Barcelona - Football and Holiday

[Pubey]

What you have in your wallet is a T1 card (Valid for 10 rides in Zone 1).As I said it's called a Tarjeta uno.

Nope you're wrong.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Nope you're wrong.

Not about this I'm not.Don't be ridiculous.:nope:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Let's see if I can "learn" (some of) you lot something.
Here's a quote for you, from the first edition of the Time Out guide to Barcelona,(party written by my good friend,UAB colleague-in the Translation Department- and S.C. neighbour,Eamon Butterfield).

"It's much better to buy one of the various kinds of multi-journey tickets or targetes.(Catalan)....The targetes currently available are :
T1 Valid for 10 trips on buses,Metro and FCG...
T2" Ditto.
etc,etc.(page 13).

T1,T2 etc are the terms used by locals and long-term residents (like me) to describe the different Metro and FGC cards available in Barcelona.
I've really no idea what you say out there in tourist land.:smiles:

 

[Berrichonne shrimper]

Let's see if I can "learn" (some of) you lot something.
Here's a quote for you, from the first edition of the Time Out guide to Barcelona,(party written by my good friend,UAB colleague-in the Translation Department- and S.C. neighbour,Eamon Butterfield).

"It's much better to buy one of the various kinds of multi-journey tickets or targetes.(Catalan)....The targetes currently available are :
T1 Valid for 10 trips on buses,Metro and FCG...
T2" Ditto.
etc,etc.(page 13).

T1,T2 etc are the terms used by locals and long-term residents (like me) to describe the different Metro and FGC cards available in Barcelona.
I've really no idea what you say out there in tourist land.:smiles:

So you admit then that indeed you were wrong AGAIN?

 

[Davros]

http://www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com/en/transport/barcelona-metro.html#metroticket

This website calls it a T-10 also

Having checked the contents of my wallet I can confirm I am correct. Do you require photographic evidence!!

Just because locals refer to something as something, doesn't mean it is correct. A £20 note is still a £20 note, even if many people call it a 'score'

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

http://www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com/en/transport/barcelona-metro.html#metroticket

This website calls it a T-10 also

The clue is perhaps that the website is in English.:smiles:

Just because locals refer to something as something, doesn't mean it is correct. A £20 note is still a £20 note, even if many people call it a 'score'

British tourists know better than the locals of course.:winking:

Just as a matter of interest,how would you distinguish between the T-10 1 zona card(cost 9,25 Eur)and the T-10 2 Zones card (cost 18,40 Eur),which I carry in my Shrimpers Trust cardholder,(along with my Spanish resident's permit and "la caixa" credit card)if you had to ask for them in Spanish or Catalan? :unsure:

 

[Davros]

Since i bought it from a automated ticket machine that had the options of Spanish, Catalan or English (available at all Metro stations), it wasnt difficult, that and the price differential which is clear, and also the fact that all the tourist guides i read stated that if you only want to do the city itself, you will only need Zone 1.

I guess the real differnce is the 'T-10 1 Zona' has exactly that printed on the ticket. The T-10 being the type of ticket, and the 1 -Zona relating to the routes permitted. Pretty much like my C2C season ticket, where the ticket type is defined as 'Annual Travelcard' and Southend East to London zones 1-6 are the permitted routes.

I never said that British Tourists know better than the locals, and of course each locallity will always have different ways of refering to something than the official name. However, since this thread is for advise for British Tourists going to Barcelona, surely it is more important that they use the official lingo rather than the local slang, to avoid any confusion?


http://www.tmb.cat/en/bitllets-i-tarifes

 

[Napster]

which I carry in my Shrimpers Trust cardholder

I thought you hated the Trust?

:stunned::stunned:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

I thought you hated the Trust?

:stunned::stunned:

Hate is a bit strong(but I certainly felt betrayed by them over the loan to RM).But they do a useful card holder,which I bought a while back now..:winking:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Since i bought it from a automated ticket machine that had the options of Spanish, Catalan or English (available at all Metro stations), it wasnt difficult, that and the price differential which is clear, and also the fact that all the tourist guides i read stated that if you only want to do the city itself, you will only need Zone 1.

