Blogs from Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe - page 10

Barcelona...so many souvenirs...even if my first visit was back in 1993 and my last one in 1996! The city has changed a lot, and it is also a first visit for Tanya! For my first visit, it was back to student time. I was the vice-president of a European student association...and we knew how to get "subsides" to organize conferences with other young European students. Trust me, even if on a budget, that was a party...and not only in Spain! Next was in 1996, baby-sitting a group of American tourists as a student job to cross Europe by bus. I had to pick them up in Barcelona. My boss told me he had a little surprise for me...just to find out when they landed, that they were hard-core Seven Days Adventists! How to make sure you ... read more

Z ubytka vypadnutie okolo 10/00, cinanka tu este ostala, vlak nazad do baskickajej ide az po 12/00. Na ubytko nas prisla vymenit cinska rodina. Pri metre skacem na kavu s croasantom do miestneho baru. Ten zatial nieje moc plny ale to sa zachvilu zmeni. Moj dnesny ciel je park guell. Dostavam sa sem roznymi linkami metra. Vyskakujem na stanici el coll. Zacina prudke stupanie uzkymi ulickami. Ludi zatial nikde, slniecko pekne pecie. Konecne teplo. Dostavam sa na vyhliadku nad mirador virolai. Neskutocny vyhlad na celu barcelonu. Zacina zostup parkom, roznymi pekne upravenymi chodnickami sa dostavam k Tres Creus. Tu zacina relax pod krizom. Sem tam sa na chodniku objavi neaky ten umelec, pri vstupe do gauidiho komplexu uz dost ludi a dost cirnych hub co tu predavaju suveniry. Komplex si omrknem len z parku, vyzera to ... read more

Tak nakonec spanok nic moc, furt pobehovali upratovacky a nakonec sa priblizili aj zdobici a aby toho nebolo dost kurvy vypli kurenie a bolo dost zima. o 3/00 to vzdavam, davam nabijat mobil na nabijaci ostrovcek a ocuvam mp3. zrhuba po pol hodinke sa uz zacinaju objavovat aj ludia co prichadzaju na ranne odlety. Samozrejme wizzair ma gate vonku na ploche v plechovej bude, tak rychly presun cez vonkajsok do budy kde rovnako zima ako vonku. V letadle jeden uplny dement, uplne nasilim tlacil batozinu do priehradky, dufam,ze mi neroztriskal fotak. fakt volaky ludia sa uplny dementi. Let v pohode ani neviem ako a uz sme pristavali, pristatie bolo mega makke. Po opusteny lietadla smer metro, to vzdialene dobrych 15.min chodze ked nie aj 25.min. Najskor nabieham na vlakovu stanicu, tukam do automatu,ze si vyberiem moju ... read more

Saturday was a roller coaster ride. We were headed to the train station for the trip to the festival in Zaragoza. This involved a bus ride, metro ride, and the train ride. When we got to the train, I realized that my phone was missing. Pete....I know exactly how you feel. Pete is a friend of mine who had traveled to Spain in the 2 weeks before we left. His phone was stolen as well. All in all, the only thing I am out is the pictures. Later that day, Kathy and I had food at the festival and unfortunately (and unknowingly), we had a lunch that cost us 40 euros (ouch!!!). Then to add insult to injury, on the way home we purchased metro tickets and I left my credit card in the machine. By ... read more

Soooo!!!! We were sleeping peacefully when Kathy got up and said, "Its time to get up...times a-wastin'!. So she makes coffee and I get up and start through my morning routine. After much noise and beeping in the kitchen, she gives me a cup of coffee and we start to get dressed, I put on my watch and just happened to look at the time. IT WAS 1:15AM. I look at Kathy and ask "What time do you think it is dear?" She said, "Its 6:30am and time to get up and get started." I say, "No dear, its 1:15am." She says, "No way!" I say, "Lets go back to bed, we have all day. We don't need to get up at 1:15 in the morning." After some discussions on the technical side about how cell ... read more