Barcelona... After just 2 weeks in the ol' dart, we took some cheap flights to Barcelona. And after a few hours, I found myself wondering why I'd never been here before. We hitched up in a hostel in the red light district, infact it was probably the noisiest hostel I've ever stayed... and that is saying something. The city itself is magnificant. The buildings, art, museums, fashion, street culture, the food.... It's brilliant venturing to a place to find it better than your expectations.
Tips for travellers... 'Las Gaupas', an authentic Catalan eat and drinkery in the gothic district. Excellent food. Cold Estrella. Cheap. And the owner, a rubenesque middle aged doll, will sing spanish love songs while serving up an incredibly mean sangria.
I will be honest and say that 3 days is so far from being enough time in this town, but I have a sneaking suspicion, that we'll be back.