Category Barcelona
Europe 2025 – Barcelona, Part Three
May 12 – 14 Placa de Sant Jaume is set at the intersection of ancient Barcino’s main thoroughfares, and this square was once a Roman forum and is home to the he Palace of the Generalitat of Cataloni, an historic palace that for more than six centuries has housed the offices of the Presidency of […]
Europe 2025 – Barcelona, Part Two
May 12 – 14 Having finished lunch, we went outside and caught a taxi to take us closer to where the Picasso Museum (Museu Picasso) is located. One nice thing about Barcelona is that it is a taxi town. Uber does operate there but the black and yellow city taxis are ubiquitous, and can sometimes […]
Europe 2025 – Barcelona, Part One
May 12 – 14 Our final drive of the trip with Bev would take four hours or more as we needed to drop the rental car off at the Barcelona International Airport and then take a taxi into town and to our Airbnb, the Excellent Modernist Apartment, located in a nice neighborhood full of amenities. […]
Europe 2017 – Summary, Part Four
August 24 – November 15 The next big portion of the trip was spent in Spain, where we took on the challenge of completing the Camino de Santiago. What would have been approximately five weeks walking got shortened by ten days when we decided to rent bikes to finish our trek. We used nine of […]
Europe 2017 – Barcelona, Part Two
November 12-15 After breakfast in the apartment, we set out for the 20-minute walk to Casa Mila. Followers of this blog will recognize our fascination with Antoni Gaudi (much like with Frank Lloyd Wright) and this would mark the third time on this trip we’d visited a building he was responsible for or had some […]
Europe 2017 – Barcelona, Part One
November 12-15 The four-hour ride down to Barcelona went smoothly and cost 43 euros for the two of us. Using Flix Bus had been an unanticipated bonus for travel in Europe. It’s low fares and expansive route system, coupled with fairly modern, clean, and comfortable buses, while not quite as nice as riding on the […]
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