GDandSD
Gregory Dominic Joined: September 5th 2007
Logged in: September 20th 2007
Logged in: September 20th 2007
Travel Blog Posts
Dear family and friends, Well the adventure continues...we spent some time on the beach yesterday after an overcast day cleared up and bathed us with sun. The water was a nice temperature, and the waves were coming in strong and gracefully. I have not been in the ocean for nearly seven years, it was a bit overwhelming. I am a strong swimmer but I felt small and afraid. The day for me didn't begin well as I felt lightheaded and extremely tired. On our way to the beach Greg was trying to convince me to go back to our apartment to rest. I wanted to push on and not waste a minute of this precious time. The walk to Barceloneta beach takes about twenty minutes. Fifteen minutes in Greg hailed a taxi- I honestly felt ... read more
OOOH Boy! yesterday was packed with two of the most impressive things we have seen ever(i think we have agreed on that). first, the Bascillica de Segrada Familia. This Building, which has been under construction for about the last 100 years or so, is absolutely amazing. no pictures or postcards can do the structure justice. This is aplace you have to see to believe. no longer can you walk up the towers, there have been lifts installed, so the ride up is quick, and the view is spectacular, you can see most of the city from the towers, as there a parapets placed sporadically around them. the walk down was amazing also. The stairs are a perfect spiral with no railing in the center, only along the walls, and are fairly steep. This is not a ... read more
Alright, I have finally been able to get both the internet connection in our apartment working, and a power converter so my laptop doesn't blow up. And here we are, ready to inform. We arrived yesterday around 4:30 local time at the airport, took a taxi to the Born distict, and got to our apartment by about 6ish. the travel time overall ended up being close to 20hrs. including the airport layover time. After a shower and a breif respite, we hit the streets for some dinner(it was good) and to walk around the neighborhood a bit, then passed out into deep-deep-deep very rewarding sleep. Today was amazing!! We covered some major ground, starting around 12:00. We started from our apartment, went to Barceloneta beach(totally awesome is the medeterranian) then walked along the coast a bit ... read more
Tis will be the fist entry in our travelblog for our trip to barcelona. we are currently finishing up our last minute things, getting the dogs situated, changing money, all that jazz. Evie is going to take us to the airport tis afternoon and then we're off!! gd and sd... read more
