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Barcelona Day 4 (September 29th, 2022)
Last day in Barcelona! First on the agenda for today was a trip to the chocolate museum (don’t have to tell me twice). My ticket for this museum was actually an edible bar of chocolate that had a QR code on the back which was kind of fun (and tasty). The museum was a mix…
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Paris Day 4 R&S (September 28)
Today was set aside for only one monumental (heh) attraction: The Louvre. Our reserved ticket for 10am gave us plenty of time to map our way across the Seine and when we arrived via metro the ticket holder’s line was pretty reasonable. We had an idea of the top things we wanted to see, and…
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Barcelona Day 3 (September 28th, 2022)
Started the day with a trip to the botanical gardens. There were mostly trees and shrubs at the moment but they had it divided up into sections based on where they came from (chile, Australia, California, etc.). It was quite quiet in the park, not too many other visitors so it made for a very…
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Paris Day 3 R&S (September 27)
We started the day with a little of the Paris lifestyle that I could really get used to – freshed baked goods! It’s true what they say about not being able to turn around without being poked in the eye with a baguette – everyone has one. Next door to our hotel is the Boulangerie…
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Barcelona Day 2 (September 27th, 2022)
Today was the day of appreciating the works of famous architect Antoni Gaudi. I started the day with a trip to Parc Guël which is not far from my hostel. Inside the park is full of greenery and gardens but also art and buildings designed by Gaudi. There is a house, a couple buildings with…
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Paris Day 2 R&S (September 26)
Hopeful of a reset to our jetlagged bodies, we were up at 8am local time and after repacking our day bags we were on our way to see the city. We started out with another walk through the Latin Quarter to cross the Seine at Pont Neuf and arrived at Isle de la Cite. Here…
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Barcelona Day 1 (September 26th, 2022)
Started the day off with a trip to Las Ramblas which is essentially one long outdoor street market. There are lots of stalls with food and drinks, souvenirs and chocolates, jewelry, etc. There’s also quite a few outdoor patio style restaurants that were serving huge drinks (like the size of my face, it was unreal).…
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Paris Day 1 R&S (September 25)
Our plane trip from Toronto to Paris was wonderfully uneventful, especially considering it was being modified during the week to anticipate hurricane Fiona (we were originally scheduled to fly through Halifax as exactly the wrong time). Our flight was less than half full, giving Sharon and I the full row to try and sleep, which…
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Travel day (September 25th, 2022)
On to Barcelona! No post yesterday since I didn’t get up to too much. Not that I did much today either, just sat on a train for almost 7 hours. My tain left from paris mid morning and I spent the 7 hours happily watching out the window. I totally lucked out with my seating…
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Travel day R&S (September 24)
We now interrupt this travel blog… to add our own entries! The day started very early with 5am alarms, a quick coffee, last moment adds to packs and an uneventful cab ride to the airport as the sky turned rosey over the Salish Sea. Poor Oscar was keen to come along, but soon he and…