Barcelona Spain and TP

[aznmode]

Hey guys. I will be going to spain in a few weeks and I know my Sprint phone will not work in Spain but I will be using skype for calls and data. Is this going to be ok as long as I'm using wi-fi. Have anyone experience Skype issues in Europe?

Also on a separate note...where are the party hot spots in Barcelona? Also where to eat, what to see, etc if you guys have been there. What not to do or watch for lol. Our hotel is in Avenida del Paral.lel. Any suggestion is greatly appreciated.

[bikeandestroyx]

Originally Posted by aznmode

Hey guys. I will be going to spain in a few weeks and I know my Sprint phone will not work in Spain but I will be using skype for calls and data. Is this going to be ok as long as I'm using wi-fi. Have anyone experience Skype issues in Europe?

Also on a separate note...where are the party hot spots in Barcelona? Also where to eat, what to see, etc if you guys have been there. What not to do or watch for lol. Our hotel is in Avenida del Paral.lel. Any suggestion is greatly appreciated.

Yets skype will work great! in fact it will work better with wifi.
ive always wanted to go to barcelona let me know how your trip goes!
that place is amazing

[aznmode]

Originally Posted by ibmxx187

Yets skype will work great! in fact it will work better with wifi.
ive always wanted to go to barcelona let me know how your trip goes!
that place is amazing

I know the hotel I'm staying in only has aDSL. I have a feeling this is gonna be a problem. But ya def let u know how it goes.

[bikeandestroyx]

oh damn im sure there will be wifi around though!
if you have a computer there is a program that will crack the passwords on password encrypted networks

[Skelator03]

whats name of that air something right?

[Darkjedi]

I used Skype in Paris by walking around the city trying to find a free wifi spot. As soon as I got into Paris to meet a friend I realized my GSM phone was out of minutes since I forgot to top it off back in London. Lucky for me free wifi spots were pretty abundant walking around. Skype works fantastic on the PPC, even in Europe. Many hotels/hostels typically offer free wifi so you can typically piggyback off those signals.

Barcelona is a beautiful place, though it's not particularly known for it's beaches (some of them are nude though, but it's not as fun as you'd imagine as there are many old, unattractive folk around, hahah). The beaches are artificial and not nice and sandy so it can actually be pretty painful to walk on without sandals. You gotta check out some of the architecture in Barcelona, specifically buildings by Gaudi, which tend to be very surreal and funky. There's a fantastic park with a lot of his architecture called Park Guell that you should take a bus to and check out. The Sagrada Familia is really cool too and probably one of the funkiest looking cathedrals you'll ever see. Eat lots and lots of paella, I've never had paella better, though try to find some of the more authentic local places. Theres a fantastic restaurant in Placa Real that I can't quite remember the name to, but there's always a relatively large line waiting for seating, so its not that hard to miss. Even though it seems everyone goes there, I still highly recommend it.

At night it can be kind of sketch, especially in the darker alleys, but nothing to overly worry about.

Whenever you go to cities you don't know, it's always handy to buy/borrow the lostplanet/timeout/travel guides. That helped my friends and I plan out to do as much as we can when we went to various cities.

[CozBoogie]

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[sherv]

Word, this is GREAT to know as I'm heading to the middle east for a month and then stopping over in The Netherlands, Belgium, and France for a month afterward. I didn't even THINK about skype, what a great idea!

I should also test out the GPS, I'm planning on getting Tomtom or equivalent for Europe navigation as I won't really be able to rely on google maps (due to the constant data streaming)...although I guess I could find a hot spot, choose a zoom level of the map, and load up as many regions of the map as possible for navigation purposes, but I seem to remember Google Maps *****ing about no data connection.

[BenS]

Im going to Barcelona (4th time) this May. It's one of the greatest cities. I'll be getting my son baptized in the cathedral in the gothic district. I had my daughter baptized there as well a bout 2 years ago. I have family that lives there so I love it, just look at my avatar FC Barca! On subject there is endless activities there and all of the spots mentioned in the earlier posts are excellent. Just wandering around and feeling the culture and the eye candy that the archetecture is makes this city a rewarding travel destination. I'm sure you'll enjoy it!

[aznmode]

Originally Posted by darkjedi007

I used Skype in Paris by walking around the city trying to find a free wifi spot. As soon as I got into Paris to meet a friend I realized my GSM phone was out of minutes since I forgot to top it off back in London. Lucky for me free wifi spots were pretty abundant walking around. Skype works fantastic on the PPC, even in Europe. Many hotels/hostels typically offer free wifi so you can typically piggyback off those signals.

Barcelona is a beautiful place, though it's not particularly known for it's beaches (some of them are nude though, but it's not as fun as you'd imagine as there are many old, unattractive folk around, hahah). The beaches are artificial and not nice and sandy so it can actually be pretty painful to walk on without sandals. You gotta check out some of the architecture in Barcelona, specifically buildings by Gaudi, which tend to be very surreal and funky. There's a fantastic park with a lot of his architecture called Park Guell that you should take a bus to and check out. The Sagrada Familia is really cool too and probably one of the funkiest looking cathedrals you'll ever see. Eat lots and lots of paella, I've never had paella better, though try to find some of the more authentic local places. Theres a fantastic restaurant in Placa Real that I can't quite remember the name to, but there's always a relatively large line waiting for seating, so its not that hard to miss. Even though it seems everyone goes there, I still highly recommend it.

At night it can be kind of sketch, especially in the darker alleys, but nothing to overly worry about.

Whenever you go to cities you don't know, it's always handy to buy/borrow the lostplanet/timeout/travel guides. That helped my friends and I plan out to do as much as we can when we went to various cities.

Thank you. I will definitely try most of your suggestion and YES I'm planning to eat whatever looks like won't kill me..lol. I've seen some images on the web and the place looks gorgeous. Is there any decent pub/club to check out there? I heard night life is over at 4am. Do you recommend staying at Hostels? Kinda scary after I saw the movie..haha.

Sad to hear about the beaches. We were thinking about checking it out since were very close by. If not we can always chill at the pool. I believe ours is on the top level outdoor area and it over looks the city. Atleast thats what I saw in one of the images. Were probably gonna freeze out butts off since its kind of chilli there at the moment. But itll be fun..lol