Blogs from Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe - page 24

I know we said we were headed to Sagrada Familia next, but you quickly learn to go with the flow when traveling with a baby. When we got up, we attempted to go to the Musuem of the city, which contains an underground excavation of the Roman city, but found it to be closed on Mondays. So we walked through Barcelona's gothic cathedral, rumored to be the darkest on the continent. Pat took a picture of Jesus looking down from the cross that he is quite proud of (nicknamed "Spooky Jesus"). Then we headed off in search of lunch. We found a fantastic place with a 10 Euro lunch deal that included bread, two courses, wine, and desert. Pat and I had scallops served in the shell and the Spanish version of meat enchiladas for the ... read more

After our last posting, we decided to head up Montjuic, the 'mountain' in Barcelona, which happens to be about a block from our apartment. We strapped Delaney in to her carrier and hiked up the mountain for some beautiful views of the Sea and Barcelona. There is also an old fort up there with some distinctively less old anti-aircraft guns. On our way down we stumbled upon a small zipline in a park (completely unattended of course) and had a great time taking Delaney for rides on it (unfortunately the video got deleted...). The next day we wandered through the Gothic and Born districts to the Ciutadella park, Barcelona's answer to Central Park. There was a gorgeous fountain there as well as half of Barcelona's population enjoying their Saturday picnics. Delaney enjoyed some quality time on ... read more

Well, apparently my airplane karma is still very, very bad. When we arrived at Fargo airport, we were asked whether Delaney had a ticket. Of course not, she's 1. Well, apparently 1 year olds need tickets for international flights even though we booked through AA's website and told them we had a baby with us. We were informed we would have to pay the full fare as listed for that day! Of course, we threatened immediate bodily harm at that point. Somehow they were talked down to just $240 for Delaney's ticket and though still angry, we proceeded to our plane, which was late. Luckily we had a 2 hour layover in Chicago before our flight to JFK. At O'Hare our flight was listed as on time right up until it was supposed to leave, then ... read more

Well, the love affair continues and I am now in the "getting to know u" phase with BCN ... my English is decreasing and my Catalan increases in inverse proportion.. I try and learn a new word every day.. today's word is hortalisses....carrots, peppers and the like.. I am sorry for the break in transmission but basically Ive been studying, eating, sleeping, studying yada yada ... average night's sleep is 3 hours and last nite I had 7.. and started clapping in my sleep cos I was so happy so a brief synopsis of the week apart from the CELTA induced ( i think that's a compound and should have a dash, but let's be anarchic like the peeps in Placa Catalunya and not put one) madness and paranoia is that I went to Camp Nou ... read more

Hola! Coming to you live from Barcelona. This week has been hectic and insane, but heaps of fun. My last blog was in Granada. So I took the train from Granada on the 9th to Madrid. The train took 4 hours. I was up again at 6.00am, and by the time I got to Madrid I had devolped a nasty headache. I think it was half because I was exhausted and half because I probably hadnt drunk enough water in the hot weather. Either way I wasnt feeling the best. Once I got off the train, I couldnt be bothered to navigate the public transport so I took a taxi to my hostel. Lucky I did because I probably wouldnt have found it in a hurry, The sign and building was covered in scaffolding. The hostel ... read more