When I was first in Madrid in April/May 2009 I was blown away. One of the first things we did after checking into our place in Chueca was to go in search of some food. Not speaking the lingo at all we looked at various menus outside restaurants all mentioning a “Menu del Dia” (Menu of the Day) We picked a place not the most chic and what I’d probably classify as a working mans restaurant. I had Spag bol as the First Plate (what would be a main in Ireland) followed by I think it was a plate of Eggs / Gammon steak and chips … this came with a bottle of wine … a desert and a...

And we start on day two of the Barcelona adventure and it finds us heading for breakfast at a friends who lives up near the Sagrada Familia. Barcelona is mostly designed in “blocks” so its quite easy to find your way around. Of course some parts of it are going to be meandering but from what I saw its made of blocks for the most part. The Sagrada Familia is probably the must see attraction of Barcelona its a church that has been under construction for nearly 150 years. It was started in 1882 (so you’re doing the maths now and realising I over embellished with my 150 years figure). It...

(this is going to be rather heavy image wise so I’ve decided to break it into a few posts) The following is the start of my photo diary of sorts for Barcelona … So a while back on a whim we decided to book tickets to Barcelona they were going cheap and we’ve got a couple of friends up there so we said what the hell. Working freelance means I generally don’t take that much time off (not to mention switching off is a bitch) but I do try to get away from time to time. €60 return flights to Girona (from Madrid) wasn’t that bad in my mind. Of course its Girona (1.5 hours...