Packed and ready for Barcelona

The new life plan is to conquer a new city every six months and so far I have been able to pull it off with 117 cities in 21 countries covered. Six months ago I was packed and ready for Buenos Aires, Argentina and Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. This time around I am off to my continent where I was born and raised, Europe. I am heading to Barcelona, Spain for a new advanture. Europe feels like home since it has been to me for 20 years of my life, so I feel excited about getting back to the area where I really feel at home. Yet it is a big place with huge variety of customs, languages and people. Each country is loaded with amazing history and architecture. And who knows if I fell in love with Barcelona (and everything points to that so far) one day in the future it just may be my new home when I decide to leave Canada behind. Time will tell. 

There is so much to see and so much to discover in this city. I will have really packed week ahead, each and every day is spoken for already, including meeting some locals while there, making new friends and learning a bit more Spanish which I started to like a lot while being in Argentina. 

Lastly I am going off the grid for the first time while traveling, I decided to travel very light so I am not taking a laptop even if the hotel has a free WiFi. I will do my best keep away from the computer, which means no checking e-mails (I am taking my BlackBerry for emergency only, but turning it off), no voice mail, no blogging, nothing - nada for eight full days! I really need to unplug and focus on enjoying myself. Just me and my camera equipment... and small carry-on with some cloths for a week.

After brief stop in Amsterdam for breakfast, I will jump onto another flight directly to Barcelona.