Barcelona - Day 2

Here are some pictures from Day 2. You could call this a Gaudi day...

Parc Guell

View from the top of Parc Guell

La Segrada Familia (West Side)

(North Side)

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

First day in Europe

Hello Everyone! Well we can finally use the internet. Took us a long time to get to Europe, but we are finally here. Our flight from the US was fine and we actually made it just in time for us to board..almost late! So we get into Paris...actually the flight from Philadelphia left a little late which made us worry. We only had about 20 minutes to spare. We get into Paris at 10am and our flight to Barcelona left at 11:20am. We get off the plane and have no idea where to go. Four word for you....We hate Paris airport! There were no signs for Terminal 3 and of course no one could speak English..no even the security guards. So we stumble upon someone who could speak a little English. By this time we only had a few minutes to spare..not really enough time. we had to take a bus to the terminal which stopped at two places before ours. We are geting soo nervous at this point. So the bus drops us off about 1/8 mile from terminal three..so we push it into 5th gear and get to terminal three. There is a line to get your boarding pass. By this time it was 10 minutes to 11am. At 11 the clerk says they aren't taking anymore passengers. There were 6 people in front of us and we are all outraged. It's like we have time to get on the plane. After 20 minutes of arguing he gives up and leaves...so we are basically stranded. The clerk told us that we were assured to be on the next flight out at 9:30pm. So we are stuck in the terminal for 10 hours...thats not the bad news. That flight so happened to be full. We weren't guaranteed a seat on that plane, but we were guaranteed a seat on the 11:30pm flight. So by then we sick of arguing and just gave up. So we didn't get into Barcelona unto 2 am Friday morning as opposed to 1pm Thursday. To be continued.....