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Jardins de les Voltes d'en Cirés

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    • Day 3

      Sant Pau del Camp

      May 17, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      Il monastero di San Pau de Camp è la chiesa in stile romanico probabilmente risale all’anno 1000 ed è la più antica di Barcellona. Si trova nel quartiere Raval vicino alla stazione della metro di Paral-lel.Read more

    • Day 33

      Sant Pau de Camp Church

      May 24, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

      The former Benedictine Monastery of Sant Pau del Camp is Barcelona's oldest preserved church. It was probably built at the end of the 9th century: the founding of the monastery between the years 897 and 911 emerges from the few surviving documents. Much less fancy than most Spanish churches and bare bones and austere. The sheer age and the fact it is still here is impressive!Read more

    • Day 58

      Zweite Woche - second week

      September 24, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

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      Es ist schon wieder sooo viel passiert...
      Ich bin in meine neue WG eingezogen und fühle mich wohl.
      Ich habe von Erasmus an einer Tour durch das Gotische Viertel teilgenommen und lernte dabei Maya, Rob und Darius kennen, mit denen ich abends dann noch was trinken war.
      Meine Mädels aus der Heimat besuchten mich für ein paar Tage und wir besichtigten die Stadt zusammen. Von einer tollen Aussicht über die Stadt über gutes Essen zu einem Strandtag war alles dabei und ich genoss es sehr!
      Übers Wochenende feierten wir beim Fest La Mercé in Barcelona und sahen schöne Feuerwerke.
      Am Sonntag fuhr ich mit Maya, Rob und Darius nach Castelldefels, einem Strand ein wenig entfernt von Barcelona und wir bewunderten den tollen Sonnenuntergang.
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      So much has happened again...
      I moved into my new shared apartment and feel comfortable.
      I took part in an Erasmus tour of the Gothic Quarter and met Maya, Rob and Darius, with whom I had a drink in the evening.
      My girls from home visited me for a few days and we toured the city together. From a great view over the city to good food to a day at the beach, everything was there and I really enjoyed it!
      Over the weekend we celebrated at the La Mercé festival in Barcelona and saw beautiful fireworks.
      On Sunday I drove with Maya, Rob and Darius to Castelldefels, a beach a little away from Barcelona, ​​and we admired the amazing sunset.
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    • Day 12

      En route to Barcelona

      May 12, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

      So the day has come... our final train to our final destination 😔 We are extremely excited for Barcelona 😁🇪🇸 Our train was at 10.07 and the train is actually really really nice. We are sat on the top level as it’s a double decker train. We’ve come prepared with our lunch in our bags and plenty of films to watch on Netflix to pass the time. The lady sat next to us has her cat with her! Let’s just hope I don’t start sneezing the whole journey 😂

      Before we knew it we had arrived in Barcelona. Google maps told us it was a 30 minute walk to our apartment and so having been sat down for 6 hours we thought we would walk it in the rain (quite refreshing). We finally found the apartment however the owner was nowhere to be seen. After spending ages trying to get through to them we finally got hold of someone who told us to wait 15 more minutes :/

      She finally arrives with the key and speaks no English however I understand the word 4 in Spanish and so understood that we must go to the 4th floor. This is not an easy job with heavy suitcases, tiny steps and no lift 😬 We were pleasantly surprised when we got inside it will do us nicely.

      After a quick trip to Carreforre Express to get some ingredients, we were at work preparing a nice spaghetti bolognese for our tea accompanied with a bottle of 1€ wine which actually tasted surprisingly good. Although getting the cork out the bottle was a struggle and resulted in me practically hanging off the bottle with the Leah holding onto it for a good 10 minutes 😂 A quick shower to freshen up for tomorrow before bed was compulsory as well after having completed the longest, hottest walk we have done to date dragging our suitcases which now must weigh about 18kg. The muscles we will be coming home with will be bigger than any gym freak I know.
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    • Day 13

      Barcelona 12th - 15th

      May 13, 2018 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 13 °C

      Our first morning in Barcelona... sunny Barcelona! I get out of bed and look out the window to see it’s cloudy :/ So much for sunny Spain 😂 Once we are all ready it’s off out to get brunch in a local cafe. It was a reminder of home, a very British tea room with coffee and ham and cheese croissants... lovely 😁

      Our apartment is just a short walk from la rambla, probably the most famous and busiest tourist street in Barcelona! Once we had finished in the cafe it was just a short walk. Immediately we were drawn to the market stalls where we bought some bracelets and anklets at the first stall we came to! I bought the final shot glass to add to the collection! For those of you that don’t know I buy a shot glass in each country I visit.. I have done this since my first holiday without parents.

