Blogs from Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe - page 25

You can't go to Barcelona and not visit Camp Nou. The home of the Spanish and European champions is an amazing place for any football fan to enter. Even Trish enjoyed it! Having had his football shirt blessed by the Black Madonna, it only seemed fitting that Russ should wear it on his stadium tour. An opportunity was missed though when he wasn't prepared to queue to lift the European Champions League trophy in his blue and white stripes!! Seriously, this is one mega sports museum. On entry you are given an audio tour in your chosen language and as you travel around you key in the relevant number and listen to someone telling you all about the history of the club from its humble beginnings through Diego Armando Maradonna to the mercurial Lionel Messi. Unless ... read more

Remek dontes volt William es Kate (vagy az udvar) reszerol, hogy aprilis 29-en legyen az eskuvo, igy egy ujabb negynapos hetvegenk lett :) (Az elozo husvetkor volt, mivel itt a nagypentek is munkaszuneti nap.) Ugy gondoltam, jol jon egy kis utazas, igy megszerveztem egy hosszu hetveget Barcelonaban. Csutortokon munka utan mentem a repterre, es biztam benne, hogy ezuttal rendben lesz az easyjet jarata, nem ugy mint tavaly husvetkor, amikor 2 orat kesett mindket iranyba. Ezuttal csak 1.5 orat kestunk a felszallassal, a leszallassal pedig egyet, vagyis jobb volt a helyzet. Folmerul a kerdes, miert valasztottam az easyjet-et - azert, mert nem volt mas megoldas. Biztam benne, a visszaut gordulekenyebb lesz. Ejfel utan nem sokkal landoltunk, aztan sikerult ejszakai buszra szallni, majd a buszozast es gyaloglast kovetoen 2 korul mar a szallason is voltam. Szerencsere a szallas ... read more

Tuesday May 3rd, 2011 Barcelona, Spain It might be part of Spain, but Barcelona has a character all its own. The people there talk their own language and call themselves Catalonians. Barcelona is a big, cosmopolitan city. The architecture is simply magnificent and you can feel the vibrancy of the place as you walk among the people. Once they were part of the Roman Empire and then they were ruled by the Moors for 700 years. The Moors were finally defeated and Spain was united by the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella. This unified Spain tried for years to suppress their language and culture and make them all Spaniards. But, somehow through all that they have kept their separate identity intact. This pride was quite evident in the commentary of our guide as we took in ... read more

The month-long stand with Barcelona continues but haven't seen a diamond ring yet (sorry T about that!!!) I.m managing to hurtle up to the 4th floor in one go now, and then after a breather, up the next 2 flights to my room in the sky.it has its upside... I touched a few clouds yesterday and I'm the first to feel any rain-of which there was quite a bit yesterday..and I warn the others in the street below.....it hasn't cooled my afore-mentioned ardour for BCN, though. Well, the first day at school was INTIMIDATING,. I'll probably have very little time for spending the hours listlessly blogging on here so be prepared for a "Brace Brace" type landing in terms of my blogging journey....it's 5am and I can't sleep...is this a taste of things to come? To ... read more

Gleich nach dem Aufstehen bin ich zur Sagrada Familia, dem Wahrzeichen von Barcelona, gegangen, wo die Sightseeingtour startet. Die Sagrada ist schon ein beeindruckendes Kunstwerk von Gaudi, das immer noch nicht vollendet ist. Barcelona bietet sehr viele schöne Gebäude und Plätze. Am Hafen steht ein Denkmal für Christoph Kolumbus. Es ist so groß, das der kleine Finger von ihm einen halben Meter lang ist. Leider war es heute sehr kalt und die Sonne hat sich auch versteckt. Auf dem Oberdeck des Buses habe ich gefroren, aber unten sieht man nichts. Erst beim Montjuïc kam die Sone raus, so dass ich mich etwas aufwärmen konnte. Vom Berg aus kann man fast ganz Barcelona überblicken. Das Museum oben ist auch sehr imposant. Auf dem Berg wurden auch die Olympischen Sommerspiele 1992 ausgetragen. Barcelona ist schon eine Reise wert, ... read more