Barcelona Travel Articles

Searching for Something #5: The Art & Culture Tour – Madrid, Barcelona and Figureres, Spain

Spain is home to amazing architecture and the paintings of renown artists, but some of the most interesting work is hidden in a Barcelona hotel room.

The Troubling Tagalong

Anne Paige Austin is a 20-something looking for anything but trouble, yet somehow it keeps finding her.

Chasing Gypsies – Barcelona, Spain

Everyone Christine Michaud met had warned her about Gitanos, the Iberian Gypsies. Which is why she wandered into a barrio with the flimsiest of invitiations.

The Troubling Tagalong – Barcelona, Spain, Europe

Anne Paige Austin is a 20-something looking for an

Boatgirl #9: Welcome to Spain – Barcelona, Spain

Back to the Continent, and the search for sidra is on, amidst the supposed hordes of pickpockets in Barcelona.

Everybody Makes a Mistake – Barcelona, Spain

Everybody Makes A Mistake Barcelona, Spain “Una penny,” she said with a smile and stuck a carnation into my shirt, “Fiesta, penny, you, you, you pay, no him.” She took an extra look into my wallet as I tried to show her that I did not have any more small change but only large Euro [...]

Breathtaking Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain

Leif Pettersen takes on La Sagrada Familia, Las Ra

Trans-Atlantic Travelogue #8

The Joker From Berlin Barcelona, Spain May 24, 2001 Scoreboard: 11,135 miles; 5 Countries, 20 states I admit that from the looks of the scoreboard, and the Trapp-tracker (map) it doesn’t look like we’ve done much this week…don’t be misled by unduly temperate readings. The Joker from BerlinClick on the image for a larger view [...]

Trans-Atlantic Travelogue #7

We Disembark, are Accosted by Gypsies, and are Unable to Purchase a Car Due to Concerns Over Possible Terrorist Connections Barcelona, Spain May 16, 2001 Scoreboard: 11,100 miles; 5 Countries, 20 states Sundown on the Grandeur of the Seas The final days of the cruise blew by. Funchal, Malaga, Alicante…they were all nice, but we [...]