V-Day In B-Town
It has been a long time yearning of mine to visit Spain. It might be due to my high school days at Cal High learning to roll my “R’s” with a great Spanish teacher, but the need to visit the country has been tugging at me for awhile. We booked our trip back in December and made the four-day journey last weekend. It was great and once again we feel most fortunate to live in the center of Europe, where we have access to so many countries.
It has been a long time yearning of mine to visit Spain. It might be due to my high school days at Cal High learning to roll my “R’s” with a great Spanish teacher, but the need to visit the country has been tugging at me for awhile. We booked our trip back in December and made the four-day journey last weekend. It was great and once again we feel most fortunate to live in the center of Europe, where we have access to so many countries.
The moment we got off the plane and I entered customs to get another stamp in the passport, all the Spanish I had practiced for the last hour seemed to fade into a beautiful blend of Germish. At times we wish we were trilingual.
We quickly jumped on a bus and made the 45-minute ride from the airport to the center of Barcelona. We checked into The Five Rooms, our cute little B and B and headed out to see the ocean. We love Switzerland, but we were anxious to see the big blue. We spent the entire afternoon walking through the streets of Barcelona, taking in the sites, sounds and the culture. Barcelona is an architects dream…the buildings are incredible, the city has a beautiful energy and we were happy to be there.
We quickly jumped on a bus and made the 45-minute ride from the airport to the center of Barcelona. We checked into The Five Rooms, our cute little B and B and headed out to see the ocean. We love Switzerland, but we were anxious to see the big blue. We spent the entire afternoon walking through the streets of Barcelona, taking in the sites, sounds and the culture. Barcelona is an architects dream…the buildings are incredible, the city has a beautiful energy and we were happy to be there.
Trip Highlights:
Las Ramblas
Barri Gotic - Old City
Parc Guell (Gaudi Park)
Sagrada Familia
Day Trip to Montserrat
You will see some of the sites we saw below, and due to the number of photos we took on the trip, we have decided to split this posting into three parts.
You will see some of the sites we saw below, and due to the number of photos we took on the trip, we have decided to split this posting into three parts.
Part I - you are currently viewing and that is Barcelona.
Part II is dedicated to Gaudi – La Sagrada Familia and Guell Parc.
Part III is images of a day trip to Montserrat.
Enjoy!
Breakfast area at the Five Rooms
Our Room #2
Maritime Museum
Beautiful Boat...Photo for you Jacques
This view reminded us of SB
Barri Gotic Area
Robert and Melinda at the beach
Robert admiring Big Blue
Sand and water
Inside the catedral in the old city
Cathedral in the old city
The famous market off of Las Ramblas
The front of the market
Old City
Old City at Night
Robert's new favorite drink...Xocolata...delicious
Art Museum
Night in Old Town
Cathedral at night
Streets of Barcelona
Old City Gate
Apartments in Barcelona
Store fronts and apartments
Our Easy Jet flight over the Alps! We love visiting new places, but coming back to this isn't too hard!
Part II: Coming Soon!
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