Beautiful Barcelona

If I had to sum up Barcelona in three words I would pick warm, beautiful and yummy.

Andrea and I got into Spain Friday afternoon and took a hour and a half bus ride into Barcelona.  Which ended up being a great way to see more of Spain.

When we got in we were soo hungry that we got pizza at one of the first place we saw.  (Yummy)

On our way to our hostel we stumbled onto this awesome park.  It had large fountains.

There was a life size wooly mammoth, walking paths and a cute little kids park.

Our hostel was in the gothic part of town, with small windy street lined with shops and restaurants    We got settled into our beds, after being moved because someone stuff was in the beds we were assigned.

Andrea and I just walked around for an hour or so after that.  There were so many fun shops and the area was so pretty.  We got drinks at a bar and sat out some of the rain.  We were laughing saying we could be back in Ireland with the weather we were having.

We had asked the guy who checked us in where we should eat and he recommenced a tapas place.  So at 8:30 we sat down at a tapa's bar.

We had no idea what to do at first but we caught on pretty quick.  The bar was covered in little dishes (tapas) and each on had a little stick in it.

So you just walked up to the bar grabbed whatever you wanted and payed per stick.  It was awesome because we got to try so many different things.

Yup I ate that, the waitress say it was fish....  Not sure what kind, she did speak much english.  It was actually really good!

Andrea and I also shared three deserts.

Yummy!

When we got back to our hostel we found TWO GIRLS IN OUR BEDS sleeping, it was like goldy lock and the three bears or something.  ugg, we had to move room this time.  It ended up being fine and kinda funny but still..

That night we went back to the hostel and ended up hanging out with a two french and german guys.  We taught them what YOLO was.  You only live once.  They had never heard it before?!


The next day we headed to Las Gradas Familia.  We waited in line for and hour and half to get in but it was so worth it.

The Cathedral is still under construction.  It will be finished in 2030.

The stain glass was STUNNING.

There were animals carved all over the church including this turtle. 

We took the tram back and got some lunch before heading to Guell Park.  There was lots of pretty mosaics. 

The walking paths were great! 

I could see all of Barcelona from the top.

This walk way was so sweet. 

Andrea insisted we got chocolate and churros.  I was so glad she did!  

We then walked around for a few hour and visited the ocean.

The boats were gorgeous.  My dad would have loved it!

 I so wish I could have seen the inside of this sail boat.

That night we ate on the pier.  It was perfect.  I LOVED it.  The weather was perfect.  

I was warm enough in just my dress with no sweater.  I got more toppas!

 

That night we saw the magic fountain show.  

On Sunday we went to Starbucks on the pier, sat and read our bibles.  

After that we were on our way back to Ireland.