Friday, August 17, 2007

13th December 2006 (Tuesday) - Barcelona


We woke up and went to Paris Airport (Terminal 3) to take a plane to Barcelona Airport (El Prat Airport). The flight no. was 1116. Time was 1120hrs arriving at Barcelona at 1315hrs. Dac torn his backpack’s strap while pushing the trolley. We flew by Vueling. At Barcelona, we had to catch a bus to get us to Barcelona Central (Catalunya).

The apartment that we had booked was just above Hard Rock Café and it is situated right at the centre. It is very convenient. We thought it was a extremely value for money deal. The apartment comes with a kitchen, a bathtub, living room and a fridge.

We dropped our stuff and made our way along Lam Ramblas. We walked all the way to the end till we reached the Jetty (World Trade Centre). Along the way, we walked past the Canaletes Fountain. It was said that if you drink from the fountain, you would return to Barcelona one day. Buildings along the side with flowers at the balconies are living spaces and those with aircons are offices. We also went to th La Boqueria which was a live produce market. The things were very fresh over there. I bought a lollypop with gum in the centre (E0.25). At the World Trade Centre, there were some shops in the shopping centre. Dac wanted to buy milkshake at Macdonalds but they do not have milkshake in Barcelona.

We walked back along Ramblas. We went to look for Placa Reial to see Gaudi’s 1st public works – 2 colourful helmeted lampposts. Then we went to La Catherdral. There were a lot of people queuing to get into the Cathedral. We walked round and found a shorter queue to get into the Cathedral.

We wanted to walk to Camper but Dac was hungry and we proceeded to Champions (a cheap grocery store but with limited varieties) to buy groceries. We spent about E27.10 on groceries. Back at the apartment, was cooked our dinner which consists of salad with pasta and sausages.

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