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120 hours in Barcelona - Part 3 (the last 48 hours)

Well five months later here I am back to talk about the rest of my time in Barcelona in late January - I've covered the first 24 hours and the second 24 hours .  Here is the third and final installment covering the last 48 hours.  After leaving Park Gruell I took the subway back to La Ramblas and had a bit of a wander in the Gothic Quarter. There are so many beautiful buildings everywhere - and the detail is something else. I also popped into the market (the usual one..) and had an empanada and a cone of Iberian ham and queso (cheese) because I am a pig like that.  I've said it before and I will say it again, I love food!  And I love eating local food - even if I think I might not like it I will try it as you just never know - it might become a favourite. Two metro rides took me to the Arc de Triomf.  Nope, Paris isn't quite that close!  This was built as the entrance to the 1888 World Exposition. Castell dels Tres Dragons  (Three Dragons Cast

Ticking all the boxes off in Newfoundland

Last year when my friend June told me she was organizing a "friends" trip to Newfoundland my first reaction was "oh wouldn't that be nice but I can't possibly afford it".  Then I realized if I don't do it now when would I do it?  So that's how I found myself back on the road less than two weeks after my four and a half month trip.  Being sane is highly overrated. I am so happy I did this trip ..I had a blast.  I have been to Newfoundland twice previously but had never gone further north than Bonavista so most of what I saw was entirely new to me. Icebergs!  Early June is prime iceberg season. Not only did we take a boat out to view a large iceberg from Twillingate but we saw a couple of big guys from shore and "clumpers" which are broken pieces of the bergs.  I had seen icebergs on a previous trip ten years ago in Bulls Bay but never so many as on this trip! We saw these "clumpers" (also known as "growlers"