Villas in Barcelona

... ;her group got on the train and sat near us. We overheard them repeating - Is this the train to Barcelona????  - DO you speak English? We couldnīt help but laugh at our fellow english speakers. They sounded just like those ...

... from our hotel and it had a large square in front, which was being readied for the weekend celebration of the Festival of Barcelona.  It was a large building very much the style of gothic.   The inside was large and there was a mass in ...

... , which is quite a pretty, medievil, walled city. We had a picnic lunch on the banks of the river there. Arrived in Barcelona at about 1800 and went for a walk around. They are having a festival today, canšt remember what itšs called but it centres ...

... the hotel and probably our room, seeing as we are on the top floor. Les was even more happy when he spotted the Nou Camp (Barcelona’s football stadium). One could go even higher to get the views if you wanted. The church had 2 areas to get to, one ...

... bush of white roses, grow stylish villas dominating the old abandoned cars and low income apartments.  The further away from Barcelona, the more rural; we just passed an orchard, a corn field and  river/creek, probably for irrigation or ...

Last Saturday I went with some friends to visit the roman city of Barcelona. I have never visited it and was very interesting. I didn't know that the forum was more than two Saint Jaume's square size. We visited different parts of the roman city like the ...

... they were taking some time and we should check in to the hotel.  We found out that tonight is a special festival and all of Barcelona stays up to about 3 am and light fire crackers (tomorrow is a public holiday).  We went back to the museum and ...

... Dave and I went shopping in the afternoon, had lunch, watched some movies and that evening stayed up to watch the next semi final Barcelona Vs Inter Milan (1-0) but Inter through over the 2 legs, another 5am job! 29.04.2010 I had booked a flight with Air ...

... 17 August 2011 Palma - Mallorca Spain Weather - hot love it! Isla Mallorca & Spa Well not off to a good start leaving Barcelona for Mallorca.  Have booked cheap flight with a low cost airline Veulling - one of those airlines where you have to pay ...

... relaxation and frantic scurrying around, of both the calm Mediterranean and the never-sleeping city of Berlin! On our last day in Barcelona, we visited Montjuic, a steep hilltop near the ocean & overlooking the city, which is home to a castle, lush ...

... used to. There are 19 Spaniards, 9 of whom work for a company called Vodafone. Most live in Madrid, but some are from Barcelona, Pamploma, Bilboa etc. There are 20 Anglos I think, of which 6 are from Calgary! Crazy. There is another Canadian, a few ...

... villas and mansions. We'll be volunteering for an organization called La Sabranenque (www.sabranenque.com) in the quaint Provencal town. Barcelona, Spain (August 15-19) We'll take the train to Spain's lively northern city of Barcelona. We'll spend a ...

... get back!  I went to Spain in 2000 with a college friend of mine, Noam, and have been itching to return specifically to Barcelona ever since (of course, this time it will be a slightly different experience now that I’m not as young as I once ...

... venue for archery and the marathon in 2004. Its white marble was stunning and much more impressive than the massive stadium in Barcelona. Athens being our third Olympic city (along with Rome), we once again discussed the idea of going to Beijing in ...

... head south from Flores.  The only tourists were native Spanish speakers from Central American countries (and one guy from Barcelona).  As with other developing-world second-class buses, this one stopped almost every 15 minutes to pick-up or ...

... on one of the super-fast trains in Spain. After having our passports checked and our backpacks x-rayed at the train station of Barcelona, we took the escalator down to the loading area.  This was the first (and only) train we have traveled on that ...

... spend our last night in Florence.  In the morning, we took a cab to the airport for our short flight out to Barcelona. (see next chapter) Though it may seem like this trip report just went on forever, I failed to mention numerous churches and ...

Today we arrived at our base for exploring Barcelona, a campsite about 50 km away and an hour train ride in, in a small beach town called Pineda de Mar. We planned to camp closer, but when we discovered that the campground we had in mind was charging ...