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Blog: Return to Barcelona
Date: September 9th 2009

Barcelona take two - September 8-9

I had an early start to head to Barcelona from Bled, a taxi picked me up at 6:45 to take me to the train station. The hotel breakfast didn’t open until 7 so they kindly packed me a breakfast for on the way. At the station I purchased a ticket for Zagreb, I wasn’t really dressed for the cooler weather and the girl wondered if I was cold. I said ... read more


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