The tour group in the Fossar de les Moreres square
...with an eternal flame on a great sculpture:
...and Carrie off taking photos as well, haha. I love this photo - Cute Carrie!
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Thursday, December 12, 2013
the Sandeman's tour group, Barcelona
The 3-hour walking tour by Sandeman's was GREAT. I will definitely try another Sandeman's tour in other European cities. The tour was in English... but other people when with other guides for a variety of languages offered. Very nice.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Columbus' steps
The Sandeman's Free Tour in Barcelona was wonderful. The guide gave a lot of information... in an interesting way... and it was fairly simple to understand and follow along.
The problem for me... is that he gave a LOT of information... I did not take any notes, other than photos... soooooo I don't remember a lot of specifics.
But I DO remember that Christopher Columbus climbed THESE steps [see photo below] when he returned to Spain and brought potatoes to the Queen (...or at least that's the our guide said...)
Oh, and the corners of this building were built like shown below... so that the water collected and then went along the sides and out of the gargoyles mouths (you can see two of the gargoyles in the photo below as well)...
The problem for me... is that he gave a LOT of information... I did not take any notes, other than photos... soooooo I don't remember a lot of specifics.
But I DO remember that Christopher Columbus climbed THESE steps [see photo below] when he returned to Spain and brought potatoes to the Queen (...or at least that's the our guide said...)
The square had a lot of other important things going on... one of which I remember is that hangings took place here...
Oh, and the corners of this building were built like shown below... so that the water collected and then went along the sides and out of the gargoyles mouths (you can see two of the gargoyles in the photo below as well)...
Sandeman's Free Tour - Barcelona
Carrie has gone on other cities' Sandeman tours... so we went on the one offered in Barcelona. The Sandeman's Free Tour is a 3-hour long walking tour through the city with a guide. At the end of the tour, you tip as much as you think the tour was worth. The guide receives a portion of the tips and part also goes to the organizer.
I will definitely go on other tours run by Sandeman. This one was great. I learned a lot about the history of Barcelona (and there's SO much!)... as well as just enjoying walking through the various areas and being able to take photos... but being led by someone else instead of attempting figuring it out on my own.
We met in a square...
And a few more photos of the view from the area where we began the tour:
I will definitely go on other tours run by Sandeman. This one was great. I learned a lot about the history of Barcelona (and there's SO much!)... as well as just enjoying walking through the various areas and being able to take photos... but being led by someone else instead of attempting figuring it out on my own.
We met in a square...
And a few more photos of the view from the area where we began the tour:
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