Barcelona buildings and churches

It seems there's always a new building or impressive church to be discovered in Barcelone, such as the Santa Maria Del Mar church near the sea front.

Merce Fireworks

On the Saturday and Sunday nights over the Merce weekend, there were firework displays at the old Gas Jetty. We decided against going in with the crowds, and watched from a distance at the 'Salt' bar outside the 'W' hotel at the far end of the beach.

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Flower Carpets

We were walking around some back streets, when all of a sudden we came across this street Flower Carpet festival, a tradition that seems to have originated in Brussels (who were one of the teams). Another surprise in the back streets of Barcelona!

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The Castells

We went to the Town Hall square on Saturday lunchtime to watch the traditional Castell human towers...we left before we saw the team whose attempt collapsed!!

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On the beach

The beach is always good to visit in Barcelona, as you never know what you'll find, be it sculptures, beach volleyball, beach markets or cycling bars!

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Merce Celebrations

We were in town for the annual Merce celebrations which means there's always something going on somewhere in town!

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Holiday to Barcelona

We went to Barcelona for a week in the sun, and visited a lot of our usual places, as well as some new ones such as the town of Sitges.

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Paul's 50th Birthday celebrations

A large group of us congregated at Paul and Anne's to celebrate Paul's 50th Birthday in the week. It was a very good turn out, with Anne doing a great job catering for so many people. Paul kept everyone in drinks with enormous bottles of wine and Champagne. The red wine was an impressive 6 litre 'Imperial', which is the Bordeaux equivalent of the Champagne's Methuselah.

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