Catalonia

June 29th, 2006 by alephnaught

Barcelona – La Sagrada Familia

We got a bit of a late start but that was planned – this is our last full day in Spain and we plan to see the Sagrada Familia, and the English language tour is at 11A. So, we took a cab, bought tickets, had to ask two different people where to get the tour, […]

Posted in Barcelona, Spain, Travel - Foreign, Tags: Antoni Gaudí, Barcelona, Catalonia, Gaudi, Palau de la Música Catalana, Park Güell, Sagrada Família, Spain 2006, Visionary environments

June 28th, 2006 by alephnaught

Barcelona

We woke up early, learned that France beat Spain in the World Cup quarters from BBC World, ate, showered and got a cab to Placa de Sant Jaume in the Barri Gotic area. We started with a little shopping at a couple of ceramics shops and then walked to the Sinagoga Medieval de Barcelona, the […]

Posted in Barcelona, Spain, Travel - Foreign, Tags: Barcelona, Catalonia, El Gòtic, Municipalities of Spain, Spain 2006

June 26th, 2006 by alephnaught

Barcelona

We woke up early and got cleaned up, ate breakfast, checked out of the hotel and caught a cab to the airport. On the highway about 10 minutes from the airport, a car in front of us stopped to keep from hitting some road debris (looked like part of a truck bumper), and our cab […]