      The market stalls had some nice things as well as some wacky things such as cactus’ growing out of mugs and shoes or as fridge magnets. 😂 We then wandered down to the harbour where we were amazed by the amount of expensive yachts moored everywhere (one day we will own one!) There is a bridge that cross’s over to the other side of the harbour where there is a shopping centre and other things.

      The weather had improved by this point and was nice and sunny making the sea look a lovely light blue colour, the colour you imagine Spanish sea to be. We spent time wandering around admiring the yachts and enjoying the sea view.

      Next we decided to visit the aquarium 😁 This was a brilliant idea as we wandered around like little kids looking at the fish 🐠 There was an option to swim with the sharks but we thought we would give that one a miss seeing as I won’t even get in the water with fish 😂

      When we came out the weather had turned again and looked stormy with the rain spitting. We wandered back towards the main shopping area where we found the longest strip of people selling fake goods I have ever witnessed. As tempting as it was we resisted the urge to buy fake Michael Kors bags 😂

      We found even more market stalls, this time selling food! It was here that we decided to try some churros. They were amazing ❤️ We found an empty bench and slowly realised why it was the only empty one. There was a man blowing massive bubbles and the wind was taking them out direction getting us covered in washing up liquid 😂

      Onwards we went, this time into the gothic quarter where there were many vintage, alternative and wacky shops which were extremely interesting looking around. It was now starting to rain a bit harder and so we decided to have an early tea to get out of the rain! We found a lovely tapas restaurant, recommended by Katie's dad on the harbour, where we had some tapas dishes and sangria... very Spanish... and very delicious.

      The weather does weird things here and now there was the most beautiful sunset as we ate our dinner. Once finished we found yet more shops to look around 😁😁😁😁 and decided to stop at Starbucks for a caffeine kick.

      It was then back to the apartment via the shop to get some drinks and nibbles for another night in chilling out after a busy day! We were going to go out for the evening but unfortunately Katie had a headache and didn’t feel up to it. I really like Barcelona as there is a lot to it and each area has something new to discover.
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    • Day 14

      Barcelona 12th - 15th

      May 14, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

      After a short lie in we are up once again getting ready and it’s a day of spontaneity. I suddenly realised I had left a bottle of wine in the freezer overnight so went to get it out and left it to defrost. (Silly Jess) All holiday we have been talking about what we could do to remember this holiday by. Some people may not agree with what we did next and I’m nervous to tell you all 😂

      You can probably guess... after a lot of research and checking that what we were going to do was legit and safe, off we wandered............

      I’ve never felt so nervous in all my life, not knowing what to expect but I was certain in my mind that what was about to happen was something I wanted to do.........

      Okay I won’t leave you hanging anymore. If you haven’t worked it out already all 3 of us got a tattoo 😬 (sorry Mum and Dad). Holding onto one another’s hands we went through with it each having something small to symbolise what we have done. I was an adult about it and decided to have it somewhere where it can’t be seen and is easily covered 😁 (Please don’t kill me!!!) After worrying for ages about how much it would hurt I was surprised to find out it just felt like being scratched by a cat😂

      All 3 of us are so happy we had it done and couldn’t be more pleased by the level of professionalism the guy had, he was clean and thorough and told us everything we need to know about aftercare.

      After a crazy morning we had to have a McDonald’s to settle our stomachs again! Next it was on to St Josep’s food market which was amazing! I’ve never seen such a large food market with different types of meat, cheese, fish and sweet treats in.

      It was then onto do even more shopping!!! (Can you tell we are chilling out and having more of a leisurely holiday in Barcelona rather than site seeing - we deserve it!)

      Next we decided to have cocktails sat at a beachside cafe which were delicious before heading for our final meal :(

      This we had on La Rambla! We treated ourselves to more cocktails ordering a small one each and then somehow ending up with 1litre ones! I told the waiter we didn’t order large and he said he would just charge us the same price. As thought the bill came and he had charged us for 3 large cocktails. For once in my life I stood up for us and argued that this wasn’t correct and he went on to say I wasn’t right and he had never said that (he had). Eventually he gave in to me and reduced the price. Jess 1 Waiter 0. I noticed they had been doing this to a lot of people around and then arguing with them. Not good!

      Even with all that drama it was a lovely meal. It was then back to the apartment to get ready for our last night out 😁 I put the now defrosted bottle of wine into the fridge to make it a bit colder for half an hour. When I went back to get it out the bottle fell out of the fridge and smashed everywhere on the floor 😂 This bottle of wine was just not meant to be.

      It was then on to our last night in Barcelona. 😁 We were going to go out out but decided against it when we found not many places were open on a Monday! Determined to have a good last night we made our own fun with a trip to the shop to buy cards and drink for a night of girly gossip and games 😁😁 This holiday has been amazing but we are exhausted 😂
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