10 things NOT TO DO in Barcelona

1) Only drink Sangria

2) Miss on the Tapas at “Vinitus

3) Wait for an accessible taxi without booking 24 hours in advance through the specific company number (actually, we should say: book an accessible taxi, because we did it 2 days in advance and it still did not show up! If it was not for our superhuman strength and all the calories/fats eaten at the buffet breakfast, we would have not been able to lift Charles’ muscly ass into a regular taxi and then missed the train to Madrid)

4) Wait for an accessible taxi without booking 24 hours in advance through the specific company number (actually, we should say: book an accessible taxi, because we did it 2 days in advance and it still did not show up! If it was not for our superhuman strength and all the calories/fats eaten at the buffet breakfast, we would have not been able to lift Charles’ fat ass into a regular taxi and then missed the train to Madrid)

5) Go to the Sagrada Familia without booking your ticket online and expect to visit the tower if you are on a wheelchair or have limited mobility

6) Expect everyone to speak English at the information centre

7) Expect to catch the metro from anywhere, because not all the stations have a lift. When you do find a lift, take a deep breath and hold it till you get out unless you like the smell of urine

8) Go to the Casino and expect to win (they want your money!)

9) Walk to the Cable Car to have a great view of Barcelona without checking the weather forecast

We were going to write 10 points but actually we could come up with only 9 because Barcelona is such a great and accessible place, however repeat point 3 or 4 for 500 times because this was such a biiiig thing!

And now,  let’s see what you have in stored for us Madrid!!!!!!!

 

madrid

 

Trip bucketlist

  • Eat a really good Paella
  • Get drunk with a Sangria and be able to find the hotel room
  • Win a biiiiig poker tournament in Barcelona
  • See the MotoGP race and steal Rossi’s bike
  • Buy a really ridiculous item at the “ El rastro market
  • Wear a red shirt in front of a bull
  • Eat a “Frankfurter Würstchen” and drink a jug of beer for breakfast
  • Go on the cable car built in 1957 in Cologne
  • Buy the Schockoladenmuseum in Cologne (even a small pistachio chocolate will do)
  • Convince Charles to jump of Berlin’s tallest bridge
  • Challenge a Berliner in a Ping-Pong bar and win a match
  • Climbing a WW2 bunker
  • Have a drink at the Ice Pub in Berlin
  • Try a real nakládaný hermelín in Prague a typical pickled cheese
  • Go to the top 10 pastryplaces in Vienna and try all the Sacher Torte pretending to be a famous pastry chef
  • Relax in one of Budapest’ famous bath and stay there from the opening time till closing time
  • Go to Venice casino and win big (or lose also since we are almost at the end of the trip)
  • Hop on a “Gondola
  • Spend 154.634 euros for THE gelato at ” Cracco Gelateria ” in Milan
  • Visit the Ducati Museum in Bologna
  • Take Charles and Jessie everywhere in my hometown in Florence and show them the place where I first almost died for alcohol coma
  • Let Charles and Jessie eat the typical ” Panino al Lampredotto” before explaining what it is
  • Eat the typical “Saltimbocca alla Romana” in a Trattoria in Trastevere
  • Go to a concert at the Colosseum
  • Throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain because this trip was a success and,as the tradition wants, we are going to come back!