Infact….. The beach is quite awesome, as well as the usual beach “eye candy” and attractions, if aircraft are landing from the North they fly parallel to the beach presumabley offering good photo opportunities with a decent lens. Although, sat on a beach with a camera and binocs may get you into trouble !!!

G.

Sagradi Familie – The unfinished Catherederal

Hey robbery to tourists !!! I think a cafe in Paris last week demonstrated robbery ! 9 euro’s for a cup of tea and a cup of coffee, whats that then in £ ??? say about £6ish … Is that daylight robbery !!

On a more serious note, I think you are liable to muggings anywhere in the world you go. As long as you are vigilant and sensible about matters then you should be OK. As you can imagine in BCN there were 8 of us and post-night time we could have been mugged by anyone !. The nearest we came to a mugging is when we came out of a night club and were accosted by prostitutes. Barcelona prostitutes seem to extremely over friendly and as one of my friends nearly found out when he was engaging in what he believed to be a threesome. One groped his “frontals” another grabbed his hands placed them on her anatomy whilst the other tried to frisk his back pockets. Fortunately he and the rest of us became wise and moved on before any damage was done. (PS we weren’t on the lookout for these type of women – they do just literally “grab you”). Another of my mates spent the night asleep on the beach and returned next morning unscathed.

So as I mentioned, If there is you are in a group and keep your wits about you you should be fine, as I’m sure in any city / town in the world.

G.

Ren, could have been worse , could have been Noel Edmunds !. My Birthday number one was Once…….. Twice…….. Three times a lady by the commodores !!!

I visited BCN last summer on my stag weekend. It wasnt an aviation trip though as im sure can imagine!!! We flew LHR to BCN on an Airbus A319 and returned BCN – LGW on a 737-400.

Ren, I may have a few phone numbers of Barcelona residents that I met there that may put you up !!!! …. Oh hang on, the misses threw them out !! 😀 Only Joking. No seriously though we stopped in a youth hostel in BCN for about £8 per night (although we didn’t all stop there every night !!!) so if your looking for cheep and cheerful I can give you the address.

I would love to go back to BCN (on the aviation theme !) , Just about to start a new job so it may be tricky getting some time out so early in…..

Take Care all

G.