Back to the Future Last day in our Barcelonian/Birthday trip. Finished our Spartan breakfast, left our small luggage at the storage facility of the hostel and made our way for the 2nd most visited site in the city, which is also the 2nd largest soccer stadium in the world. None other than the legendary Camp Nou, home to Barcelona F.C. The football club has become a Catalan institution, hence the motto Més que un club (More than a club). They were founding members of La Liga in 1928, and, together with Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, they have never been [View Full Entry]

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Easter Sunday 27 of April 2008. Everyone in Greece is waking up with a hangover, slowly making their way towards their grandparents house in the village, ready to roast a lamb to celebrate Christ knows what, whereas I am glad to report that we are going to be immersed in one of the greatest global sporting events, an F1 race. Two minutes walk from the hostel, we got on the subway, two stops northwards we switched to the mainline Renfe network, got our 5.20 euro return tickets and half an hour later we alighted at Montmelo station a few miles northwest [View Full Entry]

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Modern artist vs. capability First stop of the day, three minutes walk from the hostel and next to the Las Ramblas, is the first Gaudi monument of the day, Palace Guell, more of that later though. Following our visit to the Palace, Karen and I separated. She chose to go for a walk at the beachfront whereas I walked to Picasso's museum which is located in the gothic quarter. Before the split we dashed off quickly at the nearby Reial Square to see the lamp posts which were Gaudi's first commission. Pablo Picasso and the modern art movement Pablo Picasso's [View Full Entry]

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My 30th and Catalonian Cuisine After 9:15am on the 25th of April (2008) I am entering the 3rd decade of my life. Our societies do seem to make a huge fuss about birthdays. Our birth is something we can't control, or achieve, however the odds of us actually existing are so high that I do agree on the principle of celebration. In my opinion only the 18th birthday should be noteworthy due to the legal repercussions of adult life. For the next 10 years I am however going to use a different first word when asked about my age. This fact [View Full Entry]

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