Barcelona is a beautiful city. I went with the family and my parents. We had a great time, but the theme of the weekend was the number of attempts at crime we saw/ were victims of.

I had to twice confront men with their hands in my mothers bag, my father had the zip on his rucksack opened 4 times (nothing in there to take), my friend had his wallet taken whilst walking back from pub on Friday night and 60-70% of people we met during the weekend or on the plane, all talked about either having things stolen/ attempted theft or witnessing attempts at crime.

I'm sorry, but the whole 'same as any other city' story is utter bull. I've been to most european cities and have NEVER seen crime on this level. I was genuinely relieved to get on the plane with my wallet on Sunday. As my father-in-law warned before we went, 'its not a case of if, but when it happens in Barcelona'.

Great game, great stadium, enjoyed the weekend, but crime there is a major issue that significantly affected the enjoyment of the weekend, especially with three young kids with us.

Barca or Perpignan? Perpignan every time.....

I was jesting - they are both hilarious.

It actually took nearly 9hrs getting back!

Cheers! We went for the cheap option of the coach and knew it would take 7 hrs. They forgot to tell us it had more stops coming back on sunday! Still we had a nice trip through parts of Madrid, Valencia etc etc