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Yet another visit to Barcelona, and another opportunity to confirm why Barcelona is one of the most visited cities in the world.

More pictures from Barcelona in this slideshow.

Korea is different. Here you are a list of things that I lived during my last stay in Korea, and which are not common in some other parts of the world:

1. Someone forgets a scarf in the plane, and the stewardess runs till the Immigration Control asking to all passengers: “Is it yours?”
2. Hundreds of people in the Immigration Control in a middle of a complete silence… except for the stewardess.
3. The bus driver will bow in front of the passengers before starting your way
4. A normal lunch will include 16 different dishes on the table (four of them will be kimchi)
5. No floor 13 in the hotel. Superstition at its highest degree
6. If you try to have dinner in a place where nobody speaks any western language, they will call someone who speaks “American” by phone to make yourselves understand.
7. Most of sports time on TV news cover badminton, baseball and volleyball
8. Lunch time in a huge office and lights are turned off (even in the meeting rooms), so that people can sleep.
9. Technology applied to the WC: heating, water, air, music… everything you need
10. Several people will tell you how healthy the garlic
11. People do not smoke while walking in the streets (only in specific places), but they will smoke next to you in some bars
12. You will be asked how old are you and what your marital status is in the first 2 minutes of conversation with anyone. It is not only gossiping, but a way to know what your position in the society is.

As I said in my previous post, my trip to Toulouse was completed with a couple of day-trips to some interesting places around Toulouse. We visited some castles and monasteries in the area, and enjoyed nice landscapes on our way there.

I would highlight the visit to the Le Pont du Canal, where the Channel du Midi crosses a river by means of a bridge (quite unique to see), the visit to Auch following the first steps of D’Artagnan, and the monastery of Flaran, which hosts a very well organized museum to explain how the life in such a place is and the history behind it.

More pictures from Toulouse and surroundings in this slideshow.