Rambla Catalunya Hostel

... many fresh fruit drinks, Papaya and Kiwi.  The papaya was fabulous!  I then strolled up to Placa de Catalunya for a few pictures before heading back to my hostel for a shower before dinner. In London, I met a girl named Irene from Barcelona.  She ...

... the city. I started by strolling down La Rambla, with a quick stop in the market.  I then walked past Placa de Catalunya to an extension of La Rambla where many of the nice shops in Barcelona are found.  The walk took about 1 hour, but I was cool ...

... . I expected a lot more but it's just a wide busy street full of stalls and ice cream stands. We walked from the Plaza de Catalunya to the seafront where we stopped for a waffle with chocolate sauce - yummy! After that we went to Rambla de Mare and to a ...

... rather awkwardly, but apparently I can sleep anywhere.  Got to Barcelona, took the airbus to Plaza Catalunya and attempted to find Rambla's Home hostel.  The directions were rather unhelpful though; walk toward mountain 4 blocks.  So after ...

... London experience and this time wrote down directions and the address to our hostel. We took a bus from the airport to Placa Catalunya and walked down La Rambla. La Rambla is a popular street for vendors, food (tapas/appetizer bars), and a out ...

... dragons scales?) and next door was the Casa Amatllier by architect Josep Puig I Cadaflach.   I finished my long walk at Catalunya- where l sat on a bench by the massive fountain and watched people passing by. I then headed back into the Bari ...

... the Green Lung). It is basically a big tree covered hill. On this hill is the Mnac (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya), Poble Espanyol and the Olympic ring where the 1992 Olympics were held. There are also several other museums on this ...

... , so perhaps Barcelona is the Paris of the Mediterranean. Standing on top of the MNC Arts Museum (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya ) it felt like the mirror image buildings example (National Assembly & Mary Magdalen Temple). The mountainous ...

... is supposed to be just as awesome as the outside.  Next, we moved on to Plaça de Universitat and then to Plaça de Catalunya, the city's center and main plaza.  From the plaza, we walked down La Rambla, a street lined with merchant stands and ...

... park I walked down past two more of Guadi’s buildings – Casa Mila and Casa Batllo, Plaça de Catalunya and then back towards La Rambla. I began wandering along the little streets coming off La Rambla which were so cool and shaded. They had ...

... 's La Sagrada Familia (from the outside only...saving the tour for when I can do it with Debbie).  After that a loop through to Plaza Catalunya to grab some dinner, a loop up and back on La Rambla and then call it a day.  How'd it go?  On a ...

... ; We ended our last night by stolling out with our friend Jared again.  We hit up a little cafe on the plaza de Catalunya off La Rambla.  We shared another pitcher of Sangria and some laughs on the same subject as the night before, and then hit ...

... following the walking tour from Lonely Planet with a few accommodations for our sporaticness.  We started off in Placa de Catalunya, which like pretty much everything in Barcelona, was under construction.  It had some pretty neat designs on the ...

... , Cherie and Sarah Farquhar, turned up just in time for New Years. The clock ticked over as we continued partying it up in the Catalunya plaza. People seemed very intrigued by us, They kept asking where we were from and trying to hug/kiss us. A group of ...

... passing by. Most of these Ed and I are accustomed to, having regularly frequented Covent Garden, but as we reached the Plaza Catalunya we saw one artist who was not easily forgotten. He aroused the attention of passers-by by pouring what appeared to be ...

... . La Rambla is one of the best known landmarks of Barcelona, and deservedly so. Meandering down from the Plaza de Catalunya to the Columbus statue, filled with newspaper kiosks, flower and animal stalls, and all sorts of artists, it is undoubtedly the ...

... convenient though.  I can just walk right through customs. I got to Barcelona and took a bus to Plaza Catalunya, which was about a 10 minute walk from my hostel.  I got to use Spanish for the first time in months asking the bus driver for a ...

... instant jo. Greeks can't make cappuccino either, by the way! On our first night in town we took a walk along La Rambla, up to Placa Catalunya and then headed up another Rambla. Irini experienced tapas for the first time and fell in love with the idea of ...