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Luc and Alison TripAdvisor Travel Map provides a visual map of their travel destinations.

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Barcelona Top Shops: La Manual Alpargatera and Massimo Dutti

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What trip is complete without some shopping?  I say this in all honesty: shopping is a cultural experience.

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Wining and dining in Barcelona: The hits and the misses

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Barcelona is a food city. Go hungry and open-minded. The best meal you have may be tapas from a beachside café. But also do some research in advance to ensure you don’t always drop into to the first restaurant you see – as there are many.

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Ibiza, Spain: Arriving to fun and sun

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This chronicle of our May 2009 trip to Ibiza, Spain, includes our impressions, accompanied by personal observations, frustrations, joys and, of course, photos.

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Ibiza Tour highlights island’s many sides

Luc, the sea and lighthouse on Portinatx coastline, Ibiza, Spain

Our trip featured 5 locales: Las Salinas, Sant Josep, Portinatx, Sant Antoni and Santa Eulalia. Each are unique in landscape and personality. We agreed the tour was very informative, but did not agree on the $ value.

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Hotel Colón, Barcelona: A room with a view

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Luc and Alison check into the Hotel Colón, in Barcelona, Spain. And are delighted to find they really do have a room with a view: the Plaça de la Seu and the la Seu itself, the beautiful Barcelona Cathedral.

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La Rambla: Café de l’Opera, Street Artists and La Boqueria

La Boqueria Market, Barcelona, Spain

Sights and sounds abound on a stroll down Barcelona’s celebrated La Rambla, followed by an amazing selection of fruits, meats, fish, cheeses, candies – and an indoor tapas bar at La Boqueria Market.

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