Pictures from Barcelona

2 Dec 2008

Travelling Again (Text Message Updates for 2008-12-01)

1 Dec 2008
  • Good morning! Off for a city bike tour. Hope we move quickly… It’s cold! #
  • Great tour so far! Getting a gaudi history lesson. #
  • Fantastic tour with fat tire bike tour. So fun! Ok heading off to airport. Crazy. #
  • Woah, seriously thrown off by the fact my phone’s clock was an hour off. I’m going to be really early for my flight! #
  • Ugh, so much for potential standby flight! Now stuck go airport for 4 hours :(. #
  • Has no one told there people that travelers occasionally want to charge things? One outlet per 1000 seats doesn’t cut it. #
  • Finally boarding to head back to london. Whew. How about i don’t do 2 day trips anymore? #
  • British airways so much more civilized than iberia! Landed safely, now to go through customs and get home! #

Travelling Again (Text Message Updates for 2008-11-30)

30 Nov 2008
  • Off to the gothic quarter for museums, cathedrals and las ramblas #
  • Every city in europe seems to have an arc de triumph but i like this one best so far. #
  • Church service in amazingly beautiful church. Could barely understand a word, though. #
  • In the picasso museum, very very cool collection and building. #
  • Pretty city but it’s really really cold! Need un find another museum or church i think. #
  • Mmm… Hot chocolate and churros! Reminds me of being in mexico with mom. 🙂 #
  • http://twitpic.com/p8kx – Multimedia message #
  • Damm, definitely getting sick. Going to have to call it an early night. #
  • Shower, hot drink, advil and the potential for a super early night and i’m feeling 99% better. Whew! #

Travelling Again (Text Message Updates for 2008-11-29)

29 Nov 2008
  • is being financially irresponsible for the first time in her life. And freaking out about it. Oh well… in 8 hours I’ll be in Barcelona #
  • At heathrow and waiting to board my flight to barcelona! Bought a map so won’t get lost 🙂 #
  • Of course, we’re delayed. At this rate i shouldn’t bother leaving the barcelona airport! #
  • Most disorganised boarding ever. Heathrow should be fined for this. Now waiting on ground next to plane. #
  • Whew finally touched down go barcelona and now need to figure out where i’m going. #
  • Ok, why was public transport a billion times easier than my 100 quid flight? On train to hostel. #
  • Safely arrived in hostel, looking forward to sleep in and exploring the city tomorrow! #

Barcelona

29 Nov 2008

With very little Spanish speaking skills, no map, the vaguest idea of how to get from the airport to my hostel, and a growing credit card debt, I’m off to Barcelona in three hours.  I’m still sorting out what to pack (a process delayed by the fact that I’m still waiting for my laundry to dry) and what to do when I get there but I’ve got 40 hours in the city and I want to make the most of it.

Expect the usual twitter updates along the way (I’m going to be testing a new service as well that will let me send pictures along with my updates!) and feel free to send a note using the form on the site.  This should be a pretty hectic 48 hours.

On the other hand, six months ago at this time I was planning for an even more hectic and less well-planned trip to London.  It’s hard to believe that tomorrow is six months to the day that I left the US to come to London.  I think I’ve managed pretty well, what do you say?