Can Rocosa Barcelona

... asses back to the boat for dinner and a relatively early night.

We started off with a bus trip to Montserrat. The name – it’s the original Montserrat means Serrated Mountain and they weren’t kidding. We went up there on a road that snaked up the edge of the mountain going around and around – scary as heck – I couldn’t look half the time. At the top, we were given a brief orientation and then essentially ...

... was the Fundació Miró, which is only a hop away from the Funicular station. The museum is amazing - Miró is amazing, and the views from the roof deck, which features some of Miró's sculptural work, is unparalleled - all of Barcelona is there for your viewing.

We left and decided to check out the castle which also sits on Montjüic. To get there you need to take the Teleféric, which is quite expensive (we payed ...

... went outside to get a taxi, the ambulance was still there! OMG... One of the cardiologists that had done CPR was there, so we asked him if the guy was ok. Of course, here in America, he would have been at the hospital by now. He said he thought that he was still stable, but they were waiting to transport him. Strange. It was a horrible night. But everyone just wished that the man survived and would be ok. We never have heard what happened after we left the hotel that night...

... is white. For breakfast I have a selection of white toast, cookies, croissants, coffee, and juice. Lunch on the weekdays is two sandwiches and tangerines. The sandwiches are really really plain. Like either ham or either cheese. Not both in the same sandwich. Dinner is more exciting. My senora makes pasta, chicken, soup, some kind of vegetable, etc. She said tortilla espańola was a specialty of hers but she hasn´t made it yet. Too bad, because both my roommate and I LOVE ...

Two-day medical conference plus two days sightseeing. This time the onsite work was a little less intense although we did have less sleep than I would like to get. We managed to stay in a hotel (AC something or other) that did not have irons that guests could use so we ended up paying extortionate rated to have our suits ironed by the not-so-efficient laundry service. After a sucessful event we hightailed it to a cheaper more ...

I left London and flew to Barcelona today. The flight was nice and short and when I stepped off the plane onto the tarmac, the heat and humidity hit me like a ton of bricks. After some searching I found the train and once aboard I tried to find someone who spoke English to tell me which stop was mine. A few Spanish people started a heated conversation as to where I should get off. It was quite funny. In the end they all agreed I should disembark at the ...

Hello everyone! We are finally at our destination in Spain, Barcelona! The first night in the Hostel we met a couple of nice guys from Britain who we shared our first pints in Spain with! (Much to Colinś delight!!) We also snuck around THe Rambulas... think 17th Ave on Crack... but really really good crack! We got a nighttime glimps of the church started by Gaudi in 1882 and still being worked on today! During the night we were disturbed by a ...

... 3 of the way done. The huge towers that you see, are only 8 of the 18 that are suppposed to be built, and these are the short ones! It is constantly under construction, and they are predicting it will be done in 2028. WOW! We walked around there for a long time and got some great pictures. We then went into a gift shop and Adam and Helen each bought some cool gifts. Are they for you? We will see. Then we took the metro back to the city center and went back to ...

... Sting and Chopin. One of the more macabre aspects of the hill is the wall behind the castle. You can still see the bullet holes in the wall where Republican prisoners were shot at the end of the Civil War in 1938. Rambla La Rambla is one of the most famous stretches of walkways in the world, allowing visitors to stroll three kilometres from the city centre to the Columbus monument at the port. There are five sections that make up La Rambla ...

On June 30th we visited the Picasso Museum. We saw hundreds (thousands?) of lesser known works and sketches. At 3PM we visited the Catalonia Museum which had a Sputnik exhibit in addition to Catalonia works over the past millennium. The museum was beautifully situated on top of a high hill overlooking downtown Barcelona. Later we ...