1st day in Barcelona

Hello Everyone! Well we spent our first day in Barcelona after a restless sleep. After having the day from you know where yesterday, we wanted to sleep in. So we get up around 9am. Got a nice shower and head out to a beautiful looking day. It was a little chilly, so we had to wear our winter coats, but it was clear skies and bright. We walk out of our apartment and turn the corner and there is the beautiful Mediterranean. We have a beautiful view from our apartment as well. Our apartment is small but sufficient with all the amenities that we need. We walked along the ocean and decide to explore our area of Barceloneta. We decide to go to a little cafe and get something to eat and a nice cup of cafe con leche. This place was awesome! A small, bright and sunny place. We both had cafe con leche(espresso with milk) and a piece of the house cake which was like a spice cake with a couple pieces of pear. We also got two glasses of freshly squeezed fruit juice. I had the carrot, pear, and lemon and Dave had the pear and apple. We didn't really have an itinerary for the day. We explored the surrounding area were we stayed. We walked down the famous street La Rambla and stumbled into La Boqueria. La Boqueria is this massive outdoor market that has hundreds of booths of fresh fruits, veggies, cheeses, meats, and seafood. We decided to pick up some stuff to make dinner that night. We bought apples, pears, apricots, bananas, some goat gouda, pamplona chorizo, langostino, and eggs. After that we went back to the apartment to rest a bit. After some rest we decided to go back out and get some pictures of the sun setting at the beach.

View of the city across the Mediterranean from tip of La Barceloneta

We stopped by a bakery on the way home and picked up a large baguette and an apple tart for dessert and a bottle of cava. After that I cooked up this wonderful meal of langostino in cream sauce with pasta, gouda and chorizo.

Langostino in cream sauce with pasta, gouda, and chorizo

Jodie strolling down the streets of Barcelona-The city is so full of graffiti!

Jodie in heaven! La Boqueria-Europe's largest open air market

This is the Arc de Triomf