Adios to Epana
I am just about to leave my exquisite hotel in Barcelona for one more trip to the historical quarter then off to the airport.
I´ve had a great time in Spain and met some lovely people on the tour (and some not quite so lovely). The sad thing about that many people is that the day before yesterday I saw 2 people get on the bus and I thought they´d picked the wrong Trafalgar bus to board as I hadnt seen them before. They sat and a moment later someone I knew went up and chatted to them like old friends! I´d been on the bus with them for a week and never saw them before, even a fleeting hello which I did with many people, a chat with a few more, then a long conversation over a meal with others and then spent days with a few more. Most of the group are off to a cruise, flying off to another destination or out for one or two more days in Barcelona.
Barcelona is lovely. The balconies are gorgeous and some facades are awesome (like Gaudi´s Casa Baaltro (???). I didn´t go into any of the buildings he designed as the pretty one was 18 euro and the cheaper one had a queue for an hour. I went into the La Sagrada Familia and wow, it was not just another church!!!!! It is so completely different from any other church in the world. It was really interesting and kind of weird because its still under construction and so is a building site. Its going to look amazing in 2030 when supposedly it will be finished - over a hundred and 30 years after it was started. Gaudi is buried in the crypt below as people continue his work above. I spent two hours inside reading about the construction and Gaudi´s vision of what each facade should mean and his copying nature for the pillars, etc. Facinating.
I spent a little time at the port and enjoyed the sunshine (I just googled the weather in France and its cold and raining - boo hoo!). We went out for a farewell dinner which had a buffet or seafood then more seafood and more seafood and some lettuce leaves (grr for me and the other vegetarian on the tour). A group of us went out for a drink afterwards and chatted (well, told juicy stories about the weird people on the tour) then took the metro (train - underground) home at 1.30am! There were 5 of us which made it ok but there was som many people around then as its a festival in Barcelona, plus they eat dinner at 10pm anyway. I didn´t think I´d do that in a town that is getting worst for pickpockets every day.
Well, I must depart and enjoy my last day of sun and warmth and Spain.
I hope you are all well and thanks again for the comments - its great to hear from you - it somehow makes you a part of this trip too.
Thanks for reading.
Kym
I´ve had a great time in Spain and met some lovely people on the tour (and some not quite so lovely). The sad thing about that many people is that the day before yesterday I saw 2 people get on the bus and I thought they´d picked the wrong Trafalgar bus to board as I hadnt seen them before. They sat and a moment later someone I knew went up and chatted to them like old friends! I´d been on the bus with them for a week and never saw them before, even a fleeting hello which I did with many people, a chat with a few more, then a long conversation over a meal with others and then spent days with a few more. Most of the group are off to a cruise, flying off to another destination or out for one or two more days in Barcelona.
Barcelona is lovely. The balconies are gorgeous and some facades are awesome (like Gaudi´s Casa Baaltro (???). I didn´t go into any of the buildings he designed as the pretty one was 18 euro and the cheaper one had a queue for an hour. I went into the La Sagrada Familia and wow, it was not just another church!!!!! It is so completely different from any other church in the world. It was really interesting and kind of weird because its still under construction and so is a building site. Its going to look amazing in 2030 when supposedly it will be finished - over a hundred and 30 years after it was started. Gaudi is buried in the crypt below as people continue his work above. I spent two hours inside reading about the construction and Gaudi´s vision of what each facade should mean and his copying nature for the pillars, etc. Facinating.
I spent a little time at the port and enjoyed the sunshine (I just googled the weather in France and its cold and raining - boo hoo!). We went out for a farewell dinner which had a buffet or seafood then more seafood and more seafood and some lettuce leaves (grr for me and the other vegetarian on the tour). A group of us went out for a drink afterwards and chatted (well, told juicy stories about the weird people on the tour) then took the metro (train - underground) home at 1.30am! There were 5 of us which made it ok but there was som many people around then as its a festival in Barcelona, plus they eat dinner at 10pm anyway. I didn´t think I´d do that in a town that is getting worst for pickpockets every day.
Well, I must depart and enjoy my last day of sun and warmth and Spain.
I hope you are all well and thanks again for the comments - its great to hear from you - it somehow makes you a part of this trip too.
Thanks for reading.
Kym
posted by kym at
2:34 AM
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Hey babe, good to hear your tour finished up well and you had a good time. You party girl!! By the time you read this you'll be in France and I hope you enjoy your time viewing chateaux galore! See you soon, Godfrey Clan.
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