bag on the floor beside us (this happened in another eatery as well). Please put your bag in your lap, not safe, we were told. From then on everyone we talked to had a story. Thieves (mostly pickpockets) would approach you to give you a high five or pretend to play ...