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20. - 26. january 1999

Barcelona

Henning Nielsen
2005-09-21 18:32:48

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Wednesday 20. January

Leaving Vejle by train at 6.40 a.m. - very early - but there is a risk of bad weather - so I better take an early train. Arriving at Copenhagen railway-station - and on to the new train to the airport in Kastrup.

Checking in - only with a strange travelprofe from Don Quijote travel - I'm a little worried about that - but it seems to be ok.

Almost 2 hours of waiting before bording Virgin Express, my discount-company on this trip. Nevermind - its pretty well. No food onboard - but I don't care.

The plane lands in Bruxelles - and I almost have to run to get my connection to Barcelona.
Finally in Barcelona - get my luggage - out of the airport - find the bus to Place de Cataluny in Downtown Barcelona. Things are going pretty fast, so I don't even notice there's a Don Quijote agent in the airport to pick me up!

From Place de Catalunya I follow the Rambla to Place Reial and my hotel called Roma Reial. There's a strange note from the travel agent - later I found out that they couldn't understand that they didn't catch me at the airport.

Gets my room - it's 7 pm now - nice hotel - own bathroom and tv - this is not going to get much better.

Out into town - a little walk around the neighbourhood - a "baguette" with ham and cheese - and back to the hotel.

Thursday 21. January

First day of sightseeing. Down to see the Gothic quarter - very cozy. To the tourist-office to find out how to get tickets for the football-match. Pretty easy - just go to the stadium to buy them.

So down into the Metro and on to Camp Nou. Find a ticketoffice and buys my ticket for the sunday-match. 7000 pesates - that's about 50 us$

Then back to town. ...