Janell Featherstone from Seattle was coming to Barcelona with her best friend, and needed someone to take her around discovering the city while her friend was working at the GSM mobile phone fair.
Another good friend of hers, Gabriel (Spanish, but living in the US), put us in contact and we planned to spend two mornings together touring.
Janell was a blast. Always happy and smiling, interested in everything I could tell or show her, walked at an good pace that allowed us to see much more than my average groups.
We had a Gaudí tour on our first day together, and she loved the Park Güell the most. Then the next day we went around the Old Town and covered all the three main sections: Raval, Gothic Quarter and Born/Ribera. We didn't miss the gorgeous Boqueria Food Market, and we also stopped at Petritxol street for a thick hot chocolate (hers, with whipped cream!) and churros. She also needed some ideas for shopping so I kept pointing at fun local art galleries, cloths stores, more chocolate places, as well as some minerals and gems shops of the area. It was so much fun!
Towards the end of the tour we entered a local bar for a glass of wine that ended up being two glasses each! The tour had ended an hour ago and there we were, still enjoying our glasses and talking about life and many other things.
This is one of the things I love about my job: you start the tour with clients... and finish with them being friends!
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Janell sent me a couple of emails that she allows me to share. Here is the first one:
Marta,
The blog spot is totally CUTE! Gabriel sent it on to my parents and they loved it as well. I had a truly FUN & REAL time with you. Thanks for sharing with me. I wish you all good things in life. Remember, you and your man are welcome to stay with me in Seattle anytime!
And here is a piece of her second email:
Friends of Gabriel’s came to meet with BF and I, they wanted to walk around Old Town with us and get hot chocolate. I was able to walk us right to it, pointed out the churches and what side of the La Rambla we needed to avoid. They said, “My gosh – your guide was good!” They even commented to Gabriel about how I new so much about the area.
I took BF on Friday and we walked to all of the Gaudi stuff you showed me and I recalled a lot of what you shared. BF was so happy to learn the details and background history on the buildings.
Isn't she great?
We'll be meeting again in June when she'll be back in town!
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