When I did my free walking tour, my guide happened to mention in passing a favourite sweet treat in Barcelona — Catalan Hot Chocolate. He scrunched up his nose whilst he described what he called "diabetes on a plate", a hot chocolate so thick that you ate it with a spoon instead of sipping it, and [...]
T is probably the very best and very worst dinner companion for someone like myself to have, because he loves food just as much as I do, and he also has a problem with over-ordering, much the same as me. So, when we get together and go out for dinner, boy do we get carried [...]
You know that beautiful typical Barcelona photo that you seem to see everywhere? The one overlooking the city from behind a wall of colorful mosaics? Something like this right here... Well, that's in Park Güell, designed by Antoni Gaudí, the same man who designed the Sagrada Família. It's a pretty famous site in Barcelona and despite [...]
So, it also happens that an old friend of mine moved to Barcelona recently. We seldom see each other, the last time probably being about 5 years ago back in Paris when we met up for a quick drink and a walk around Montmartre. Once again, life got in the way and we didn't have [...]
Without a shadow of a doubt, the Sagrada Família is one of the most iconic landmarks that people associate with the city of Barcelona, designed by the famous architect Antoni Gaudí. Gaudí spent 40 years designing the basilica and yet the intricately detailed building is still under construction, with completion not expected until around 2026, nearly [...]
One of the things that I love about staying in hostels is that so many of them offer great incentives for budget travellers like free walking tours. Of course, there is never really such a thing as a "free lunch". Although the tours are technically free, you are asked to donate what you think the [...]
Whilst in Barcelona, I would meet up with my friend T more or less every evening for dinner. T has been living in Barcelona for over a year now, and obviously had to work during the day (boo!). We found this fantastic little tapas bar, on the same road as my hostel and close to [...]
So fast forward... I returned home from Asia in October 2017. I worked at my family's pub all over the Christmas period and by January was getting itchy feet again, so I booked several small trips to Europe. I was supposed to go to Norway with my sister, but unfortunately came down with a nasty flu-like [...]
After leaving the beaches of Dawai, I made my way to the last stop of my journey in Myanmar, and indeed Southeast Asia. I had been backpacking for a year, I was tired of moving around more or less constantly, and was looking forward to returning home to see my family and stuff my face [...]
After a long, bumpy bus ride to Dawei and finally getting our heads down, we were rudely awoken as the sun was rising by some strange sounds. After asking around it became apparent that the sounds were coming from the local temple, marking someone's passing from this life. We were informed, it usually lasted for several [...]
