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A lovely city very clean much cleaner and wider than Rome
We strolled down huge streets to the Catalyna plaza and feel so much better than Rome
I think it is the space
We had a lovely Barcelona breakfast a long panini type bread not so wide as a panini and a cup of coffee also in those stand up Bars
Booked the usual city tour and we opted for the modern one showing the new architecture and harbor and their clean up of industrial slum towns
Had a bit enough of Cathedrals and Castles
What a pleasant surprise to see the outstanding design of buildings and the unconventional thinking
They cleared up a industrial slum area and reclaimed promenade similar to that in Durban now
The shocking one was the cathedral being build with the 18 towers of which they are busy with since 1920
Construction will carry on for another 20 years
The construction site looks like a go slow movie and not in a heavy deadline rollercoaster projects we used too
Now the look of outside finishing is not marble or bricks but a plaster that more looks like a hand ( no trowel) finishing we get on the mud houses in South African Country side
It is a sight for sore eyes to the skills of the building trades capability
Barcelona has beautiful other new buildings a great emphasis on Green effect and energy saving and light
We had a look at some electronics shop I very interested in the new Apple I Pad and we are considering change maybe to a small lap top for our travel writing
I worry about Apple I pad that you need a key board as well
Any way we are on our train to Pinade del Mar a coastal town 60 km north of Barcelona
Web booked a room for the night and guessing how it will be because it was advertised 100 meters from beach and very cheap
The Spanish train coaches very neat and modern and not to many fellow travelers who scares the living daylight out of you
The route up the coast is scenic rail goes virtually on the coastline and tucks on the sandbar.
We passed numerous resort type towns on the way until we reached our destination
You are so disoriented about your station to dis embark and scared to miss my station that I am like a kid staring out the window before every stop to see Station name
Standing on terra firms again we encounter where and how far our 100 meter hotel is. " just walk up the road sir you will see "
How far sir?do I need a taxi?
No -- no! Just walk it is at most 10 min
Aa! I wonder always it is just ten min I was caught so many times but thought this time I will walk
What a fool I was again the ten minutes became 30 min and we arrived at this Merci Hotel
Please do not use it we paid and had to use because of our money but will not recommend
The seaview room we ordered on Internet is a opening on a street leading down to the coast. You can spot the see with binoculars looking down
Ag it is fun and a experience on using Internet
Amazingly slept like a baby very deep and our price included a breakfast which we had. Any freebie on travel is a bonus
We booked out and moved to a apartment self catering for R350 per day
It is very reasonable and better located
For South Africans such a low apartment costs can be worth while than Durban or Cape town
Groete
Gerard en pollie in Spanje
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