We stayed at The Hipstel hostel on Carrer de Valencia, which is one block from Casa Batllo, one of Gaudi’s famous commissioned houses. The hostel is in an older apartment building. Clean, private bathrooms available, and our 12 bed room was airy and had an attached indoor terrace room. Our first stop in Barcelona wasContinue reading “Barcelona, Spain”
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Sitges, Spain
We were in Sitges for a good friends wedding and had an absolutely amazing long weekend in this beach/mountain Meditterean town. We flew from Lisbon to Barcelona, rented a car from Europcar, and drove 20 Minutes to Sitges. We parked on the waterfront, put our feet in the water, walked the small beach and grabbedContinue reading “Sitges, Spain”
Lisbon, Portugal
We flew TAP Portugal from Austin to Lisbon via JFK. Total trip time 15 hours plus 1 hour at customs in Lisbon, and a 45 minute subway to our hostel. We stayed at This is Lisbon hostel which is located at the very top of a hill in Alfama, the old town. Not knowing thereContinue reading “Lisbon, Portugal”
