At the beginning of July Frankie and I began our next adventure: BARCELONA! For 3 days, with just a rucksack each. It was incredible. We saw a lot of things, ate nice food, walked everywhere possible for as long as possible and it was just amazing. We kept busy every minute of the day which definitely made it better. We stayed in a hotel right on Las Ramblas (basically one of the main streets which is very busy and has a lot going on) and only 5 minutes walk from the nearest metro station.
We saw alot of general things just by walking around for hours, but the main 'attractions' we saw/visited were Park Guell, La Sagrada de Familia, the Arc de Triomf, we rented a rowing boat and also found lots of small places that weren't 'famous' but we really enjoyed seeing. Basically, we had a few days of exploring and taking in a hell of a lot of culture and it was awesome! It was relaxing even though we were so super busy all the time.
As always, a selection of photos to follow :)
Above are some photos from an incredible market that we visited everyday. The smells and textures, along with all the bright colours and the hustle and bustle made it a really nice place to visit. We boughtfruit and fruit drinks from there every morning. I wish there was something like that here but it'd never be the same.
Park Guell was an amazing day out, we walked round it several times and saw so much stuff. It was also an amazing day weather-wise and we got a good bit of sun. There's so much beautiful artwork and architecture in Barcelona, a lot of which can be found in the park, and it was just beautiful. It took us around an hour to get to the park as we had to use the metro and then climb up a few large hills, some of which also had escalators built into then (something quite common in Barcelona but I still found it pretty strange). All in all a really fun day exploring. I also bought a pretty evil eye bracelet there too :)
This was a park we found near the Arc de Triomf. I loved the elephant statue, a lot of people were climbing up and sitting on his trunk but I couldn't quite manage it :( I also rowed my first boat ever!
Sagrada de Familia was incredible to look at, we didn't go in as you have to pay and we are poor students but seriously the outside was enough. It was absolutely beautiful, I never really look at architecture enough but you can't help but get lost in this, I could have stood there for hours. We also found this car up in the air.
All the photos that were just everywhere. Fruit! and Frankie!
I'd definitely go back to Barcelona again, I think going for a few days really pushes you to keep busy and do a lot in a short space of time, rather than dawdle about and waste time. Barcelona isn't really a beach kind of holiday, well it wasn't for us anyway. We like keeping busy. But yeah it was incredible and I loved it and now I want to travel more and more!
Hasta la vista for now Barca!
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