Hostel Territory

So we've set off to Barcelona to live the dream and open our very own hostel. We're keeping this journal online to keep everyone updated of our progress, adventures and mishaps navigating Barcelona's booming tourism industry, Spanish bureaucracy, and daily life in Catalunya.

Friday, August 01, 2008

I was updating the section of our website dedicated to current cultural events in Barcelona when I came across this website for the Mas i Mas Festival. Normally I try to include links to the websites in English so our guests can get more information from the original source on any particular event. Websites in Spain tend to be a little on the shoddy end, so I wasn't too surprised when I clicked the English link and nothing happened. I tried the "Espanol" link and caught a trend. The ONLY link that worked was Catalan. The real shock though was that putting your cursor over the Espanol or English links brings up a little wagging finger, as if to say "No, no, no this is not Spain nor a place that welcomes tourists - This is Catalunya. If you don't read Catalan, then tough torrones"

Where am I?

2 Comments:

  • At 8:43 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Don't worry.
    It's already in Spanish and in English. Everything in good time.
    M.

     
  • At 8:56 AM, Blogger Lauren said…

    Good to know! The wagging finger was a little off-putting though.

     

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