Comment from Pepino
Time: December 5, 2006, 10:00 am

Maybe my ears were deceiving me, and it was getting a bit late last night when I listened to this podcast, but at the point you were leaving the market and the sound faded out, was the band playing “Roll out the barrel”?

A little bit of Albert Square in the Boqueria??

Comment from Ben
Time: December 5, 2006, 10:46 am

I thought that music was strangely familiar too! It was too South American guys that were playing it!

Comment from greytop
Time: December 5, 2006, 11:45 am

Great podcast and the sounds in and around the market excellent. Thank you both

Comment from Ben
Time: December 5, 2006, 2:00 pm

And thank you for listening!

Comment from Janelle
Time: December 5, 2006, 7:07 pm

Great podcast, Im listening to it now as I am preparing for my trip to Barcelona this weekend. Can’t wait to visit the Boqueria market again. Looking to discover some different areas too. Gracias!

Comment from Ben
Time: December 6, 2006, 10:09 am

Have a great time Janelle!

Comment from Chris (Amateur Traveler podcast)
Time: December 7, 2006, 7:19 pm

Gee, I missed that part of Barcelona with the black prostitutes and drug addicts. So glad you filled in that part of my education.

Comment from Ben
Time: December 7, 2006, 8:09 pm

We aim to cover the entire spectrum of the Spanish experience

Comment from Marina
Time: December 10, 2006, 4:29 pm

Janelle,
I hope you’ve enjoyed the puente in Barcelona!
I’ll be great to read a bit about your expirience at some point.

Marina.

Comment from gary
Time: December 19, 2006, 11:12 pm

Thanks for the mention in this podcast. I feel the same about Raval - it seems dodgy but I never feel threatened. At the bottom of Rambla de Raval there is a bar called Ambar which doesnt open til 10 its shabby and studenty but ok til 3am. I am surprised that none of the prostitutes were blokes - dressed as stunning looking women. Glad you enjoyed Plaça de Pi The tapas are good at the tiny Bar de Pi. I will be there in February when I hope to snatch a drink with Dave Hall (Pepino) and explore the Paseig de Born - a new area for me with bars, tapas etc, that he has recommended. Great podcast, i closed my eyes and I was there!

Comment from Thorarinn Leifsson
Time: May 4, 2007, 1:51 pm

Hi Ben
Nice reporting on our Barrio
Made me want to forget my work and run down to the Barceloneta!

Comment from Daniel
Time: September 14, 2007, 6:14 am

On Sundays around noon, the locals meet in front of the Cathedral to dance the sardana (?) - the native dance of Catalunya. Tourists join in and dance with the locals forming large dance circles while the band plays music on the steps of the church. The steps are easy to learn, so join in!!

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Comment from Katy
Time: January 31, 2008, 5:43 am

Hi! I have a friend from Spain, he lives in Barcelona. I had always heard about Barcelona related to Antonio Gaudi´s architecture, Las Ramblas, etc. but you talk in your podcast about another aspects of the city that he had never talked to me … interesting. Congratulations for your site, people from abroad can learn and improve our English in a funny way!

Comment from Ben
Time: January 31, 2008, 12:23 pm

Hi Katie,

Glad you enjoyed the podcast, and yes, there is more to Barcelona than Gaudi!