18/09/2007

Trip Start Sep 18, 2007
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Trip End Sep 24, 2007


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Flag of Spain and Canary Islands  , Catalonia,
Tuesday, September 18, 2007

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 then head for the city centre for dinner. Apart from realising that we didn't have the address of the hotel and the taxi driver was clueless about where to find it (solved through the miracle of mobile 'phone technology when CC asked his youngest, James, to look it up on the internet) this went quite well. Less than 90 minutes after landing we were sitting at the bar of one of our favourite tapas bars, Vendimia on Placa d'Antoni Lopez chatting to the Peruvian waiter and a Swedish customer and enjoying several tasty plates of mainly traditional stuff (albondigas, pulpitos, patatas bravas and so on) washed down with an acceptable Rioja and it felt as if we'd never been away. Afterwards we strolled down Carrer Ample and happened upon a cosy looking bar called Pergaminos where we only meant to have a beer or two but couldn't resist the mozzarella, onion and tomato salad. A nightcap in Taxidermista topped the evening off nicely.
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