Day 5 | Vacation Barcelona

It was a long and tired day(my feet are killing me!), but so much fun that is was all worthwhile. My friend Lisa took me into Barcelona again and we walked all day and saw so much and ate so many good things(yes I enjoyed every bite of it :)). It was just perfect! I took a LOT of photos with both my i-phone as with my Canon so be prepared for a picture overload. Lisa wrote down for me where we went today and I will just try and see if I remember by photo so you have an idea what we saw:
So we started at the Ramblas:




Some amazing artist there!
I think we went into a church first that was located next to the Ramblas but somehow i didn't take pics with my i-phone there. Next stop was the Boqueria, a HUGE food market that was all inside. Everything was fresh and parted in different sections:

LOOK at the prize of this Ham!!!! I am not a meat eater but the smell of the meat here was just so good, it almost made me buy some...almost ;)

Chocolate 



Candy, candy candy. Had to buy some for the boys.

Every fruit you can think off, so colorful!

Dried peppers

Although I hate the smell of fish this part was the most amazing part of the market to me, I never have seen so many different fish and some were huge and scary looking i tell ya!



IEW!
The one thing i bought(next to the candy) was some Manchego cheese, mmmmh!
Next stop was Cafe de la Opera were we had something to drink and some cheese cake:


Then we walked through Barrio to the Plaza Real Gotico:

We walked by lots of cute shops with lots of handmade stuff and I loved the graffiti on some stores that were closed:





This piece was from a famous Spanish graffiti artist that is a woman.
We also saw some Gaudi work:

Next we went into a small store were they made all kinds of small cakes that not only looked amazing but apparently also tasted amazing. We however couldn't leave with one of these...or two;)

Walked the district El Born to the Santa Maria del Mar, a big church. I have a thing for churches, I love them so much, I can walk hours in them and just sit there, especially the old ones like the ones I saw today. on the Square in front of the church we saw something strange on one of the balconies 




we walked the street Montisio, passed the picasso museum:

Next we walked Princess street to the Plaza Bel Rey:

We went to 4 Gats, a famous restaurant(apparently Woody Allen shot a film here and it was the place to hang out in the early days so picasso, gaudi and many more came there often) were we had an amazing lunch(for me it was diner because it was 3 entrees!).


First we had a gazpacho, never tasted one but I am hooked now. A cold soup that was just soooo good!

then a goat-cheese salad and as a dessert a Catalan desert that I forgot the name of, but it sure tasted good!

When Lisa came back from the bathroom she said that I had to take my i-phone and go to the toilet and take a picture of the brand that made the sink. She said what a good name to have in a toilet hahaha:


Next was the Cathedral, which was HUGE and amazingly beautiful:

there were lots of graves there were you walked on and they had all kinds of symbols and one of them was this:

Next to the cathedral was a cloister garden were there was the dancing egg fountain and lots of holy goose:


Next we walked by Gelato Italiono and although we were still full of our lunch/diner we couldn't resist taking one of these:


It was as good as it looked
We walked the plaza Cat to the Paseo de Gracia to Casa Battlo(a gaudi house), I shot some images along the way:



Lots of high end shops like this one, loved the way they displayed the bags

Bought DH's birthday gift here.

Then we were at Casa Milia(pedrera) another Gaudi House and this time we went inside:


The rooftop was the most amazing part of the house for me with huge statues and such a beautiful view









Hey was it eating time again? well yes :) tapas time it was:

we even saw:

We walked back to Playa Espanya, over the Ramblas again all the way to the end, shot some images along the way:


In the end we walked to Place del Duc de Medinaceli if I am correct but we didn't go up to see the fountains

And off we went to Gava again by bus.
Lisa thank you so so much for showing me lovely Barcelona, I truly loved it so much!

corinnexxx






















 






 

 

Comments

[Linelle]

I have to stop reading your blog, I am getting TOOOOOOOo excited!!! Great pics, can't wait to see more!!

[Ingrid Danvers]

Great photos! Make me want to go to Barcelona too.

[Alette]

Oh wow wat geweldig allemaal. Als ik de foto´s zie wil ik zo boeken naar Barcelona :)
Je heb zo te zien een prachtige dag gehad. Mooie foto's en veel lol zo te lezen :)

gr Alette

[lisa mitchell]

It was a great day! (ps. I can't get off the couch today, how about you?!!! ;))))) Hugs to you and the 3 chicos!

[Jen]

Lovely post - I always enjoy seeing your photos! As for Thomas Crapper, well, a popular misconception is that he invented the flushing toilet but check out Wikipedia for the truth lol