Nat & Simon's Travels

Nat's on Spanish TV

The annual celebration of a Patron Saint in Barcelona - my opportunity for fame! I got in there when this fine young man was talking about the news.... heheheheh

An evening of fireworks as well!

We started the afternoon with tapas and wine... ummm yumm! Then we came across a fun fair and Simon and me couldn't help ourselves. We love those rides... Gen, don't you agree? Simon tried to chicken out at the end, but he came through :) We got a really good view from the top :)

Sights of Barcelona

We'll have to get back to you about what this actually is... we saw it, and thought we'd go up and take a few photos. Sensational view from the top :)

Construction continues...

One of the sights of Barcelona that you must see! Sagrada Familia has been in the making since the 1800's. Gaudi designed and oversaw the building of this church until he died in 1926. He actually died when he crossed the road to see his church close-up.... How ironic?

Construction is estimated to be finished in 30 years time.

Barcelona Markets

The best markets in the world! Forever fresh fruit, vegetables, fish, live crab, sweets, herbs, salami's... anything you could eat, you could get here.

We were staying in an apartment very close to the markets, so coming here to get our fruit became a daily thing. All good!

La Rambla!

The most vibrant part of Barcelona full of tourists, buskers, live animal markets and pick pocketers! The La Rambla is about 2km long, which goes right down to the sea near the new Olympic area.

I couldn't understand all of the live animals on show. For a couple of Euro you could buy yourself a new chicken, fish, mouse and other animals that I couldn't even recognise. There is obviously a market for live animals, so maybe this is where the real Spanyons get their pets :) The La Rambla was full of character all day and night! Never a dull moment walking down there... but be careful as pick pocketers are everywhere. We never actually saw one in action, but we were warned by nearly everyone. Apparently they are very slick and you can't even feel a thing.

Greenwich Meantime

The day after Mr. and Mrs. Elston arrived we walked to the Greenwich observatory and stood on the zero meridian. The view from the top is of Canary Wharf... for those of you who don't know, Canary Wharf is the new London where most of the investment banks have their business - not Goldman Sachs though.

Simon's parents arrive in London

Simon's parents arrived in London on Saturday after a few nights in Hong Kong. Not really jetlagged at all. We came onto the tube and straight into the city for vino! We went to the Borough markets and a saw a few other sights before coming home for a treat in the new love shack :)

The Moon In Prague

A shot of the moon from our apartment room in Prague.

Prague

St Vitus's Cathedral within the Castle grounds

View from the top, near the Prague Castle

The Prague Castle in the background

The Charles Bridge

All of the wooden toys at the Markets on Sunday in the Old Town Square

Old Skoda's that were being used as tourist rides...

Money, money, money!

Sooooooo much history. Going to Prague was like going to a weekend-long history lesson for me. Was really interesting as well as beautiful. My favourite part was all of the wooden toys. There is no plastic anywhere! When you buy a drink, it comes in a glass bottle, all the toys are made from wood and it's very very cheap!

40 CZK (Czech Koruna) is one pound. Was a bit hard getting use to the 1000 CZK notes... but we soon came very use to it :)

We went out for sat in a Czech restaurant for hours drinking cocktails, eating food and it came to 700 CZK! You couldn't get that in London for the equivalent of 18 pounds.

p.s Sorry for all the photos of me and not of Simon - he was taking all the photos this weekend!