Hostales Barcelona for Alimentaria 2010
I always stay in Barcelona hostels during my visits there and my visit later this month for Alimentaria Barcelona 2010 will be no exception. Over the years I've tried, tested, and reviewed 4 Barcelona hostels and have more lined-up for my visit there next week.
My fault. Surely I started searching too late, what with the Food Fair coming up - the reason/excuse I'm going. But one would think 4 weeks before the start of Alimentaria would be enough. Maybe not. I sent emails to at least 20 hostales en Barcelona, and got near-immediate replies from three of them. Happily, it's at two of these I'm staying 2 nights each.
Barcelona Snow "Nevada" March 2010
The Barcelona snow has melted under the sunny skies this morning. Yesterday, citizens and tourists experienced the worst snow in Barcelona in the last 25 years - but they say wind and cold will continue in the following days. So let's see if the weather gods will have a re-peat of the same Barcelona weather.
In the last 36 hours, 220,000 persons have been left without power in all of Cataluña, the worst of it was in the province of Girona. 1,500 people had to be rescued from their cars, traffic jams everywhere, and pedestrians slipping on sidewalks. Airplane service stopped as did nearly all regional trains. Only the Barcelona Metro worked throughout the night to get the stranded back home, a service which only takes place on the weekends.
