Blogs from La Rambla, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe - page 6

HOLA!! I realise it has been a while since I last wrote and I am not going to try to play catch up so a few days of this holiday will forever remain a mystery. Whatś new? Well we found the coolest club in the world last night. It is this shots bar where every drink is an adventure. We started with flaming shots that lit the entire bar bench on fire, moved on to cream topped shots the bar tender assured us could only be done by licking them while they sat on the bar and destroyed ourselves with tobasco-infused shots just to name a few. The highlight of Chupitas! however was the Monica Lewisky shot. Sure to cause a stir, it is served in a cream-covered dildo. Our new found friend Ciprian did the ... read more

July 4th- Week 5 Today is the Fourth of July. Too bad they don’t celebrate in Rome. The students all got together and cooked burgers and drank beer. It was a good little celebration. We couldn’t celebrate too hard because we had a big accounting exam the next day. July 5th- Today we didn’t have a good Accounting class. A lot of the students didn’t finish the HW assignment because we were study for the exam. We had to cut class short because we were not prepared. The day turned around because we visited a vineyard called ViniPallaVicini. The site was beautiful. It’s crazy how long it takes to make wine, 8years! The site was hundreds of years old. At the end they left us with 15 bottles to finish with the group. Needless to say ... read more

We had thought originally of going to Montserrat, a pretty much all day affair, but we hadn't seen the key sights in Barcelona yet, except for La Rambla. So, out we went, by about 9am, and first headed for the Parc Guell, a showcase of Antoni Gaudi's work. We took the metro from Paral-lel to Villcarca on the L3 towards Triniat Nova (For you folks who might like an idea of how to get to Parc Guell from La Rival area). The metros cost about 1.45 Euros for a one-time 90 minute ride. we got off at the right station, and after a brief moment of lostness, rectified by a nice old Spanish lady (the park is off the top of our map, so...), we saw the stairs/escalators up to the park. You have to ride ... read more

We left the hostel early, like 8:30am, but still no WiFi! I'm still not totally sure if the 24-hour ticket we bought was supposed to be good for the bus to Marco Polo Airport, but we were able to take the vaporetto to the bus station, and then the bus to the airport without incident. Since we arrived several hours before our flight (It wasn't even listed yet!), we chilled for a while and waited for it to show on the list so we'd know where to check in. Marco Polo Airport is pretty good sized, with over 60 check-in counters for dozens or airlines from Qatar to AliItalia to RyanAir. Finally, we check with a flight information desk and they told us the counter should open soon and be like number 82 or 83, so ... read more

We all loved Barcelona. The shopping, the architecture and the culture! We decided to visit as a mini break from our four week stay in St Genies, as it was only a four hour train trip away. We booked an apartment right on La Rambla for three nights. Great location and atmosphere, but unfortunately that atmosphere and noise never switched off giving us very little sleep. We made sure we had somewhere with Wifi so we could catch up on some internet usage and skyping. We certainly hang out for contact with everyone at home after being away for so long. We started our visit with the ultra touristy open topped bus circuit. The commentary was very lacking but it was good to get a feel for the main areas and see a relatively big area ... read more