Cousin Orville
Inventor of Air Cooling
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- Aug 27, 2000
France. Vietnam. China. Australia. Ireland. Germany. Switzerland. South Africa. China.... Spain.
I'm Kevin for those who don't know me. This is my 11th ABD and now 10th trip report. Every year I take my oldest son, Gavin, on an ABD. I have 2 younger children that are not quite ABD age, but we're all planning to do Japan next summer. We travel around as a family throughout the year (actually heading out on a family trip tomorrow), but this is just Gavin and Daddy time. I've been interested in doing Spain since it was announced a few years ago. We've been to Barcelona three times, but we had never seen any of the rest of Spain.
The ABD was wonderful. The weather was fabulous and unseasonably cool. There were a lot of hotels for an 8 night ABD, but I preferred it that way in order to see a lot of the country. We started in Barcelona, flew to Madrid and Segovia, and took the high speed train south to Cordoba. From there we bussed to Sevilla, Ronda and the southern coast. Since we have been to Barcelona before, we just stayed one pre-night, and we flew back immediately after the trip.
We arrived in Barcelona in the morning. Thankfully our room at the Hotel Casa Fuster was ready. The hotel was not designed by Gaudi, but has that same Catalan Art Nouveau architecture style. Very organic - the building looked alive. We went up to the rooftop bar for lunch. It was pricey as expected, but had a good view and good food. I had a tapas platter and Gavin got the pizza.
After lunch we had planned to simply roam around, although there's certainly a lot to do in Barcelona. We've done the popular activities and day trips that most people do. Then I saw on Instagram a photo taken of this Art Exhibit presented by the Disney Animation Research Library. I'm into that sort of thing, and have had a chance to tour the library a couple times, but it's always a treat to see these works of art presented.
The museum was about a 10 min taxi ride from the center of town. So afterwards, we took a taxi to the Gothic Quarter and strolled around mid afternoon.
Next up - the Gothic Quarter and dinner
If anyone has any questions about Barcelona or the rest of the Spain ABD let me know.
I'm Kevin for those who don't know me. This is my 11th ABD and now 10th trip report. Every year I take my oldest son, Gavin, on an ABD. I have 2 younger children that are not quite ABD age, but we're all planning to do Japan next summer. We travel around as a family throughout the year (actually heading out on a family trip tomorrow), but this is just Gavin and Daddy time. I've been interested in doing Spain since it was announced a few years ago. We've been to Barcelona three times, but we had never seen any of the rest of Spain.
The ABD was wonderful. The weather was fabulous and unseasonably cool. There were a lot of hotels for an 8 night ABD, but I preferred it that way in order to see a lot of the country. We started in Barcelona, flew to Madrid and Segovia, and took the high speed train south to Cordoba. From there we bussed to Sevilla, Ronda and the southern coast. Since we have been to Barcelona before, we just stayed one pre-night, and we flew back immediately after the trip.
We arrived in Barcelona in the morning. Thankfully our room at the Hotel Casa Fuster was ready. The hotel was not designed by Gaudi, but has that same Catalan Art Nouveau architecture style. Very organic - the building looked alive. We went up to the rooftop bar for lunch. It was pricey as expected, but had a good view and good food. I had a tapas platter and Gavin got the pizza.
After lunch we had planned to simply roam around, although there's certainly a lot to do in Barcelona. We've done the popular activities and day trips that most people do. Then I saw on Instagram a photo taken of this Art Exhibit presented by the Disney Animation Research Library. I'm into that sort of thing, and have had a chance to tour the library a couple times, but it's always a treat to see these works of art presented.
The museum was about a 10 min taxi ride from the center of town. So afterwards, we took a taxi to the Gothic Quarter and strolled around mid afternoon.
Next up - the Gothic Quarter and dinner
If anyone has any questions about Barcelona or the rest of the Spain ABD let me know.
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