Ando and I got to spend day two hanging out in Barcelona before we had to board our ship the next day. We started the morning off with some free breakfast from the hotel, which of course came with all the salted meats you could ever want and some very delicious cafe con leche! On our way back to the room we noticed that there was a race of some sort going on outside the hotel and then realized people were climbing up the emergency stairs to the hotel. It turned out to be some sort of fireman race/drill using the steps, located on the outside, of the hotel.
After leaving the hotel we headed for Park Güell. On the way to the park I realized that we had forgotten to pack sunscreen and it was very sunny out so the first thing I wanted to do was buy some as I didn't want to get burnt on this trip, especially on day one. We found some sunscreen and headed for the park to look around and see some Gaudí. The park was crowded, but very beautiful and quite large.
After Park Güell we headed to La Pedrera or Casa Milà which is an apartment building that Gaudí built. The line to go to the top and see the chimney's was long so we decided to skip it and head for Sagrada Família. Sagrada Família is the church that Gaudí started to build before he died, but was never finished. They are still working toward finishing the church today. It is huge and quite a site. We didn't go to the top, but just the outside and inside was spectacular. If you go to Barcelona this is a must see.
After Sagrada Família we got back on the subway and headed to Las Ramblas. The Ramblas are a stretch of road that carries everything you could think of with some human statue/sculptures thrown in. there is shopping on either side of the street with a walking path down the middle filled with booths of all different things. One stretch has pets, one has flowers, another has jewelry. It is basically an open market to walk around in. After walking around and down some alley's we found a little café and got some afternoon sangria on the street.
We then headed to find us some dinner, tapas. Again we sat outside, something I could really get used to and had some tapas and split a bottle of the house cava. Why not it was our honeymoon right. Dinner took a little longer than expected, but was pretty good and relaxing. We manged to fake our way through the menu and ordering as well, which was an added bonus. They did speak some English, but not a whole lot.
Ando and I were then going to head to the Font Màgica. Which you can imagine by the name is a fountain that "dances" with music. It only happens at night and every 30 minutes till11:30pm, but we stayed out too late and couldn't make it to the last show. Since we missed the show we just headed back to the hotel to get ready for the next day....boarding a ship!
Ando and I were in a foreign country trying our best to speak Catalan; there will not be little one to learn the language for us in the near future.
After leaving the hotel we headed for Park Güell. On the way to the park I realized that we had forgotten to pack sunscreen and it was very sunny out so the first thing I wanted to do was buy some as I didn't want to get burnt on this trip, especially on day one. We found some sunscreen and headed for the park to look around and see some Gaudí. The park was crowded, but very beautiful and quite large.
After Park Güell we headed to La Pedrera or Casa Milà which is an apartment building that Gaudí built. The line to go to the top and see the chimney's was long so we decided to skip it and head for Sagrada Família. Sagrada Família is the church that Gaudí started to build before he died, but was never finished. They are still working toward finishing the church today. It is huge and quite a site. We didn't go to the top, but just the outside and inside was spectacular. If you go to Barcelona this is a must see.
After Sagrada Família we got back on the subway and headed to Las Ramblas. The Ramblas are a stretch of road that carries everything you could think of with some human statue/sculptures thrown in. there is shopping on either side of the street with a walking path down the middle filled with booths of all different things. One stretch has pets, one has flowers, another has jewelry. It is basically an open market to walk around in. After walking around and down some alley's we found a little café and got some afternoon sangria on the street.
We then headed to find us some dinner, tapas. Again we sat outside, something I could really get used to and had some tapas and split a bottle of the house cava. Why not it was our honeymoon right. Dinner took a little longer than expected, but was pretty good and relaxing. We manged to fake our way through the menu and ordering as well, which was an added bonus. They did speak some English, but not a whole lot.
Ando and I were then going to head to the Font Màgica. Which you can imagine by the name is a fountain that "dances" with music. It only happens at night and every 30 minutes till11:30pm, but we stayed out too late and couldn't make it to the last show. Since we missed the show we just headed back to the hotel to get ready for the next day....boarding a ship!
Ando and I were in a foreign country trying our best to speak Catalan; there will not be little one to learn the language for us in the near future.
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