BARCELONA

• Take Ryanair to Girona, 1 hr bus to Barcelona costs 19 euros

Don't miss:

• La Sagrada Familia - Gaudi cathedral still in progress
• La Rambla - pedestrian street with stands selling everything from paintings to hedgehogs
• Parc Guell - Gaudi landscaped park
• Picasso Museum
  • hard to find because it's not well marked
  • very detailed English captions

Stay at: Centric Point hostel, 33 Passeig de Gracia

• cheap, clean; breakfast included (but not sheets)
• kitty-corner from Tapa Tapa (which serves great ... guess what)
• one block from three super-cool Gaudi buildings