Barcelona Hospitalet

Easter will never be quite the same after going to Spain. Barcelona, Sitges and Figueres.

... Vincent (8). Due to a new job for Vio (the Dad) we decided to take on an adventure and move temporarely to Europe - more exactly - Barcelona, Spain. We could be there for a year, two, or forever. Right now, we don't know. We will try to make this the ...

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... only a few Euros and the train to Sants in Barcelona was not much more. For the first two nights we were back in the Barcelona Travelodge. Not the most convenient hotel but for €10 a night a real bargain. We knew we’d spend money on taxis but ...

... on the Metro and pick up our suitcases, then re-join the Metro to head out to Sants Estacio for our train to L’Hospitalet de L’Infant.  We were very pleased with all the connections and had plenty of time to buy our ticket and find the ...

... to men). It was really great experience to see the city center so lively! Hotel recommendation - Prestige Congress in Hospitalet  - although not conveniently located if location in City Center is needed, but it was very convenient for our work ...

... occupied by various charities, unofficial bodies and special interest groups. We bought a handful of t-shirts from Amnesty, the Castellers de Barcelona and other bodies. It was hot and the sun was shining, a group of people were learning clown skills, a ...

... be on everybody's list of things to do before they die. There are other Correfocs in other Catalan towns and cities but the Barcelona version is huge and exciting. It comes with an "at your own risk" warning because there is a real danger of getting ...

... another then back. Who knows?   Our next mission was to ensure that we had sufficient lubrication for the evening. Barcelona has many enjoyable bars but almost everything exciting is happening outside so if you fancy a drink then you need to ...

... for an idea of what it was like - http://www.avengerpenguins.com/videos.html - click the link entitled ‘Plaça Reial, Barcelona Merce 2010‘. After the explosions, the bestjes filed out of Placa Reial and onto Las Ramblas where they and their ...

... reserve was but after several dead ends and barriers formed by road works we decided to give up and get the bus back to Barcelona.    Back in the city we took the mandatory saunter down La Ramblas, pausing to take some photos of some of the ...

We arrived at Barcelona on time at about 9 p.m. and by the time we'd passed through immigration our suitcase was already on the carousel. We'd made up our mind that we would simply get a cab to the hotel, ask the driver to wait whilst we checked in and ...

... 'on the French side to Andorra La Vella, the capital of Andorra.  We were already slighty concerned about the weather in L´Hospitalet.  This wasn´t just us being English weather-pedants - we had a dodgy 1-season tent from the bargain basement of the ...

... dropped for all sorts of stuff that we needed for the house, on Wednesday, April 12 we decided to go and explore outside Barcelona. First trip was to a cave that we (ok I) found information about, on the Internet. The Cave of Fontrabiouse. At the ...

... 'angolo e l'ombra di un botteghino della lotteria. Il gran teatro del Liceu è praticamente circondato dall'immondezza, la via dell'Hospitalet è tutta un'esalazione di fogna e un risuonare di scarichi di gabinetto: cento metri più in là, per arrivare ...