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Plaça de Catalunya

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    • Day 3

      Barcelona

      September 7, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

      Finally arrived in Barcelona. For now a little siesta to heal all the physical and emotional wounds and later Rambla is ours. Nice hotel,nice people and nice weather. The hotel was so nice, that Tom felt the urge to take a 😴, meanwhile I decide to explore a little bit the city on my own... My inner voice guided me to the Barcelona Cathedral known as Cathedral of St Eulalia, Patron of Barcelona with it's 13 friendly geese's 😁. Beautiful itself, also has great views from the rooftop of the city, including Sagrada and Tibidabo Hill with it's beautiful church.Read more

    • Day 32

      Barca

      October 12, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

      Arrived at Camping Barcelona yesterday and squeezed onto a pitch next to another Brit van. Turns out we met them on an Aire in Arras, France 3 weeks earlier- small world for sure. The camp , a 30 minute journey from Barcelona, had a regular bus service to and fro so on we hopped. We have always wanted to visit Barca so the City bus tour was the ideal way of seeing it. What a disappointment. We just weren’t impressed with the city. The Rambles (a pedestrian route of Cafes and stalls etc) and the side streets off it were however worthy of exploring on foot. It’s a case of been there , done it and worn the tee shirt I’m afraid. Had a couple of good nights though having a shandy with Bryn and Mandy. Now off further South for hopefully three days of sun on a site close to a beach.
      Life is Good
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    • Day 18

      Double decker bus tour

      April 27, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F

      Sat up top for both the red and blue routes. It was a nice day so what the heck. In fact they are all nice days here. Did I also mention it’s cheaper here too?
      Anyway, there’s my bunk room, a view inside what they call a carnateria (see the legs..shudder). Then there’s the view of Christopher Columbus’ butt and a bowl of wicked spicy Chinese fish soup. Finally random architecture.
      I give this place a solid A for how great it is. There was even a futbol match tonight. Go FC Barcelona!
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    • Day 25

      Leaving Pamplona

      May 16, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

      Getting packed now for my walk to Cezur Menor. I had a nice evening with Sue, Christian, Alan and Kira. We met at the Italian restaurant in the big square here and enjoyed a vegan spaghetti and loads of good chat, shared pics of our families, except Christian who was adopted and not sure his adoptive parents really knew how to care for him.
      Today is an easy walk not going far I'll see how the road takes me. I've booked a bed as the hostels are getting packed up quickly. Some more stories to tell later💖
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    • Day 5

      Barcelona

      August 23, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 30 °C

      Lotnisko w Ponta Delgada porównywalne wielkością do lotniska w Wolinie, tak że szybko wszystko poszło. Oddaliśmy bardzo sprawnie samochód, przeprosiłem pana że nie miałem czasu go umyć ale rozumiał i życzył nam miłej podróży. Lot do Barcelony odbył się liniami Azorskimi, bardzo spokojnie i po 3 godzinach byliśmy już w drodze na stare miasto. Hotelik nasz ( sprawdzony już w ubiegłym roku) jest przepięknie zlokalizowany przy placu Katalońskim zaraz przy Rambli, deptaku , który ciągnie się aż do mariny oddzielonej tyłko paroma falochronami od Morza Sródziemnego. Tak naprawdę to nic się takiego nie wydarzyło, po prostu sycilismy się starym gotyckim miastem i ludźmi, którzy albo bez lub w celu spacerowali. Jest to jedno z miejsc do których chętnie się powraca chętnie gubiąc się w małych uliczkach.Read more

