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So you’re one of the 4,427,186 visitors<\/a> heading to Barcelona this year, but you want a leg up on what’s going on and what to do while in La Ciudad Condal? Check out Barcelona ex-pat blogger<\/a> David Brydon who “started writing blogging” (I think there’s one too many verbs in there) about Barcelona after seeing a real need for non-guidebook sights.<\/p>\n David recommends snacking on some \u201cpata negra\u201d (cured Iberic ham) while near the Boqueria market; getting lost and wandering around the very walkable old town; and, good god, whatever you do, avoid visiting in August when the temperature rises almost as much as prices do, the locals skip town, and tourists crowd the narrow streets like a bad zombie movie (Dave-O recommends going in either June or September for the La Mer\u00e7e festival<\/a>).<\/p>\n For the rest of his tips, including the five must-have websites for local events and what you should put at the top of your list to see, click through here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So you’re one of the 4,427,186 visitors heading to Barcelona this year, but you want a leg up on what’s going on and what to do while in La Ciudad Condal? Check out Barcelona ex-pat blogger David Brydon who “started writing blogging” (I think there’s one too many verbs in there) about Barcelona after seeing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,2562,2573],"tags":[30,362,4],"yoast_head":"\n