Siv and I are just back from a weekend in Barcelona, celebrating our 10th Wedding Anniversary. It was a great place to go,and the weather was hot and sunny, despite the weather people forecasting rain.
We arrived on Friday, and spent the afternoon settling in, with a trip up and down the Ramblas, and after a tour of the gothic quarter, where we saw a well known street band Entribu, we had some tapas in a tapas bar called Colon (which is apparently Christopher Columbus' REAL name). Later that evening we went for a celebratory meal at the Xaica restaurant near our hotel, complete with Creme Catalan and Cava.
On Saturday, as you can see from the first map, was a huge Gaudi walk up to Park Guell and the Sagrada Familia church. We stopped of for some food en route at a small restaurant, before heading back to town. Initially we thought we were going to have a quick drink, then go home and shower and go out again....as it turned out, we had such a good time at the Colon tapas bar, we were out till 2.00 am chatting to a family on holiday from Malaga.
On Sunday, we took another long (though not quite as long as Saturday's 22 mile epic) walk to Casa Mila (another Gaudi house), before having an ice cream in the Parc Joan Miro, and then heading up to Montjuic Park. After some lunch at Xemei restaurant, we headed back to town via the breathtaking cable cars, that take you down to the beach. We spent some time walking along the boardwalk, before finally heading back and changing.
A final evening at our second home The Colon rounded off the weekend, and soon it was Monday morning with just enough time for a brief bit of shopping before heading home. There were still many things we never got round to doing, so look forward to going back soon! Update - we're going back in October!
We took hundreds of photos (videos are below or via the Vimeo links), a brief selection is below, but all of them are here:
We arrived on Friday, and spent the afternoon settling in, with a trip up and down the Ramblas, and after a tour of the gothic quarter, where we saw a well known street band Entribu, we had some tapas in a tapas bar called Colon (which is apparently Christopher Columbus' REAL name). Later that evening we went for a celebratory meal at the Xaica restaurant near our hotel, complete with Creme Catalan and Cava.
On Saturday, as you can see from the first map, was a huge Gaudi walk up to Park Guell and the Sagrada Familia church. We stopped of for some food en route at a small restaurant, before heading back to town. Initially we thought we were going to have a quick drink, then go home and shower and go out again....as it turned out, we had such a good time at the Colon tapas bar, we were out till 2.00 am chatting to a family on holiday from Malaga.
On Sunday, we took another long (though not quite as long as Saturday's 22 mile epic) walk to Casa Mila (another Gaudi house), before having an ice cream in the Parc Joan Miro, and then heading up to Montjuic Park. After some lunch at Xemei restaurant, we headed back to town via the breathtaking cable cars, that take you down to the beach. We spent some time walking along the boardwalk, before finally heading back and changing.
A final evening at our second home The Colon rounded off the weekend, and soon it was Monday morning with just enough time for a brief bit of shopping before heading home. There were still many things we never got round to doing, so look forward to going back soon! Update - we're going back in October!
We took hundreds of photos (videos are below or via the Vimeo links), a brief selection is below, but all of them are here:
Barcelona 2009 from martin clinton on Vimeo.
Barcelona Photos 2009 from martin clinton on Vimeo. Barcelona Walk at EveryTrail
Barcelona Walk 2 at EveryTrail
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