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Always on the Hunt for Good Bread - Success in Valencia Spain!
Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 21 January 2010
While I have found some wonderful bakeries making traditional and artisanal breads in
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More Unusual & Green Accommodations in Spain
Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 18 January 2010
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Solo with Salvador Dali – Figueres, Spain
Blog: Solo Traveler - 18 January 2010
Heading to Spain. Here's a day trip out of Barcelona you won't want to miss. This is just a summary. To read the entire article, please click on the title above. If you enjoy this blog, please lend your support by forwarding this email to friends. Thanks, Janice
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A perfect Saturday morning in Barcelona
Blog: Barcelona Travel and Living - 11 January 2010
My idea of a perfect Saturday morning in Barcelona would be to start the day with a leisurely stroll down Rambla Catalunya.
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Barcelona memories, aka, ummm, why was I born in Australia???
Blog: Justin and Lauren's travels - 10 January 2010
New meets old, on VerdeA handful of my Barcelona discoveries and memories - I'm desperate to record them, and not forget them. These are the things that made me think, "Jesus Christ, is this my life?!"
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Barca
Blog: Big City Blog - 10 January 2010
Move over Paris... What a city, Barcelona. For this post, tune into iTunes and grab Ottmar Liebert's "Barcelona Nights"...
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The delights of La Boqueria
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 29 December 2009
Markets everywhere in the world are a delight for the senses. A visit to a local market is certainly one of my favourite ways of getting acquainted with local customs. One of the most delightful markets I recently visited is the La Boqueria market in downtown Barcelona, just off the famous Ramblas boulevard. This market is [...]
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Dinner in Paris, Breakfast in Barcelona
Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 29 December 2009
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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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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
