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FCBarcelona, Camp Nou Seating and Tickets

2008-08-11T20:02:42Z

Greetings and thank you to those who responded to my previous post.

We've extended our honeymoon to include the 24th of May (2009), so
that we may catch the FCBarcelona vs. Osasuna game at Camp Nou. We
are looking at the stadium seating chart and were wondering about the
differences between the sides of the stadium. Is there a "home" side

Trip Planning - Barcelona and surrounding areas

2008-08-01T13:13:08Z

Greetings Spain group!

My fiance and I are planning our honeymoon in Spain next May. We are
flying in and out of Barcelona and we have our tickets. We will be on
the ground from the 11th through the 23rd of May.

The trip will involve 3 spots. Barcelona being the first of course.
From there, our travel agent suggested Begur, staying at the

Paradores

2008-07-29T01:14:34Z

Hello all

My husband and I are doing a 4 week tour of Northern Spain from mid August
to mid September staying only at Paradores. We are going form Segovia
through the centre, over to Baiona, up through Santiago de Compostela across
the Northern coast, through the Pyranees across to Aiguablava and finishing

advice needed on traffic tickets

2008-07-28T15:27:40Z

Each of the past 4 days, the postman has delivered a letter from my favorite nation.Sadly, each letter has been the notice of a 100 euro fine for speeding.Each time, a camera caught the rental car doing about 125 in a 100 kmph zone.I'm guilty, but I find it interesting that each time I was going with the flow of a pack of autos.I wonder if 100 people got the same tickets I did, or if this is a new revenue source to jam on visitors?Each ticket is from approximately 2 months ago, so I also fear that maybe there are 10 more citations headed to a family already smarting from the ungodly US dollar to euro exchange rate.I'm wondering if anyone on this list has fallen into my situation and if they've had any success in squirming out of these fines.In Florida, we have these Ticket Clinic place that you pay less than $100 US and they get everything tossed out on a technicality.Anyone on this list aware of a English-Spanish fluent firm that does similar work in

Lisbon Comes Alive (NY Times)

2008-07-13T17:46:09Z

July 13, 2008
Lisbon Comes Alive
By SETH SHERWOOD
FOR its 99th birthday last year, the decrepit Fábrica Braço de Prata factory complex underwent the real estate equivalent of a Saul-to-Paul spiritual conversion.
A manufacturer of weapons during the dark years of dictatorship in Portugal, the long-disused facility was reborn as Lisbon’s most ambitious new cultural venue. Guns and grenades were replaced by concert rooms, exhibition spaces, a sprawling bookstore, a cinema, a restaurant and various bars.

Trip Report, Spain in May 2008

2008-06-20T21:40:02Z

Roger:
Attached is my trip report from our visit to Spain in May 2008.
As you will note, it is rather long and detailed; if you wish, I can re-send it in smaller segments.
Thanks!
Bob Lata
Paso Robles, California

How Can I Get My Money Back?

2008-05-27T17:29:10Z

After my recent trip to Spain I found that I had been charged €160.60
instead of €61.50 for an overnight stay in a small posada in the
Picos. I have since been in e-mail contact with the proprietors
through an intermediary (they don't have e-mail) about this, and
believe it to be a simple mistake, which they accept and are willing

Re: [travelspain] Re: Gardening

2008-05-13T20:25:06Z

Thanks a lot for that Tom, off to Spain at the weekend so
hopefully I'll get some planting done

Cheers

Cha

In a message dated 06/05/2008 03:29:41 GMT Standard Time, ta...@schweich.com
writes:
When we were visiting Cueva de la Pileta, there was an Aristolochia
climbing around in the rocks. Polunin and Smythies Flowers of Southwest

tickets to tour Palau De Musica Catalana

2008-05-10T05:02:11Z

Hi.We are visiting Barcelona,on a cruise ship, in late May and would
like to visit Palau De Musica Catalana. I have accessed their website
but it is in Spanish which I don't understand and the translation
doesn't seem to work. I have also tried to call them,but the number is
always busy. Any information or suggestions as to how to contact them

[Fwd: In praise of Cabo de Gata]

2008-05-07T19:10:58Z

I'd intended to post a message about the Cabo de Gata Natural Park in
Almeria in January when we had a lovely day's walk there.
We went back to the same place yesterday and this time I've put fingers
to keyboard.
The Cabo de Gata-Nijar park is geologically fascinating by virtue of
its fairly recent volcanism - two episodes between 15 million and 7

Local Specialities

2008-05-05T20:54:22Z

When travelling in Spain (or anywhere) I like to sample the local food
and drink specialities (sometimes against my better judgement). The
recent trip to Asturias and Cantabria was no exception. Here are some
impressions (with scores out of 10!).

COCIDOS (9) Various stews/thick soups. Usually delicious. The sort

Gardening

2008-05-05T19:51:38Z

Hi, can anyone recommend a climbing plant to train up a chain link fence to
use as a screen from a road, I've a holiday home inland from Malaga so it
would need to thrive on neglect!!
Hope someone can help

Cha.

recommendations for place to stay in Barcelona

2008-05-02T15:17:39Z

Thank you to all of you.... what a learning curve....I'm the
frustrated post, lol. Got the booking done...Now I've been looking for
a place to stay for my 20 yr. old daughter and I in Barcelona.
Mercy, even a good hostel will do at this point. Seems like I"m going
around in circles. I took the advice and we aren't going to Porto but

possibility of going to Madrid in 2009

2008-04-29T07:34:21Z

Hi all!
I trust this finds you well.
There is a possibility--a good one if I can find all the money--of
me going to Madrid for five weeks int he summer of 2009 with a group
of people fromt eh university I attend.
We will live with a host family for those five weeks and take two
meals a day with them, the other we will find on our own.

frustration builds !

2008-04-29T00:06:10Z

Hi all, I have been on the internet trying to figure out whether I can
get her to there by flights and planes... i'm stuck on going from
Jerez De La Frontera (maybe out of Seville or Cadiz ?) to Porto(O
Porto), Portugal. I have to say I'm wishing I could have done this
months ago.... only 2 weeks left and I've been in front of this