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The Southbank is arguably one of London’s greatest assets and with the summer fast approaching there’s more going on there than ever. Earlier this month we headed along to Campo Viejo’s Streets Of Spain which brought a touch of Barcelona to the banks of the Thames.
Our fourth and final day in Barcelona allowed plenty of time for exploration before catching a 7pm flight home that evening. Luggage left and the final plate of herby and perfect hotel tomatoes consumed it was onwards to Parc Guell- one of the city’s finest Gaudi sites.
Day three in Barcelona started in a gin bar, included hanging off the edge of a cliff and ended with paella and my first genuine enjoyment of eating squid. Here’s what happened in between.
As we had hoped, we were greeted in the morning by uninterrupted blue skies and temperatures set to reach well into the 20s for the whole day. Hooray! Cue the shorts.
“Where you going?” “Barcelona” “Oh” “Don’t get up” – Stephen Sondheim, Company Now any post that opens with a show tune is my favourite kind of post but if that’s not your thing then fear not as musical mentions are over and making way for a few more of my favourite things (oops) – travel, …
Having left Rome in the midst of a thunderstorm we couldn’t have asked for a better juxtaposition of weather arriving into the most glorious of Spanish summer days. Before this we spent a tedious 3 hours in a minute departures lounge as our plane got increasingly delayed throughout the day. The type of airport lounge …