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Santiago to Barcelona
[This is out of order; sorry!] We showed up this morning at the Santiago airport well before dawn, along with dozens of other peregrinos. Everyone still wore backpacks with shells, carried walking sticks, hefted backpacks. By the time we left … Continue reading →
Posted in 2012, Camino de Santiago de Compostela, Camino de Santiago trip, travel
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Tagged Barcelona, Basque, Camino, Catalan, Catalunyan Independence, Escriba, Galicia, Las Ramblas, Modernisme, Pamplona, Santiago
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Barcelona on a sunny October 1
Hard to imagine that it’s October 1 and has been snowing in Anchorage when we are wandering along sunny streets with breezes in the palm trees. We did a fair amount of that today, Peg and Tom’s first full day … Continue reading →
Posted in 2012, Camino de Santiago de Compostela, Camino de Santiago trip, travel
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Tagged Barcelona, Bouqueria, Camino, Gaudi, La Sagrada Familia, Las Ramblas, St. Josep
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August 24, 2012, Barcelona
29 degrees C. . . . 33 degrees C. . . . 34 degrees C. — At 2:00 p.m., it just keeps getting hotter. People in the Lower 48 and elsewhere are used to this — the Alaskans are … Continue reading →
Posted in 2012, Camino de Santiago de Compostela, Camino de Santiago trip, travel
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Tagged Barcelona, Camino, La Bouqueria, Las Ramblas
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Barcelona Bakeries
Barcelona is noted for chocolate, the 1992 Summer Olympics (and for wanting to be a contender for the Winter Olympics a few years hence; it is building an indoor ski resort, harvesting the cold from the transport of liquified … Continue reading →
Posted in Food journeys, travel, Uncategorized
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Tagged bakeries, Barcelona, chocolate, Escriba, Las Ramblas, naturally yeasted breads
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