Terramar Sitges

... having lunch, pick the backpacks - and GO!<br><br>So, our plan is the following - let's see if it stays as it is and we'll accomplish:<br><br>18/11/2009: Flight Barcelona - Hong Kong, via Zurich <br>19/11/2009 - 22/11/2009: HONG KONG<br>22/11/2009: KUNMING (overnight stay)<br>23/11/2009 - 25/11/2009: YUANYANG RICE TERRACES - Xinjie(zhen)<br>25/11/2009 - 27/11/2009 ...

... La sua canzone preferita è "I' te vurria vasà". Mica scemo. Si arriva felicemente nella ridente città e ci fiondiamo al supermercato SUMA, che a Gianni (o Gianna gianna gianna, che dir si voglia) piace molto perché gli ricorda Marina Suma, una zoz**** vampetta napoletana finita su Playboy negli anni dell'invenzione del bollilatte o giù di lì. Si prendono il pane e il salume. Io esco con la baguette lunga che protrude dal sacchetto e comincio ad addentarla davanti ...

... s like the whole region has what Cindy Brady had! Sitges is definitely a night town with lots of bars and clubs. Virtually nothing opens before 10 am except for the bars/cafes. I´m not sure if the bars ever close. I´m hoping people are there in the morning for their coffee and newspaper and not still there from the night before. I´ve spent considerable time planning for the future stops on my trip. I like to book a place to stay before I get there and, with it ...

... to other Catholic cathedrals in Europe that are dark, cold and without detail. Granted, most of them were built centuries ago but the Sagrada Familia contains fantastic religious detail in its endless intricate designs. No detail seemed too small for Gaudi, especially on the huge facades. It will be wonderful to see this building finished with current estimate completion dates anywhere from 2017 to 2057. We could have easily spent more time at the Sagrada Familia especially if ...

... and it became an all-consuming project until his death in 1926 (...I think). It has been under construction for over 100 years...and it still isn´t finished! They´re anticipating that it will be done in about 19 years (a good excuse for a future trip?! Definitely, I´d say!). Not only is the church´s architecture unlike anything else I´ve ever seen, but it´s sheer size is enough to make you realize its significance. The family spent the better ...

... language is like Spanish with a lisp. "Gracias" sounds like "grathias" and "cerveza" sounds like "thervetha." Wierd. Also, in Catalan the "ll" sound is pronounced like it's printed, whereas in regular Spanish "llamo" would be pronounced "yamo". 6. Make sure you get the date right on your train reservations. 7. Make sure you are wearing shoes you can sprint in at all times. You never know when you'll have to hustle!

... go to a restuarant just outside the city center named La Esquinica, which we later would decide was our favorite meal of the trip. The countryside in Girona is gorgeous. Red-tile roof houses dot the rust, gold, and emerald patchwork fields inbetween these soft, magestic mountains. Sounds cheesey, but it really is quite pretty. By the time we took the bus into Barcelona and checked into our hostel, Barcelona Mar, we had enough time to grab dinner at a cheap, hole-in-the ...

Spain was my first real experience abroad. Up until the time I went there with my parents when I was 18 I had never been outside the country aside from Canada, and honestly, that doesn't count at all. In fact I didn't even have a passport until that trip. I was a naive, starry-eyed, baby-faced (more than I even want to admit it, but there's no hiding it when I pull out that passport, it's awful, I look like I'm about 13 in my picture. The security guard at the consulate in ...

... to the more imaginative of you to form your own descriptions) and into the manic street party that is La Ramblas - the spiritual centre of town. This wide pedestrian thoroughfare runs north to south from a (slightly) more conventional business district to the waterfront and marina. Arrayed caged birds and convoluted hamster ...

... city that is so relaxed, beautiful and charming that it's easy to fall under its spell. Walking around the city listening to professional caliber classical opera being sung by street performers, sitting along Barcelonetta enjoying a late lunch while you gaze at the ships in the harbor or just people watching in any of the placas or pedestrian boulevards is something that makes you feel at ease.