Barcelona

Powerpoint presentation previous to the Barcelona trip can be access here.
The booklet is also available here.

Meet at the school 5.40 am, very early Monday (9th of July) morning.  Airport transfer will take us from the school to Gatwick Airport.

Barcelona 2017 - Museo Picasso

Barcelona 2017 - Tibidabo and Circuit de Catalunya

Barcelona 2017 - Catedral

Barcelona 2017 - Port Vell and Ocenografic

Barcelona trip review by Joe Streek

We all had a fantastic week in Barcelona and enjoyed many fun activities such as; visiting the Nou Camp, visiting the Circuit de Catalunya and seeing the beautiful Sagrada Familia.

The picture below shows the view of Barceloneta Beach from the Teleferico cable cart.

My favourite moment in Barcelona was visiting the Circuit de Catalunya and being able to do a lap around it. It is a very impressive circuit and holds many great memories of F1 races. We saw where the drivers prepared before races and where media sat during the race.   

Another enjoyable moment was going up the Tibidabo Mountain and seeing the beautiful city from the highest point in Barcelona. We had great fun at the theme park that this Mountain holds and shared a moment of prayer in the magnificent Temple upon the mountain.

Overall it was a brilliant trip filled with fun, laughter and good memories. It was fantastic to be given the experience to learn and embrace the Spanish and Catalan culture and practice my language skills with local people.

Joe Streek.

Barcelona 2016 - Aquarium

At the aquarium

At the aquarium

At the aquarium

At the aquarium

Barceloneta, Maremagnum area

Barcelona 2016 - Sagrada Familia

The Altar of the Cript

John Fisher Students at the Sagrada Familia´s Cript

The main entrance to the Basilica

One of the side chapels of the Cript

Another side chapel at the Cript

The tomb of Gaudi, arquitect of the Sagrada Familia

Side chapel

Barcelona día 5

Este fue nuestro último día. Por la noche volamos de vuelta a Londres desde el aeropuerto, pero antes de eso nos dio tiempo a visitar la playa de San Sebastián.

Después montamos en el teleférico para subir hasta Montjuic.

Y por último visitamos el Parque Olímpico de Barcelona. ¡Fue un viaje genial!

Barcelona - día 4

Hoy por la mañana visitamos el circuito de formula 1 de Montmeló. Subimos al podio...

 dimos una rueda de prensa...

 y visitamos la oficina de seguridad del circuito.

Después subimos al monte Tibidabo. En la cima del monte visitamos primero el Templo de lo Sagrado.

Y después fuimos al parque de atracciones.

¡Salimos huyendo de la Casa del Terror!

Barcelona - día 3

Hoy fuimos a la zona de la Barceloneta. La playa me encantó, fue muy divertido.

Luego fuimos al Aquarium de Barcelona. Vimos muchos peces y otras especies marinas. ¡Incluso vimos tiburones!

Barcelona - día dos

Hoy fuimos al Camp Nou, el estadio del club de fútbol Barcelona, y fue estupendo.

Después visitamos el Museo Picasso. Discutimos sobre arte y si nos gustan o no las pinturas de Picasso. Fue muy interesante.

Barcelona - día uno

Hoy llegamos a Barcelona. Hemos visitado la Sagrada Familia, un monumento fantástico diseñado por Gaudí. ¡Empezaron a construirlo hace más de cien años!

 Hemos tenido la oportunidad de bajar a la capilla de la Cripta.

Desde nuestro hotel, por la noche, se puede ver la torre Agbar iluminada.

Las Ramblas

Las Ramblas in Barcelona is famous world wide. Las Ramblas is very important because it is a main tourist attraction. Las Ramblas is known for being a shopping area/street in Barcelona, therefore it has many people. The street is filled with shops and tourist sites such as the Christopher Columbus statue and links la plaza de Catalunya with Port Vell - Barcelona's harbour and beachfront. There are also many good restaurants such as the Hard Rock cafe, which I definitely suggest to visit whilst you are there, as well as some more traditional rustic tapas bars. However the one known problem with this big tourist area is it has many pick pockets, so make sure your valuables are secure. To be fair, nobody in our group got anything stolen.

Overall Las Ramblas is a beautiful and busy street. If you want to shop or just chill out and watch the world pass by, Las Ramblas can cater for all needs.

Ruari Guildea