More Sights in Barcelona

After spending time seeing all of the wonders of the Park and famous Gaudi church the Sagrada Familia, we spent the next day walking around and getting to know the different neighborhoods of the city. We walked all the way around the Gothic part of Barcelona and also got to see Las Ramblas. Las Ramblas is the name of the city center and the largest most busy street of the entire city where everyone goes for walks, shopping, and out at night. It is also one of the most expensive parts of the city and where a lot of the international stores and restaurants are located. We had so much fun just sight seeing and walking around without an agenda.

I also wanted to show you all the awesome hostal we stayed at for a night. When we booked it we had no idea that it was going to be as cool as it was. We ended up staying on top of the mountain in an old royal house for a muslim family that has now been renovated so its beauty really stands out. The hostal was really big and as soon as you walked inside you did feel like you were walking into a palace, with colors everywhere and walls and ceilings painted in gold, and large arch ways all around the main area.

While walking around we got to see and try so many foods which I LOVED of course. I never turn down food hehe. We ended up hanging out at this Moroccan cafe by Las Ramblas and had some really good tea. It had fresh mint and was very sweet and yummy. We then continued our adventure where we found the worlds largest empanda, I swear I have never seen one that big the whole time we have been here and through all the traveling we did. We also had dinner at this little family owned italian bistro with so many different choices of pizza. We could buy them by the slice and all of the types were so different and so good. I had one slice that had shrimp and fresh melted cheese with herbs and lets just say it rocked my world! SO GOOD! They were literally making them while we were ordering them and they were so fresh and crispy!

We were so exhausted after a whole day of walking around town, but it was worth every minute of the 11 hours we walked that day :)

WEEKEND IN BARCELONA!

Since we have been here in Spain I have had the pleasure to see so many cities and monuments that I had heard and studied about. I was so excited to get the chance to finally visit Barcelona, it was one of the MUST see places while I was here. We had a long weekend last week and a group of us decided to spontaneously take a trip. We had been planning on going for a while but what happened was that we waited until the very last minute to book our hostel. Of course when push came to shove it was 3 days before the trip and none of us could find any place to stay on the internet. It was a holiday weekend and everything was full, I must have literally called 30 or more hostels. Since it was a longer trip this was going to be the very last weekend we were going to be able to go and actually enjoy our time there and be able to make the trip really worth it.

We decided to go anyways! With no place to stay we embarked on our little Barcelona adventure. There were 6 of us and we had the best time even though the first morning was spent walking all around town trying to find a place to stay. After 3 hours of walking with our luggage we found one, right on the main street of Barcelona! We could not believe it! It was only for the one night of course we could not have gotten so lucky but after a couple of phone calls we ended up booking hostels for the next 2 nights and were all set and ready to go. Our hostel was literally 15 minute walk to get to the entrance of the Park Guell, that we were all os eager and excited to see. The park along with the Sagrada Familia which is the church created by Gaudi were the 2 main things that were on my list.

The park was up on top of a very very tall mountain, but hiking all the way up to see what we saw only made the day so much better. We had the best views of the entire city and of the sea and we got to see and enjoy all of the amazing structures created by Gaudi. There were so many people there that day that after a while we could not wait to get out of there because I was seriously starting to feel claustrophobic even though we were outside. It was our luck that we got there early enough where we got to enjoy everything before it was actually THAT packed. It was an awesome day and one of the best things we got to do in Barcelona!