Barcelona

Barcelona

Ahhh Barcelona...palm trees, beach, bloody cold! I don't want to seem negative so that is the last negative aspect of the weather i will mention because as you can see from the photos the sun was a shining bright for our brief visit to this gorgeous city.

We have no photo's of Friday, we got in pretty late, went for dinner and drinks and then went to sleep in the zoo that was named Santa Maria Hostel. Seriously, there were two dogs, two or three cats, a symphony of birds. I slept fine, as gravol and sangria make a beautiful sleeping potion, but Amy no sleep so good...birds squawking equals no sleep for Amy.

Saturday started off with a walk down Las Ramblas (the main drag) to check out the sights and sounds. We found this super-neato market.
Tonnes of fresh seafood and produce. The market had all things fresh; meat, fish, veggies, fruit, Spanish men...it was pretty cool.
Crazy Giant Fish Head! It reminds me of a song by Barnes and Barnes entitled fish heads, I think they must have been a Spanish band.

Las Ramblas. It is a great street. This is a giant boulevard that goes down the entirety of the street made specifically for pedestrian traffic, cafes, human statues, and mini businesses.

Pet shop. Lots of pets shops on Las Ramblas, I figure this is where the hostel was getting their mascots from.

Spanish things are crazy...like this crazy lobster thingy...it seemed pretty happy though.
I love the Architecture of Barcelona. Every building around the core of the city was worth looking at. I took a photo of this building because people on a tour bus were taking photos of this building. I am guessing it is famous - I blame my lack of Spanish for being unable to figure out what it was.
Me in Barcelona in a winter coat. It may not look it but I was quite sick. Visited a whole lot of Farmacia's to get me better.
Giant Statue of Christopher Columbus, the Spanish believed he was from Spain...I think they got it wrong. They then decided to build a giant monument in honour of him pointing to the new world. The guide book informed me he is actually pointing towards Libya not the Americas...I think they got that wrong too.
pretty circle things near the port.

Big bridge in the port. We really liked this bridge and took some time hanging out on it.
We looked at boats.
And giant buoys. talk about a brown noser...
Amy was actually sitting like this! It isn't a set up pose.
Amy's boot and tonnes of fish.

After walking around Las Ramblas and the Port for awhile we decided to head to the La Sagrada Familia to check out some Guadi Architecture. Photography can't capture it fully...one of those things better seen in real life. Felt really blessed to see this first hand. It is so crazy!



Being here and trying to get a photo makes me understand how Gaudi could get hit by a car trying to get a good look at it. I almost did the same thing.

We felt inspired and decided to walk around finding more of Guadi's architecture. I love it. Could see why some hate it though.

For the rest of the day we decided to to a tapas crawl and ate our way through the city. We had a lot of really good food and really good drink. Photos became sparse and blurry as did my vision.

Next morning on the way to the bus we passed by the Arc De Triomphe. Every big European city seems to have one. I liked the red brick of this one quite a bit.




All in all it was a great day and a half. I highly recommend it as a city to visit, but I'd visit in spring or summer cause it was seriously chilly. But even with the cold the sights, sounds, and smells were amazing.