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03Aug
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Updated: Dublin, Spain and “Fun Signs”

I’m almost done updating all my posts with pictures! I even added the fun signs I found to the appropriate page. Now all that’s left to do is Paris. But I’m tired and want to nap, and Paris wasn’t my favorite place, so I’ll do that later :)

Dublin: Winging It

Updated Spain Posts:

El Mar

A Nutella and Pants Sandwich

An Inflatable Raft

Ancient Ruins

Ongoing Observations

NEW Spain Posts:

Viva Espana

Festival of St. John (the Baptist)

Flying Solo

Museum of Catalan History

Misc Other Sites in Barcelona

Of course there are other adventures in Spain, but I didn’t have pictures to go with them, so those posts are not updated

Again, Paris stuff later. I’m tired of adding picslol

Enjoy :) :)

Posted by Caro in THE trip 2009, Travel and tagged with , ,
07Jul
1

Ongoing Observations

I have the craziest journey back home. It involves 3 flights, thus 2 layovers. Of course, one is 10 hours and the other is 7. I don’t know what I was thinking when I booked this, except maybe “who cares! I’m going to Spain!”

And now that I’m in the middle of a 30-some odd hour journey from Spain to the US, I’m bored. Solution: blog about the things I see lol

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Posted by Caro in Discoveries, Random, THE trip 2009, Travel, weird and tagged with , ,
05Jul
1

English

A couple of weeks ago J and I had a conversation about my skin tone. Although I am no more than 10% English, we decided that if I didn’t speak I could pass as a Brit. Random but ok cool.

For some reason I decided to share this info with Petra. Not 2 hours later I found myself in a souvenir shop in the janky bus station. The guy working there asked where I was from – England?

I smiled, thinking of these recent convos and said no. Ireland? No. Scotland? No. Though I was thinking tp myself this guy is doing a really good job of naming off 3 of the 5 countries that comprise my ethnic heritage lol.

He finally asked where I was from. I thought about saying Canada but realized Americans aren’t hated in Spain so I fessed up to my US passport. He was like “Oh America! (though he did look confused) Well then you must want …” and started pointing to some junk on the wall.

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05Jul
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A Tan Caro?

I am fair skinned. Maybe that´s too generous. I´m extremely fair skinned. Despite being 25% Italian, I look 25% albino (and no, I am not actually an albino, thank you). Moreover, I do not tan. I might be out in the sun for hours and turn red, but I certainly do not tan.

While in Spain, I´ve had the opportunity to go to the beach on several occasions. Keep in mind I´ve been wearing my Neutrogena Sport Suncreen, spf 70. Since that´s almost gone I might switch to my regular Neutrogena, spf 100. Apparently yes they make spf 100. BTW, these products are AMAZING and I would absolutely recommend them to others. So, I was anticipating getting some color, hopefully not red, but maybe darker shades of white on this trip.

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Posted by Caro in Random, THE trip 2009, Travel, fun and tagged with , ,
04Jul
1

Misc Other Sites in Barcelona

Two places of interest that don’t fit anywhere else in this blog: The Barcelona Cathedral and La Sagrada Familia.

Two very different places, yet both very noteworthy. Our first day of sightseeing, Petra and I tried to go into the cathedral. However, I didn’t bring anything to cover up my shoulders, so I wasn’t allowed in. Again, I’m one of you. I used to go to church in tank tops at home. Can’t I just get some kind of a card that says “She’s Catholic. Allow her inside” that I can use whenever? Anyway, that’s a whole different issue. I guess they’re more conservative in Spain!

under construction....boo!

under construction....boo!

We finally got to go in another day, and it wasn’t as great as I thought it would be. I mean there was cool stuff, but I didn’t see how it was significantly different to 1. be a cathedral vs. just a really big church or 2. require super conservative clothing in 100 degree weather. (more…)

Posted by Caro in Animals, Discoveries, Rants and raves, THE trip 2009, Travel, cool, interesting and tagged with ,
04Jul
1

Museum of Catalan History

On one of my last days in Spain, Petra and I headed out to Barcelona for some last bits of sightseeing. First on the agenda was to see the Museum of Catalan History, which was supposed to be a really good look at how Catalonia came to be, and all the take overs and gained-then-lost-again battles for independence they’ve faced. It was indeed very informative, so much so that we spent nearly 4 hours there!!

While the history was incredibly fascinating, it started to drag on a bit after a while. Much to our shock and appreciation, we stumbled upon an interactive area…one where you could actually try on armor. Now this is what I’m talking about!!! (more…)

Posted by Caro in Discoveries, Hilarious, THE trip 2009, Travel, cool, fun and tagged with ,
26Jun
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Flying Solo

Petra didn’t want to overload on sightseeing right when we first got there, which is understandable since she’ll be here way longer than me. So I headed out to Barcelona solo one day to see some stuff.

First stop was by default. The bus let me off right by the Arc de Triumf so I had to stop and take some pictures.

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Next stop was the Museo de Xocolata. Given the headline of my blog, it should come as no surprise that I’m a fan of chocolate. I had heard it wasn’t that great, but I didn’t care. It’s chocolate after all, what’s not to like?! My admission fee was 2 euro and that came with a chocolate bar. Already this seems worth my time. Then I wandered around the exhibits and learned about the cocoa bean: (more…)

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23Jun
1

The Festival of St. John (the Baptist)

June 23 is a very important day in Barcelona. It’s the festival of St. John the Baptist. Xavi had been invited to his friends’ house for a dinner party, so he invited Petra and I to come along with him. Excited to meet some other Spaniards, we jumped on the opportunity.

We drove out to the town where his friends lived, and were introduced to everyone. I had forgotten about the traditional salutation in Spain, where you kiss the person’s cheeks. There were about 10 people, so this introduction took some time. Everyone was very friendly, and the food was delicious. The only problem I had was that all the Spaniards spoke Spanish, English, and Catalon. Petra and I speak English and some Spanish, yet these people all chose to have their conversations in Catalon. It would have been nice if they had switched to Spanish to include the 2 visitors, but I guess when you’re crashing a party you can’t be too picky.

Xavi had promised us fireworks, and I must admit this was the greatest display of fireworks I’ve seen. (more…)

Posted by Caro in Food, THE trip 2009, Travel and tagged with , ,
22Jun
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Viva Espana!

I’m in love. It’s been 10 years since my last visit to Spain, and after arriving in Barcelona I found myself wondering why I haven’t returned sooner. I guess I am on a mission to see as many cities in as many countries as possible, so those have taken priority. But Spain is just so pretty, I really should come back more often…

I arrived at the airport around 10pm. Petra and her friend Xavi were there to meet me, and Xavi was gracious enough to give us a ride to Platja d’Aro, which is about an hour away, or 2 hours by bus. This is where Xavi has 2 apartments: one for himself and one that gets rented out. Petra rented the upper level one for the entire summer.

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Posted by Caro in Discoveries, THE trip 2009, Travel, cool and tagged with , ,
17Jun
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Starting Out on THE Journey

Ok I’m super late to the game, but I’m going to start posting retroactive entries that chronicle the highlights (and low points) of my journey through the east coast and select parts of Europe. Hopefully I will catch up by the time I leave! Haha

Anyway these posts will mostly be from my phone and will more or less lack photos. I’ll try to add pictures as I can. Otherwise I will just edit from home.

Let the fun begin!

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