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    AbsolutPurple Posted Thu 05 Jun, 2008 6:58 AM | 
  
  
    Hola ! 
 
I'm going to Barcelona later this month. 
Can you suggest things to do/see/eat ? 
 
Gracias ! 
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    yulen10 Posted Thu 05 Jun, 2008 9:37 AM | 
  
  
    AbsolutPurple wrote:  Hola ! 
 
I'm going to Barcelona later this month. 
Can you suggest things to do/see/eat ? 
 
Gracias ! 
Frederique   
I´m living near Barcelona & lived there for 16 years.. You can´t miss "Park Güell". I recommend you to go to "El Tibidabo" where you´ll have a spectacular view of the city. La "Sagrada familia" is spectacular (a famous cathedral)Well... Barcelona is a spectacular city. I´m sure you´ll love it. If you have any peculiar question you can add me to msn... yulen10@hotmail.com or find me in facebook :) | 
  
  
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    megg_inc Posted Thu 05 Jun, 2008 9:52 AM | 
  
  
    | Can I go with you? I love Barcelona! | 
  
  
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    Monica Posted Thu 05 Jun, 2008 10:11 AM | 
  
  
    You MUST eat pan con tumaca (bread, tomato, cured ham and olive oil).  
 
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    yulen10 Posted Thu 05 Jun, 2008 10:18 AM | 
  
  
    & Butifarra :)  
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    Monica Posted Thu 05 Jun, 2008 10:21 AM | 
  
  
    | What is butifarra? All my life I've heard people talking about that, but I think I've never eaten it ^^ | 
  
  
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    yulen10 Posted Thu 05 Jun, 2008 10:21 AM | 
  
  
    You can´t miss "Paella", although it´s typical from Valencia. Ummm i´m getting hungry... 
 
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    Monica Posted Thu 05 Jun, 2008 10:23 AM | 
  
  
    And tortilla de patata :p 
 
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    yulen10 Posted Thu 05 Jun, 2008 10:29 AM | 
  
  
    [quote="Monica"] And tortilla de patata :p 
 
jejejejejje... I´d associate it to "sausage" if i was obliged to do it. | 
  
  
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    yulen10 Posted Thu 05 Jun, 2008 10:45 AM | 
  
  
    AbsolutPurple wrote:  Hola ! 
 
I'm going to Barcelona later this month. 
Can you suggest things to do/see/eat ? 
 
Gracias ! 
Frederique   
 
Well, we can finish the lunch with a dessert: "catalan cream" CREMA CATALANA. I promise I stop showing images (I´ve just learnt to show them & I feel like a kid.... ) 
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    AbsolutPurple Posted Thu 05 Jun, 2008 10:45 AM | 
  
  
    | I want to be an expert in mojitos when i'm back  | 
  
  
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    AbsolutPurple Posted Thu 05 Jun, 2008 11:21 AM | 
  
  
    Do ppl in Barcelona actually work ? Because Monica says that in Madrid all they do is the siesta and sing, dance "olé olé" in the streets. 
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    yulen10 Posted Thu 05 Jun, 2008 11:27 AM | 
  
  
    AbsolutPurple wrote:  Do ppl in Barcelona actually work ? Because Monica says that in Madrid all they do is the siesta and sing, dance "olé olé" in the streets. 
LOL   
 
Yes, of course. In fact lots of people finish late their work day. ( 7 p.m for example). Well... "olé olé in the street" in the parties of the villages or at night going out after having some drinks.( The ones who do it) (That´s what I think). We´re very nice people, but serious too.. :) 
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    AbsolutPurple Posted Thu 05 Jun, 2008 11:38 AM | 
  
  
    yulen10 wrote:  AbsolutPurple wrote:  Do ppl in Barcelona actually work ? Because Monica says that in Madrid all they do is the siesta and sing, dance "olé olé" in the streets. 
LOL   
Yes, of course. In fact lots of people finish late their work day. ( 7 p.m for example). Well... "olé olé in the street" in the parties of the villages or at night going out after having some drinks.( The ones who do it) (That´s what I think). We´re very nice people, but serious too.. :)
    
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    yulen10 Posted Thu 05 Jun, 2008 11:39 AM | 
  
  
    AbsolutPurple wrote:  I want to be an expert in mojitos when i'm back    
Ask for "La Villa Olímpica" or Maremagnum. Typical zone where tourists go. 
You´ve got a posher zone in Marià Cubí or Balmes (Foreign people who live in Barcelona usually go there too). 
In the zone of "Barrio gótico" you can drink "beer" & "sangría" (In Las Ramblas too...) 
A really beautiful bar to have coffee or drinks (don´t know mojitos) is El Bosc de les Fades (is next to the Wax Museum), near the sea (Colon Monument). Look at the picture: 
 
 
 
  
 
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