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I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo.

Amateur Traveler episode 501. Today the Amateur Traveler episode 501.

Today the Amateur Traveler looks at interesting neighborhoods, small bodegas, a history that may go back to Hercules,

and the works of Antonio Gaudi as we go to Barcelona in Spain.

Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. We'll hear more from

our sponsor later, but first let's talk about Barcelona.

I'd like to welcome the show Lauren Alois who is coming to us from Devour

Spain the founder of Devour Spain and come to talk to us about Barcelona.

Lauren welcome to the show. Thank you, Chris. We have talked about

Barcelona on the show before as Lauren is aware, but I want to make sure that

listeners are, but we haven't talked about it in such a long time that I

wanted to talk about it again because it is a popular

destination but Lauren in your opinion why should someone go to Barcelona?

Oh why shouldn't they go to Barcelona? Barcelona is a fantastic city any time of year,

which I don't think many places can claim.

The climate to start with is fantastic.

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