The modern parts of Barcelona are a triumph of urban planning. We were staying in the Eixample district which was planned and built about one hundred and fifty years ago by a man called Ildefons Cerdà and is characterized by long straight streets, a strict grid pattern crossed by wide avenues and square blocks with chamfered corners all of which means that the traffic always flows freely in a slick one-way system and it is easy to navigate on foot.
Have Bag, Will Travel 
That is where I stayed Eixample each time with family, nice memories thanks.
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A nice part of the city for sure.
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I seem to have missed this first time around. Poor Eulalia! The story might not be completely true, but those horrible tortures did happen so she probably suffered some of them.
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I have got another unlikely story coming up about Saint Lucy who came across in Syracuse.
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I have to agree about cathedrals, they do all become much of a muchness. Concentrating on the saints is a good idea.
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I have got a new one coming up soon from Sicily.
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Nice
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No! Is that postcard really an aerial view of city blocks? It’s astounding.
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It is indeed.
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It sounds as though you got a lot from your visit. My daughter’s been living there, or thereabouts for 10 years now, so we know the city, and the non-touristy bits well. You’d think it would have made us smarter, but we’ve been robbed .. twice …
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The pickpocket capital of Europe?
I don’t take my wallet out now when away just enough cash to see me through the day.
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On both occasions we were arriving, and therefore fully luggaged. Once, an open car window and a distraction team, the second time on a bus when my rucksack, fully closed, was opened, rifled and closed again without my realising a thing.
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I fell for the trick when they spray dirty water on you and say it was a pigeon and then offer to help clean it off. Wallet gone in an instant.
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Ffffp. Grr.
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