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| Gaudi's Casa Baillo |
Very very hot and busy is Barcelona......but Gaudi is everywhere and truely amazing. Having been gazing at his work for decades in books it was no substitute for the real thing...he was a genius.
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| Barri Gotic laneway |
Marion arrived safely by train from France and we stayed 3 nights in Barri Gotic..the oldest part of Barcelona but also the part with the most tourists and there was an awful lot of them...getting some summer heat I suspect because you sure don´t get it in the U.K. It was a maze of medieval alleyways and squares (placas) and of course a Catholic church every 100 metres it seemed. Fantastic
Note Tom that we saw the hotel that George Orwell stayed in for the duration of the Civil War.
Spain is not that easy as very little English is spoken and most signs are on in Spanish or Catalan..
.....no photos as yet as this computer in the hotel does not have that facility.
We arrived in Madrid about an hour ago on the very fast train ...at times we reached 300kms ....less than 3 hours to travel 600 or so kms from Barcelona. Very smooth and comfortable.
haha.... I love how english speakers are always suprised that no one speaks english in foreign countries. Glad you are having fun.
ReplyDeleteCatching up - from wet and windy Ireland to hot Barcelona - say hello to Marion from me! I hope it's dry heat - hot and humid here (40'c +90% humidity I reckon) and hideous.
ReplyDeleteChanesar went to Barcelona once and liked it - it's rated as one of the top cities in the world for travellers - sounds marvellous.
Good to see you looking hale and hearty on an Aran Island!