It's hard to believe our trip to Spain and France was over a month ago, but it was such a fabulous experience that I feel the need to do a re-cap (or a few re-caps).
We traveled with our buddies Kristi and James who are a) some of the most patient people we know as evidenced in both the planning process and with how well they handled me for ten days straight and b) the perfect travel partners in crime.
One of the first exciting moments of the trip came as we boarded our 747 at Logan. We splurged for "upper deck" seats and were quite excited to climb stairs ON A PLANE! Despite some airport sprinting through Charles de Gaulle, we missed our connection but landed in Barcelona about 3 hours behind schedule and arrived at our hotel in time to nap before dinner.
Barcelona is an absolutely amazing city, and I was surprised how much I
loved it as I tend to prefer more rural travel. It's cosmopolitan but charming and full of historic
buildings, windy streets with quaint shops, and scrumptious food. We stayed in
the Barri Gotic neighborhood which featured one of the oldest
cathedrals, lively plazas, and adorable tapas restaurants tucked into
mazes of alleys. During our three days in the city, we explored a Piccaso
museum, rode the Teleferic tram (eek) for a bird's eye view of
Barcelona, marveled at the Gaudi in the Parc Guell, and stuffed
ourselves with Catalan delights. It was a challenge to head off into the mountains towards our next stop!
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| Busy street in the Barri Gotic (Gothic Quarter) |
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| View of Barcelona from Parc Guell |
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| Catedral |
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| Crooked Gaudi, crooked me |
Great recap! I look forward to hearing about
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