Tag Archives: Barcelona

Weekend in Barcelona

Posted on 9 November 2010 by g

With the weather turning cold and damp in London, it was perfect timing for a quick weekend break in Barcelona. We met up with my parents to spend a few days in the city before they departed on their transatlantic … Continue reading →

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Life in Barcelona: Favourite Places

Posted on 24 April 2010 by k

Every guide book seems to start with the line ‘with the advantage of hindsight, every trip could be made better, so our goal is to give you the insights that a traveler would have upon passing through a town before’. … Continue reading →

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Food in Barcelona

Posted on 23 April 2010 by k

Spain is one big ‘YUM’! Between the jamon, chorizo, paella, tortilla, pan con tomate, pinchos, it’s hard to take a breath. Add to that that Barcelona has at least one of every other sort of restaurant imaginable and we found … Continue reading →

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Barcelona: Bird’s Eye View

Posted on 21 April 2010 by k

Wow…how far we’ve come! It’s incredible to think that a month ago we could speak only in the present tense Now, a month and four tenses later, we’re well on our way to being able to carry on a semi-normal … Continue reading →

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Picnic in the Park…

Posted on 29 March 2010 by k

It’s amazing what a difference a few extra degrees makes. If in London today, we would have likely experienced temps in the 50’s. But, luckily for us, Barcelona’s experienced a bit of a warm weekend with temps in the 70’s! … Continue reading →

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Una Primera Semana Buena en Barcelona…

Posted on 28 March 2010 by k

Wow! What a great week! We learned 3 new tenses, loads of new vocab and passed our first exam! Now, we’ve officially upped-level. And to cap it all off, we spoke to each other (G&I) almost exclusively in Spanish yesterday … Continue reading →

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¡Barcelona dice hola!

Posted on 23 March 2010 by k

We’re now in sunny Spain and have successfully completed day two of our classes. And we have seen the sun, afterall. As we’ll be here for 4 weeks in total, and we’ve been in classes for 4 hours each day, … Continue reading →

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