Arts Barcelona

... States on August 21st and I will return December 22nd. During these 4 months, I will attend classes in Spanish; Culture of the Basque Country, History of Spanish Art, Spanish Grammar, The Postmodern Man, and one about poverty/the poor in our society.

... city. Nevertheless, the disastrous drive was worthwhile. The safe haven that we were checking into, the Ritz Carlton Hotel Arts Barcelona was a modern masterpiece, and probably the nicest room on the trip. The rooms were stylish and modern. The ...

... we met up with Kathrin, who had flown in a day earlier to visit a friend.  Our driver took us to the Hotel Arts Barcelona, where we had an apartment on the 38th floor that overlooked the city and the waterfront.  It was a wonderful view and the ...

... you come back to Barcelona, it should be a little further along than the last time. Pretty crazy stuff. Really enjoying Barcelona. Flying to Seville tonight. I'll stop boring you now. But do check out Barcelona, and Berlin, Athens and Florence - ...

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... climbing) for almost two hours we found the Gondola that took us to the top of the mountain.  The views of Barcelona were fabulous.   Castle de Mountjuic is an 18 century fortress built by the Spanish to oversee the Catalonians.  For ...

... square for a lunch of Calamari and pasta, whilst watching local gymnasts perform for busker money. Antoni Gaudi (b. Reus, Spain 1852; d. Barcelona, Spain 1926) The son of a coppersmith, Antoni Gaudi was born in Reus, Spain in 1852. He studied at ...

... live music, and discos. And the parties start at midnight and go on till the city cleaning crews arrive… Experiencing Barcelona would not be complete without going for Tapas. We went to the emblematic Catalan cuisine restaurant Can Travi Nou. The ...

... figuring out what trains etc we need to take so I just went along for the ride.  Prior to arriving in Barcelona, I booked our first night into a hostel called Pension Picasso simply because I figured we would be shattered from our Contiki experience ...

... system. So, assisted by a handy 10 trip ticket, we checked out the city, starting in La Rambla - the Courtenay Place of Barcelona - where the crowds were thick with tourists like us. And which at night becomes party central – and these people seem ...

... ) district is a maze of medieval streets, such as the famous Carrer Montcada with its succession of palaces, which reveals Barcelona's commercial prosperity between the13th and 15th centuries..... El Born has become one of the most visited places in  ...

... - and so very tall, that it made everything look tiny in comparision.  They say this is a 'must-see' when in Barcelona and that's certainly an understatement. We walked around to the entrance, which is so different from the exit side.  The ...

... the bus station, so we could get the coach to the airport at Girona. Girona is a small airport about 80km north of Barcelona that is almost exclusively used by Ryan Air.  At one point, there were 10 Ryan Air planes heading out to various ...

... there and then headed back to the hostel to leave our packages.  There were a lot of scooters and motorcycles parked in Barcelona.     The hostel had umbrellas that we could borrow and  with our towel headed for the beach which ...

... , including two guys, one lying on top of the other right at the public beach. That might be unusual, even in Vancouver. Barcelona is very gay-friendly. There doesn't seem to be a gay ghetto, its just all open and accepted. We walk around holding ...

Kaylyn and I caught a flight from Paris to Barcelona on Saturday. Nothing ever seems to happen without a hitch as we were supposed to drop our rental car off at the train station info desk, but of course they were closed (opened at 8 - our train was at ...