¡Vámonos!

I've Animotoed the photos from last week - the Civic Reception, lunch at Chez Jules and our night out at The Jamhouse.

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Labels: animoto, Barcelona, Birmingham, Comenius Reggio, Flickr, photos

Altogether now .....

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Labels: Barcelona, catalan, football

Sagradafamilia, originally uploaded by Theo K.

Bon dia des de Barcelona! Didn´t think I´d get to blog from Barcelona but as ´mi marido´is ´trabajando´and the hotel has a PC with free wifi, ´aquí estoy´.

I am having a lovely time and there´s still more than a day to go.

Yesterday we went to Montjüic and visited MNAC, Fundació Miró and el Poble Espanyol.

Today we´ve visited la Sagrada Familia (I expected scaffolding but there was far too much of it!) and then Parc Güell. And it´s only lunchtime.

Next on the agenda is Port Vell and Port Olimpic before el Barri Gòtic etc and some serious shopping tomorrow.

I´ve taken lots of pictures - typical tourist ;o) - but as ´el marido´is using his laptop and this PC doesn´t Bluetooth or have an SD card reader, I can´t downlaod them at the moment. However, I have ´borrowed´one by the lovely Theo K to illustrate my post!

Fins aviat!


PS I am trying really hard to speak Catalan - after all, that´s why I´ve been revising. However, every time I try I am either looked at blankly or answered in Spanish. So, either I´m trying it out on people who can´t speak Catalan, my Mallorquí accent is confusing them, or I really am rubbish at Catalan! Hoping it´s not the latter ;os

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Labels: Barcelona, catalan, holidays, Spain

Soooo excited! Tomorrow I'm off to Spain with Mr S (and without the little Master Ss!)

Three nights in Barcelona - definitely not long enough but I'm grateful for any time spent in Spain. And Barcelona - wow! I've studied the history of the city at University, learned the language and read books (fact and fiction) about its streets. So can't wait to be let loose to explore properly - last time I was on an organised trip and had a measly 2 hours to ourselves! Mr S will just have to follow me around and as long as he is allowed to partake of coffee, beer and tapas at regular intervals, he'll be fine!

Hope to take lots of pictures of my own, but here are a few by other people to set the scene.




And a brilliant 3D movie of how the Sagrada Familia might / will look when it's finally finished - in 2020!!

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Labels: Barcelona, catalan, Spain