I guess the real differnce is the 'T-10 1 Zona' has exactly that printed on the ticket. The T-10 being the type of ticket, and the 1 -Zona relating to the routes permitted. Pretty much like my C2C season ticket, where the ticket type is defined as 'Annual Travelcard' and Southend East to London zones 1-6 are the permitted routes.

I never said that British Tourists know better than the locals, and of course each locallity will always have different ways of refering to something than the official name. However, since this thread is for advise for British Tourists going to Barcelona, surely it is more important that they use the official lingo rather than the local slang, to avoid any confusion?


http://www.tmb.cat/en/bitllets-i-tarifes

:peace:You guessed right. Finally we can agree on something.
To be fair, I should also mention, that until fairly recently(last December, IIRC), the various different cards T1/T2/T3/T4 etc used to have this printed on the front/back of the card.TBH, I didn't realise(until you pointed it out)that this was no longer the case.
Like you,I also use the ATM's to buy 1 zona and 2 zones tickets from my local FGC station(which doesn't have a ticket office as such).

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

So you admit then that indeed you were wrong AGAIN?

Tone, if I were you I'd stick to the building game.I'd imagine you know a bit about that.:winking:

 

[Berrichonne shrimper]

Tone, if I were you I'd stick to the building game.I'd imagine you know a bit about that.:winking:

Yet again pip you are wrong as im a chancer and a cowboy of the highest level.of course you are right about the ticket even with the proof you are right because like the pope you are never wrong even when you are wrong but dont get banned again because i miss your rightness when you are away.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Yet again pip you are wrong as im a chancer and a cowboy of the highest level.of course you are right about the ticket even with the proof you are right because like the pope you are never wrong even when you are wrong but dont get banned again because i miss your rightness when you are away.

Wot,no siret number for you? :unsure:My flabber is ghasted as Frankie Howard used to say.:winking:
As regards not getting banned again,I'm doing my best.:angel:

 

[Berrichonne shrimper]

Wot,no siret number for you? :unsure:My flabber is ghasted as Frankie Howard used to say.:winking:
As regards not getting banned again,I'm doing my best.:angel:

dont you rember that i both live and work illegally in france,or so you say,alas i dont know my sirret/sirren number or my phone number come to think of it,thats what wifes are for.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

dont you rember that i both live and work illegally in france,or so you say,alas i dont know my sirret/sirren number or my phone number come to think of it,thats what wifes are for.

:off topic: And don't you remember that I apologised for suggesting that, in a pm, and I'm happy to do the same publically here.Move on Tony.I have.

 

[Hotman]

Let's see if I can "learn" (some of) you lot something.
Here's a quote for you, from the first edition of the Time Out guide to Barcelona,(party written by my good friend,UAB colleague-in the Translation Department- and S.C. neighbour,Eamon Butterfield).

"It's much better to buy one of the various kinds of multi-journey tickets or targetes.(Catalan)....The targetes currently available are :
T1 Valid for 10 trips on buses,Metro and FCG...
T2" Ditto.
etc,etc.(page 13).

T1,T2 etc are the terms used by locals and long-term residents (like me) to describe the different Metro and FGC cards available in Barcelona.
I've really no idea what you say out there in tourist land.:smiles:

#BarnaBlueGetsItWrongAgain :nope:

 

[Berrichonne shrimper]

Wot,no siret number for you? :unsure:My flabber is ghasted as Frankie Howard used to say.:winking:
As regards not getting banned again,I'm doing my best.:angel:

WOT NO SIRET NUMBER FOR YOU,yet again you are saying that i work ilegally but you say i am the one who has to move on,you are the pope and i claim my place in your heaven and greg is your son because you both try and badly fail to make others look bad.
Moving on and looking forward to your next gem of blinkered wisdom.

 

[Davros]

For what its worth, i am still carrying my T-10 ticket around in my wallet if anyone wants some proof in the Spread on Saturday... just incase i'm lying :winking:

 

[Napster]

For what its worth, i am still carrying my T-10 ticket around in my wallet if anyone wants some proof in the Spread on Saturday... just incase i'm lying :winking:

Can you scan it and enlarge it like one of those charity cheques.

 

[Davros]

Can you scan it and enlarge it like one of those charity cheques.

haha, that would make an awesome photo. Im sure if i can get 5 mins alone in the office, i can sort something out!