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More from the Barcelona Trip 2009

December 15th, 2009 Hitesh 1 comment

¡Visca Cataluña Viva España! (by hitkaiser)
Seeing how I’ve been updating this blog with the photos from my trip to Barcelona September, now would be a good time as any to wrap it up :)

In case you’ve missed out, I previously displayed some photos about a Coldplay Concert, The Barcelona Cathedral, The France Railway Station, The Bunker, The Volleyball World Tour and the Park of the Ciudadela.

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Coldplay – Barcelona 2009

December 14th, 2009 Hitesh No comments

Coldplay Barcelona 2009 - 13 (by hitkaiser)
Coldplay played in Barcelona back in September in the Olympic Stadium. The music was really really great, but the technical issues they were having with the sound (Speakers weren’t working properly) kind of made it feel like a rip-off, especially since the tickets cost so much. The photos were taken with my iPhone at a great distance from the stage (sorry).

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Catedral de Barcelona

December 13th, 2009 Hitesh No comments

Catedral de Barcelona - 12 (by hitkaiser)

Commonly known as Catedral de Barcelona (Cathedral of Barcelona), its proper name in fact is “Catedral de Santa Eulalia”. It was constructed throughout the 13th to 15th centuries (wikipedia article). The view from the rooftop is pretty good since it is located in the historic center of the city.

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Estació de França

December 12th, 2009 Hitesh 1 comment

Estación de Francia - 7 (by hitkaiser)

Estació de França, Estación de Francia or France Station is a major railway station in Barcelona, the second largest after Sants. According to the article on wikipedia, its losing out more and more to Sants and to the upcoming station, Estació de la Sagrera. The reason its contains France in it’s name is that trains going to a number of parts of France (including Paris) leave from here. France isn’t the only destination as the Costa Brava within Spain is also served as well as outside the country to places such as Italy and Switzerland.

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