Wow - Barcelona has to be one of the best places I have ever visited! European liveliness, without snobbery and a real 24/7 city. Iconic architecture and a deep pride in their history. I loved this city. Undoubtedly the company helped! More about that and the picture on the left in pt 2.
The trip to Spain started out in Sitges, a half hour bus ride down the coast from Barcelona. Somehow managed to get upgraded to economyplus on the flight over (and back for that matter), which was lovely as the United flight I was on was less than glamorous......really really old plane! Arriv
ed at the B&B to be greeted by a crowed of kiwis and two Australians. It was lovely to see everyone, apart from Michelle and Ruth I hadn't seen any of the others since I left (which is a year and a half ago now).
B&B was everything promised and then some. Lovely big rooms and a lovely welcoming atmosphere. We had booked the place out so only us! They even had an honesty bar....can't remember the last time I went anywhere that had an honesty bar. For Ruth's birthday we had a dinner at the B&B; traditional paella served in a HUGE serving dish and prepared by a local woman who came in specially. Afterwards we headed out dancing and found this cute queer bar that played classics like Oliva Newton John and Cher.
Sitges is a cute seaside tourist town and we wandered around alot. If you look at the picture on the left you can see the seawalls. This allows them to claim they have 17 beaches - hmmm, not so much I don't think!
ed at the B&B to be greeted by a crowed of kiwis and two Australians. It was lovely to see everyone, apart from Michelle and Ruth I hadn't seen any of the others since I left (which is a year and a half ago now).B&B was everything promised and then some. Lovely big rooms and a lovely welcoming atmosphere. We had booked the place out so only us! They even had an honesty bar....can't remember the last time I went anywhere that had an honesty bar. For Ruth's birthday we had a dinner at the B&B; traditional paella served in a HUGE serving dish and prepared by a local woman who came in specially. Afterwards we headed out dancing and found this cute queer bar that played classics like Oliva Newton John and Cher.
Sitges is a cute seaside tourist town and we wandered around alot. If you look at the picture on the left you can see the seawalls. This allows them to claim they have 17 beaches - hmmm, not so much I don't think!One minor glitch when one of the crowd had their bag stolen while we sat eating lunch (I sat next to a woman on the tourist bus in Barcelona who also discovered she had been pick pocketed at some point during the morning - unpleasant but not uncommon in Spain). Ultimately it was all soughted out and a new temporary passport arrived from Madrid. Given we had two cars we all headed to the Torres Winery
- it's a massive producer and exports globally. Funniest part was trying to get back to the B&B - the two cars travelled separately and both had the same challenge......how not to go to Barcelona but rather head south to Sitges. The car I was in did well following a tour bus, until we stopped doing so well and had to back track and start over (well not quite but close!). Turns out the other car (minus the benefit of a tour bus) had to do the same thing - I guess all Kiwis think a like. It was also Jo's birthday so on our last night we went out to a very very lovely restaurant near the beach. Enjoyed a lovely meal outside and our final night before I left with Rose and Jo to head for Bacelona.
- it's a massive producer and exports globally. Funniest part was trying to get back to the B&B - the two cars travelled separately and both had the same challenge......how not to go to Barcelona but rather head south to Sitges. The car I was in did well following a tour bus, until we stopped doing so well and had to back track and start over (well not quite but close!). Turns out the other car (minus the benefit of a tour bus) had to do the same thing - I guess all Kiwis think a like. It was also Jo's birthday so on our last night we went out to a very very lovely restaurant near the beach. Enjoyed a lovely meal outside and our final night before I left with Rose and Jo to head for Bacelona.
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