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George Ott Joined: August 18th 2009
Logged in: May 2nd 2011
Logged in: May 2nd 2011
Travel Blog Posts
Arkansas
Saturday started with a drive to Arkansas, to say I have been there.... Then to the Arcade Diner for Sweet Potato Pancakes. Spent the after noon at the zoo. Then downtown to Beal Street and the festival.... read more
Welcome to...
Went to Memphis for my Birthday weekend to enjoy the Beale Street Music Festival. Graceland is here, so i had to go. Cheesy tourist thing to do... I gotta get me an Elvis one-piece suit....... read more
Me At Entrance
Trip to Falling Water and Kentuck Knob. Two Frank Lloyd Wright Homes in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsyltuckey.... read more
Flags at Front of Palace
Our last day in Barcelona. We woke up late, again. LOL After getting ourselves out the door, we walked to the King's Palace but it didn't really looked like anyone has lived in it for awhile. We then hopped on the metro and headed for Barceloneta. This is a town located by the sea. We saw a lot of activity for the Barcelona World Race. We later found out on the news that fourteen of the world's fastest sailing yachts started a three month journey around the world from Barceloneta today. Each yacht is manned by only two crew. We ate lunch (see pics of arroz negro, chiparones and garlic prawns) and then took a stroll on the boardwalk at Port Olimpic. We saw some innovative sand sculptures. We then headed back to the hotel to ... read more
Purposely Colored Glass
We finally woke up to the alarm and did not shut it off and go back to sleep. We arrived at the Sagrada Familia at 9:00 a.m. We picked up our audioguides and headed inside for the audio tour. I thought it was an architectural wonder...Margaret thought it was an amazing piece of work yet was not as inspired by it. The outside facades held a lot of symbolism. One facade represented the Nativity and the other facade represented the Crucifixion. A third facade called the "Glory" is not yet done. No one knows what that facade will look like because Gaudi did not leave plans for that facade. After the tour, we boarded the "Blue" line of the Barcelona Bus Turistic, a double deck bus with the top deck open. We took the bus to ... read more
Santa Maria del Mar
Hello all. Today we wanted to do many things however I turned off the alarm, rolled over and went back to sleep. Alas it was after ten when we woke up. We rushed off in hopes to see the Picasso museum but when we arrived, the line was three hours long. Plan B, Gaudi! We decided to then visit the Sagrada Familia Cathedral. We stopped in Santa Maria del Mar Cathedral along the way. It was very beautiful. We took a different subway line to get to the Sagrada Familia. The Sagrada Familia was incredible from the outside. It looks like it melts. Margaret and I had a picnic lunch while looking at the cathedral. After lunch we decided to go inside but again the line was extremely long. We decided to come back at a ... read more
Jamon Iberico
Margaret and I got a late start today but made up for it. On the subway, she was told she was "un Mal Novia" since she didn't want to sit with me. Most of today was spent in the Ramblas, Bari Gotic, La Ribera, and Port Vell region.... read more
Bon Nadal
Hola from Barcelona, Margaret and I escaped before the east coast got hit with the snow and we are in sunny 50+ degree weather. We spent the afternoon sleeping since TAP Air Portugal doesn't like to let their passengers sleep... ... read more
