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Stuck in London getting to Barcelona - Happy Xmas
Blog: Barcelona Travel and Living - 23 December 2009
Well, it has been an unpredictable year and mine has ended exactly that way also with all of the snow falling in the UK (despite global warming) and closing dozens of airports and meaning hundreds of cancelled flights, in the UK and around Europe.So the long and short of the situation is that I missed my flight back to Barcelona and will not be in Barcelona for Christmas Day. Having a lot of family in England though, the thought of being forced to stay here and take advantage of:
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La Boqueria Market – A Feast for the Senses
Blog: Brilliant Tips Travel Blog - 19 December 2009
Barcelona’s most famous food market, La Boqueria is a covered market with hundreds of stalls devoted to nothing but food. La Boqueria is a place where visitors can easily spend an hour or two wandering around the market’s crowded, winding aisles filling up their memory card with photos. As you enter the market from La Rambla, the first few stalls appear to be set up to “wow” visitors with unblemished fruit arranged in spectacular pyramids and colorful arrangements of candy and sweets. The market is divided into different sections that ...
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Holiday apartments in Sagrada Familia
Blog: Barcelona travel and culture - 10 December 2009
Quite a few questions come up from time to time and many are often about accommodation i.e. vacation rentals and holiday apartment rentals in Barcelona. Las Ramblas is often asked about, as are Exiample and Sagrada Familia.
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Madrid Barcelona - Barcelona's Best restaurant
Blog: Barcelona Travel and Living - 7 December 2009
I have eaten in probably a hundred plus restaurants, bars and cafes in Barcelona over the last few years and there is a clear winner in my mind when balancing quality, to cost, to service and to location.
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Montserrat, Barcelona. The Monastery That’s Your Last Resort
Blog: The Travel Tart - Offbeat Tales From A Travel Addict - 1 December 2009
Montserrat, Barcelona is a mountain located on the outskirts of this great Spanish city that possesses a Benedictine Monastery. Montserrat was also the rock source for some sections of the famous La Sagrada Familia church that’s been under construction for decades and doesn’t look like finishing soon. The structural engineers who designed and built the Benedictine Monastery [...]Montserrat, Barcelona.
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World Press Photo Exhibition in Barcelona
Blog: Barcelona Travel and Living - 16 November 2009
I absolutely love Photography and wherever I go when travelling, I always make sure to take a camera. Recently I have also started a Digital Photography course so that I can start taking good pictures purposefully rather than by luck. I even now my ISOs and aperture's now.
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Moving and working in Barcelona
Blog: Barcelona Travel and Living - 9 November 2009
Many of you who read this blog I know are thinking of moving to Barcelona, Spain and it is certainly something that can be done. The truth certainly is that getting a job in Barcelona as a non native has never been easy and now it is even harder, with the recession.
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Lady on La Rambla
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
Last time I was in Barcelona I was 18 years old. I had no knowledge of Gaudi, no passion for food, and no limit to the amount of clothing I was willing to purchase from the stores in Barri Gotic.Ah, how times have changed. This weekend I was back in Barcelona, excited for Casa Batllo, hungry for tapas, and completely uninterested in buying anything I couldn't eat immediately.
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Another Delicious Bread Source in Barcelona
Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 6 November 2009
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Searching for Good Bread in Barcelona
Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 5 November 2009
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Best of Barcelona on the cheap
Blog: Barcelona travel and culture - 3 November 2009
So what if you want to visit the best restaurant, the best shop, see the best entertainment and drink in the best pub in Barcelona and all in the same day and on the cheap. Choosing the best of Barcelona is all relative and depends for sure on ones own opinion. Below my best attempt though at the best of for a day in Barcelona on the cheap.
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Halloween in Spain
Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 2 November 2009
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Barcelona International Jazz Festival
Blog: Barcelona Travel and Living - 26 October 2009
Barcelona Jazz Festival has now been underway for a week and runs through until the 6th December. There is plenty of time still to get tickets for some of the shows and if you are a fan of jazz then this is the biggest festival of its type in the Barcelona events calendarThere are some excellent performers lined up and some of the best include:
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Unusual Things to do in Barcelona on holiday
Blog: Barcelona Travel and Living - 21 October 2009
You might want to visit Barcelona just to head to the beach and relax for a few days. Alternatively, you may be interested in spending a few days visiting every Gaudi attraction and site which time permits you to see. The Nou Camp Stadium tour and shopping are two other popular choices. You can though choose some more rather unusual options whilst on holidays.
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Barcelona Metro System
Blog: Barcelona travel and culture - 20 October 2009
Getting around Barcelona is quite easy with a very good local transportation system in place in the city. Plenty of yellow and black taxis roam the city, the buses cover most of the city and the Metro System (underground in London and called a subway system in some places) is arguably one of the best in the world.
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Segway Touring in Spain
Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 19 October 2009
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Never Enough Books and Art Supplies!
Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 15 October 2009
Well I can’t help myself – I seem to gravitate to art supplies and books. I have found some more stores in my wanderings in Valencia, as well as two magnificent bookstores specializing in travel in Barcelona and Madrid.
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Recycling and Reusing in Spain – Second hand and more
Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 7 October 2009
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Sitges and Day Trips from Barcelona
Blog: Barcelona Travel and Living - 5 October 2009
There is so much to do and see in Barcelona that the idea of taking a day trip from Barcelona seems a crazy idea. Why visit outside of Barcelona when there is just so much to do and see in the city itself, including all of Gaudi's attractions, the beach and the shopping. Many people though love to get out of the big city for a day and their are in fact some good options.
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Les receptas d'El Bulli
Blog: .:: MapaRiscado - 1 October 2009
Nyoquis de Yamatoimo1 yamatoimo de 150 g1. Peleu el yamatoimo i ratlleu-lo amb un ratllador japonès per tal d'obtenir una pasta elàstica.2. Poseu la pasta de yamatoimo a una mànega pastissera.3. A un plat fondo petit feu-hi 5 nyoquis de yamatoimo ajudant-vos amb unes tisores per tallar pasta.
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Using Girona Airport to get to Barcelona
Blog: Barcelona Travel and Living - 25 September 2009
A very common question which comes up is whether of not Girona aiport is any good to fly into for getting to Barcelona.
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Tourist accommodation choices in Barcelona
Blog: Barcelona Travel and Living - 17 September 2009
Having made the decision to visit Barcelona and having found some well priced budget flights, the next thing to normally take care is the accommodation. And it can be overwhelming.There are many things to consider including:
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Sagrada Familia in Barcelona
Blog: Barcelona travel and culture - 1 September 2009
Those of you who already know a lot about Gaudi will most liekly already have heard about the area of Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. As one of the nicest areas in Barcelona, the name Sagrada Familia is interchangeably used with the church of this name.
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Airports into Barcelona, Spain
Blog: Barcelona Travel and Living - 31 August 2009
When travelling to Barcelona by far the most popular airport is Barcelona International, on the edge of the city at El Prat.
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Getting tickets for Barcelona games
Blog: Barcelona Travel and Living - 26 August 2009
Many people who visit Barcelona (particularly large stag groups and also corporate groups) are often keen to get tickets for an FC Barcelona game. As well as La Liga games (the Spanish league), there are also often Spanish Cup and European Champions League games to see at the Nou camp Stadium. Recent games have also included pre-season friendlies against teams such as Man City, England.