    • Day 697

      Sant Andreu de Llavaneres 2.0

      January 18 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

      The next few days in Barcelona were a bunch of reunions with all the people I missed the most and whom I was excited to hear about their life changes and developing process. I met my friend Robles, Encarna (my nana as a kid), Esther (my childhood bestfriiend's mum and english teacher), Silvia (my friend from cau), Gala, Ger, Anna again, Vero, my kids from Cau (Sara, Berta and Eloi, who were not kids anymore), I bumped into some of my students like Marc, Carla and Marta which was beautiful and some other people that made me so happy to see. But mostly, I tried to spend as much quality time with Helena, Nerea, my parents, my siblings and sisters in law, my beloved nieces and nephews . I also tried to fix all the mistakes from last time, doing lots of bureaucracy tasks (and spending a lot of money in consequence). Helena and Nerea made a big effort to show me their new life and their new people from after I left, which for me, was the most special way of sharing, and I got a tattoo with Andrea of a canoe (or a calaboti). I went for a few days to Olot and rebuilt my bond with my little Libu and Nima and went to the cars with my not so little anymore Biel and Arlet and played lots and lots of board games. Tried some cool yoga and mobility classes some on my own and some with Nerea (such as Acrobatics flows, handstands, acroyoga, hammock acrobatics, jivamukti yoga and rocket yoga). Mario came for a visit for a couple of days and we went to what used to be the best cocktail bar in the world (the actual one was too expensive to attend), visited Girona and laughed (mostly me) in a Bruno Oro monologue. Went to the cosmocaixa with Helena and hiked the roca foradada with my bbclan, did a bit of yoga with mum, went to see acrobatics (mano a mano) with my family, won a rum bottle on a musical bingo by chance and ate lots of the food I used to love here with the people I still love. And sososo many other magical moments along the way.Read more

    • Day 17

      The ferry to Barcelona and sights

      April 26, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F

      Slept in a chair on the overnight ferry. A Spanish soap opera blared all night. 10 hours went fast with earplugs. Checked in first night to a large central city bunkhouse. Assigned an upper bunk, eight to a room, 10 rooms per floor, four floors. I’m way too old in a lot of ways. I may not be able to slide past the discomforts like before.
      Mostly nobody speaks English. I smile more, nod more and gesticulate a lot more. Daytime is for tourists. Nighttime is for partying. The chatty, laughing, two beer kind, not the Daytona Beach kind.
      Roamed around midtown to see and feel at street level. The architecture seems to have looked to Paris for inspiration. The crazy exceptions are the Antoni Gaudi buildings I stumbled upon. Think Lord of the Rings Hobbiton movie set meets St. Basil’s Cathedral in the Kremlin. My opinion alone, I’m sure.
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    • Day 29

      Barcelona Arrival

      May 20, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

      As usual very comfortable train trip, this time with Iryo, high speed at almost 300 km/h. It would take almost 6 hours to drive and 2.5 hours by train. Flat mountainside plains predominantly. Arrived into Barcelona Sants station, subway to Placa de Catalunya. Metro crowded and we left the platform and could not find our way out! Other people seemed to also be looking for the exit. We retraced our steps and found that we needed to exit directly from the arrival platform and we had entered a maze which was connecting with two other lines. It was hot in there! Had a look around the plaza - huge and a lot of people! Very busy and large Foot Locker J! Makes Toronto look relatively small. Doug found the bus which would take us directly to our place near near Camp Nou the stadium where the 2nd to last soccer game of the year was to take place tonight starting at 9 pm. Check in was easy, this is the first stay we've had were there is a 24 hour desk. Reception advised that they will be demolishing Camp Nou to build a new stadium after this season and games will temporarily be at the Olympic venue built when Barcelona was the host in 1992. We looked at the availability of tickets and the €300 per ticket ($450 CDN) was too high for us. Nice tourist oriented apartment in a pleasant neighbourhood. Found a great Indian restaurant for dinner called Hungry Eyes, prices good but we found extras added up (€50).Read more

    • Day 2

      Arrival in Beautiful Barcelona! 🙂👍

      September 13, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F

      Descending into Barcelona. Checking in at H10 Urquinaona Plaza, really nice hotel. Neat center, skylit courtyard lobby that all floors surround. Our views from the lobby, outside of our room, the rooftop terrace with plunge pool and bar, and ground floor garden patio.🤩Read more

    • Day 23

      Barcelona day 2

      May 27 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

      A Vanessa shopping day that worked out great for me...new sandals and vans...spent way more than v...boom 🙂

      The posh old city area was lovely...just normal prices but awesome selection.

      Had Turkish for dinner but a shared mix platter for 2 cost 35 euro with 2 cokes...so food not cheap in Europe... although Budapest and Croatia were less.

      Tomorrow is an early start with a tour that goes to Costa Brava.
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    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Plaça de Catalunya, Placa de Catalunya, Плошча Каталоніі, Leurgêr Katalonia, Náměstí Katalánska, Placo Katalunio, Plaza de Cataluña, Katalunia plaza, Place de Catalogne, כיכר קטלוניה, カタルーニャ広場, 카탈루냐 광장, Plaça de Catalonha, Plac Kataloński, Praça da Catalunha, Площадь Каталонии, Площа Каталонії, 加泰罗尼亚广场

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