Catalan Adventures

A log of my adventures in Catalonia/Catalunya.

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Ball de diablos, correfoc, en Torredembarra!

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A little bit of #Catalunya in #London. http://ift.tt/1uDwNJq

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Adeu #Barcelona! You treated me well! #catalunya http://ift.tt/19NXgOo

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Plus transformers, an elephant and alien invaders. Definitely a night to remember. #Barcelona #catalunya http://ift.tt/1dGxlXS

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...and #Balthazar just chillin' on his throne. #Reis #Barcelona #catalunya http://ift.tt/1eAuD4S

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...#Caspar... #Barcelona #Reis #catalunya http://ift.tt/1dGxlHi

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We spend our last night in #catalunya at the #Cavalcada dels #Reis in #Barcelona, which was awesome! The parade was huge, with brilliant floats. Here's #Melchior... http://ift.tt/1dGxniq

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Els #Encants: A huge market selling everything from authentic memorabilia and new furniture in the shops at the top, through fabric and second-hand at the stalls in the middle, to car-boot junk at the bottom. Apparently located inside some sort of dimensional warp in space. #Barcelona #catalunya http://ift.tt/1lml0M1

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The Museu D'Automats is full of cool fairground robots and automata from the 19th & 20th centuries, including this mechanised scale model of #Tibidabo. Some of them take 20 minutes to an hour to reset after each use though, so you have to hope to get there at the right time... #Barcelona #catalunya http://ift.tt/1cxvHTP

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The coolest ride at #Tibidabo has to be this scale model of the first plane to fly from Madrid to #Barcelona. It's suspended from a crane and pulls itself in a circle with the force of its propeller. #catalunya http://ift.tt/JRV0cv

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Yesterday we went to #Tibidabo, high above #Barcelona. The mountain is home to a very old amusement park, including some of the original rides from the start of the 20th century. #catalunya http://ift.tt/JRUTOb

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The Caganer (a figure of a man crapping) - an essential part of any traditional nativity scene in #catalunya http://ift.tt/1dySTpe

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Outdoor escalators! #Barcelona #catalunya http://ift.tt/1lfwile

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Plaza San Felip Neri in twilight. #Barcelona #catalunya http://ift.tt/1csBhdH

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Emerging at the Passeig de Gràcia. #Barcelona #catalunya http://ift.tt/1l8DxLR

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The area around #Barcelona is hugely varied, even just between urban areas. We took the train in the morning from #Torredembarra. #catalunya http://ift.tt/1l8poOt