From Yekaterinburg to Barcelona. May 5
Yekaterinburg-Istanbul, Turkish Airlines
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Istanbul-Barcelona, Turkish Airlines
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Barcelona in May, First Walk, Evening
The first day in Barcelona was very short. When I arrived from the
airport and barely found the house that was listed in the Booking
reservation, I found no trace of a hotel there. After walking around the
block once more and checking the address at a nearby barber shop, I sat
down on the porch steps and tried to call the phone number listed in my
reservation...read more
La Ribera Night Walk
By nightfall, I found myself on the Luis Companis Boulevard, one of
Barcelona's iconic landmarks. The entrance to the boulevard is opened by
the Arc de Triomf (L'Arc de Triomf), which was built as the main gate
of the international exhibition of 1888...read more
Night walk in Gothic Quarter
On my way back from Ribera, I crossed Via Laietana and found myself in the
oldest part of the Gothic Quarter, the Plaça d'emili Vilanova. Here
is the wall of the Roman fortress of Barcino, on which in the 14th
century was built the Palace of Requesens...read more