Next to Barcelona

... few months. I hope to make your stay as comfortable and enjoyable as possible. I will now briefly outline our itinerary for the next few months. First stop will be Easter Island. Then it's off to Chile to spend Christmas and New Years with the relatives ...

... - 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 ...

... 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 ...

... Wow!  I think we'll be back tomorrow?  Perhaps not! By 12:30pm, we were at the Placa de Catalunya to catch a Barcelona Bus Turistic (a sightseeing Hop On Hop Off) tour bus!  For 19 euro's, we felt this was a great way ...

... also under construction. It seems that every good looking piece of architecture in this city is under construction. So sorry if Barcelona doesn’t seem like a good looking place on facebook. Walking up the winding roads, we saw the Olympic stadiums ...

... catch a bus at 3 am the next morning (another example of our great flight booking skills).  Our flight the next morning was at 6:30 to Rome.   Barcelona was sick and I really hope to go back when the weather is nicer.  There is plenty to do ...

... 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 ...

... very impressive.   From the park Angelina, Jo, and Lee went to take a look at the Palau de la Musica Catalana; Barcelona's concert hall which has a magnificent façade. Sadly, Angelina, Jo, and Lee decided to break up. Not wanting to make the long ...

... fan back in the States, but what we were about to witness would "poop on" our sports victory celebrations. Team FC Barcelona had just one an intranational match versus an arch rival, and now the streets were crawling with loud, looting, firestarting fans ...

... out for paella and sangria on our last night in spain and got ice cream after!  it was a good night! we really liked barcelona, but i don't think it can compare to any of the other places we visited.  i feel like every place was different, ...

... a GPS. Dinner we tried a Barcelona tapa's bar it was good but didn't beat bocaito. We had the late bus the next day so headed into Barcelona round lunch time dummped our bags in a locker at the bus station and headed to Guell park which is on top ...

... heat is starting to get to us but we somehow felt a little let down by it. We did feel a difference between Madrid and Barcelona.  Madrid felt more stiff, more rushed and decidedly more Spanish.  Barcelona, on the other hand, is definitely more ...

... 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 ...

... . Fortunately all was calm in Iceland and we made it over to Espanya on our first attempt. Our first few days in Barcelona were nice and relaxing, catching up with Jo, Greg and extended family over some fantastic food and wine at the newly refurbished ...

... to as "little breast cheese," cheese that literally looks like a breast, and we wouldnt call it little.  But delicious.  I guess Barcelona is all about nudity, because when we met up in front of the Cathedral the next day with Kyle and Erin, we ...

Well, we have been back from our last trip, a transatlantic repositioning cruise from Barcelona to Galveston for a week now, but I am still dreaming of the wonderful hot chocolate we had in Spain.  I bought the stuff to try making some from a recipe ...

... 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 ...

... sure how fast that is, but it seemed pretty fast :)  The entire trip took only 3 hours.  When we arrived in Barcelona we found a nice little restaurant just off the beach and ordered a massive pan of paella, which turned out to be really ...

... of the day to attend to some admin that needed to be done and create an itinerary for the remainder of our time in Barcelona.  We had a productive afternoon, only leaving the hostel to go to the supermarket to by food for dinner.  Brendan cooked ...

... ''s death. We go inside and marvel at the design and attention to detail. It was amazing.  I'm impressed with Barcelona. It's a picturesque, dynamic, and clean. I'm spellbound at this aesthetically pleasing city.  After our afternoon siesta, we ...