Blogs from Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe - page 222

So we got out of Pamplona in one piece, had to hire a car cos all the trains to Barcelona were full for the next few days but it worked out well. We met up with Dani, a good friend of mine who I met in Argentina last year, and also Debs and Anna-Marie turned up from Vigo so all of sudden we had a pretty big group, boosting around the streets of Barcelona on rented bicycles checking out a few of Guadi's famous buildings, and trying to take out pigeones along the way (Tim was the only one who connected). We've also had plenty of beach time, I cuaght up with Silvia who i met at the same time as Dani last year, and now we're all off up to Cadaquez where she's got a ... read more

Being an architecture student I mcannot help but dedicate this blog to Guadi - the Barcelona Master. For those of you who don't know much about this bloke here is just some of his work... for the full spiel go to Gaudi The genius of Gaudi´s work, namely the Sagrada Familia is that he designed the building in suspension and built it in compression (refer to photo). ... ok.... i think thats enough for now. Enjoy :)... read more

I awoke this morning again to church bells from the Catedral de Barcelona. Except this time they were Sunday mass bells and went on for a long time before and after the service. I felt refreshed, ready to start our final day in Barcelona, and grateful that Nick had talked me out of going to the clubs again. After checking out of our hostel, we had a quick but delicious coffee, peach juice, and croissant breakfast. Barcelona blessed us with our first totally sunny day since we'd arrived in Europe over a week ago. The weather was perfect for our last day in the city. We decided we should at least see one cathedral while we were in the city, so I figured why not the one that had woken me up the past two mornings. ... read more

Got up really late again today. There´s just something about Barcelona that inspires laziness and seduces me back to my nocturnal schedule. I did drag myself out eventually though, and up quite far to Parc Güell. I´m kind of thinking that I should have visited the Gaudi museum, just to get the slightest inkling of what the man was like, because his creations are just out of this world. My head spins trying to imagine what the place would be like had he actually finished it (Parc Güell was originally meant to be a cutting edge urban community, but the project scuttled due to lack of funds). Even with just the few buildings currently there, I expect smurfs to pour out the curvey windows or doors. Having seen his domestic creations, you realize that Sagrada Familia ... read more

Slept in embarassingly late today, in good part because I was out rather late last night. I went out with a couple of people I bussed in with, and didn't get back to my room until 3am, and I left early. Two of the girls had picked up Spanish....tourguides and were in the mood for some dancing. After the four glasses of sangria and glass of champagne I had polished off, I had the wisdom to call it a night. I was still a bit tired this morning (or afternoon rather), and was sorely tempted to just jump on the bus turistic, which takes you to all the stop in a hop on/hop off manner for about 20 euros. My independent streak won out however, and I ended up getting a metro travelcard (2 days for ... read more