Loved Barcelona! Not sure if it was the warm weather, the awesome food, the amazing arcitechture, our luxury penthouse hotel suite, or listening to Kevin small talk in Spanish with the locals that made our trip to Barcelona my favorite or what but - hands down it was.
We arrived at Girona airport before noon on Friday and took an hour bus ride into Barcelona where we walked straight to the beach - to let our bones soak up some of the sunshine. While at the beach we had lunch, a few cervezas & witnessed a purse being stolen by pick-pocketers (only down fall of Barcelona - we saw two happen while we were there). We saved checking into our hotel till a bit later so we could take full advantage of the day light. I pat myself on the back for finding our hotel - it was awesome. We're still not sure if everyones room in that hotel had the space, balconey & view that we had but we were on the top floor and had a big deck with an incredible view. Not too shabby :) We had dinner back down on the beach Friday night and did the whole nine yards - 2 bottles of vino, mussels, paellas, dessert & coffee. Livin la vida loca...haha.
Saturday wasn't as nice a day, weather wise, but we decided to capitalize on our tourist duties and rent bikes to be able to cover more ground. We were mobile!! Kevin was the navigator and guided us through the streets & sites stopping at several historic places including the site of the 1992 Olympic Games. We biked all day & pretty much saw Barcelona. Dinner Saturday night was at a restaurant that was recommended by a guy Kevin works with...another delicious meal.
Sunday we awoke to dark rain clouds but we had planned to visit another park via bike before we had to turn the bikes back in. Ahhh...can't out run the rain clouds...the heavens opened up. The rain matched with the chilly temps was AWESOME (thats me being sarcastic if you didn't pick that up). We aborted the idea of going to the park and decided to return the bikes and head to an indoor activity - the aquarium. But being that the weather affected everyone, everyone else had also decided to go to the aquarium sooo not wanting to wait in the line we settled on coffee & people watching as the sun slowly started to make it's way out again. Alas! a beach day after all. We plopped on the beach for awhile watching the surfers riding the waves created from the storm. We took a leisurely walk to the bus station stopping to have 2 pitchers of sangria and lunch to say adios to Barcelona.
We loved Barcelona - the above pics are just a few of my favs from the tonS of pictures we took ... enjoy! (photo album ---->)
We arrived at Girona airport before noon on Friday and took an hour bus ride into Barcelona where we walked straight to the beach - to let our bones soak up some of the sunshine. While at the beach we had lunch, a few cervezas & witnessed a purse being stolen by pick-pocketers (only down fall of Barcelona - we saw two happen while we were there). We saved checking into our hotel till a bit later so we could take full advantage of the day light. I pat myself on the back for finding our hotel - it was awesome. We're still not sure if everyones room in that hotel had the space, balconey & view that we had but we were on the top floor and had a big deck with an incredible view. Not too shabby :) We had dinner back down on the beach Friday night and did the whole nine yards - 2 bottles of vino, mussels, paellas, dessert & coffee. Livin la vida loca...haha.
Saturday wasn't as nice a day, weather wise, but we decided to capitalize on our tourist duties and rent bikes to be able to cover more ground. We were mobile!! Kevin was the navigator and guided us through the streets & sites stopping at several historic places including the site of the 1992 Olympic Games. We biked all day & pretty much saw Barcelona. Dinner Saturday night was at a restaurant that was recommended by a guy Kevin works with...another delicious meal.
Sunday we awoke to dark rain clouds but we had planned to visit another park via bike before we had to turn the bikes back in. Ahhh...can't out run the rain clouds...the heavens opened up. The rain matched with the chilly temps was AWESOME (thats me being sarcastic if you didn't pick that up). We aborted the idea of going to the park and decided to return the bikes and head to an indoor activity - the aquarium. But being that the weather affected everyone, everyone else had also decided to go to the aquarium sooo not wanting to wait in the line we settled on coffee & people watching as the sun slowly started to make it's way out again. Alas! a beach day after all. We plopped on the beach for awhile watching the surfers riding the waves created from the storm. We took a leisurely walk to the bus station stopping to have 2 pitchers of sangria and lunch to say adios to Barcelona.
We loved Barcelona - the above pics are just a few of my favs from the tonS of pictures we took ... enjoy! (photo album ---->)
a great write up ... way to explore the world!
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