Walk through Barcelona...
by glitter
Walk through Barcelona city...don't take a bus. This way, you can lose yourself in the little winding streets with beautiful cobble stone roads, the traditional apartments with their balconies...beautiful. See the architecture of Gaudi...amazing. Like nothing you'll have seen before. He has La sagradia Familia....a huge church with the most intricate designs. A must see. Everything in Barcelona is beautiful. The people, the language, everything!! When in Tarragonna, a little traditional village in Costa Dorada, we sat at a cafe on chairs outside. A group of 20 Italian & French Uni sat with us & for 45 mins we all attempted to communicate even though we couldn't speak each other's language. This was absolutely hilarious & fun!! I'll miss the people in Spain...they are lovely. Especially if you attempt a little Spanish yourself...they go out of their to help. And the men!! Definately miss them!! Yum!!
Visiting Christian Churches
by aliante1981
Christian churches - be they Protestant, Orthodox, or Catholic - are a vital part of Europe’s cultural, artistic, architectural, and religious heritage, and as such you are likely (and I really recommend doing this:)) ) to visit many of them. However, most of them are even today not only major tourist attractions, but also religious sites where people come to pray. This is something to be respected, and here are several pieces of advice I would like to give that might help avoid ill-feeling:
- Dress modestly, covering shoulders and most part of the legs (women in Orthodox churches might be requested to put on something to cover the head);
- Do not speak loudly - all the descriptions are better either read in silence or given outside;
- Try not to walk too much during the service;
- Avoid using flash in your camera near people you see praying;
- Respect notes that forbid entrance to some parts of the church that are designated as ‘for prayer only’.
Following these simple guidelines helped me when I visited, I guess, more than 1000 churches up to date:)))
Tickets via phone
by shawkneesea
What a club! I was so lucky to see them in 2009. They were playing picture perfect football.
1. Buy tickets over the phone after you arrive. Camp Nou holds 98,000 so only the BIGGEST matches sell out.
2. They don't sell beer in Camp Nou. I guess I should have known this.
3. Camp Nou is pretty far from the main city so leave kind of early, but there is very little in the way of entertainment out there, think Comiskey Park not Wrigley Field.
4. BTW, did I mention, they don't sell beer in Camp Nou!?!?
A friend had visited visited...
by Hexepatty
A friend had visited visited Sitges and told me to check it out when I got to Barcelona. Actually, he recommened we stay there, and commute daily to Barcelona. I decided not to do that, but later regretted not spending a FEW nites there. Sitges, in November was wonderfully quiet. I imagine in Summer its an entirely different story. Got there via train in less than an hour!
birds and rabbits and more
by call_me_rhia about rambla dels estudis
Not a shop but a part of the rambla, a pedestrian avenue in the heart of barcelona. In this portion of the ramble there are plenty of stalls selling birds especially, but also rabbits, mice, and every sort of little pets. It's locally known as "rambla dels ocells" and it's in the old town birds and small animals the average price
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