Random Tash

After nursing Tim back to health in Madrid, we were ready to live it up in Barcelona!

We had a fantastic hotel that greeted us with some cava (sparking wine) – from that first glass of wine I knew I would love Barcelona  Our hotel room was very pretty and modern.

Too bad the magazine was in Spanish!

We did A LOT of walking in Barcelona.  It was such a beautiful city.  Everywhere you looked there was great style.  Take, for example, this balcony.  This was just a plain old apartment building balcony.

We walked  to the Barcelona port to check out the boats . . .

and we found a cool mirrored building to take pictures at . . .

and the best kiddie toy ever!  This crazy contraction was all around Europe. You buckled the kids in and they jumped on a trampoline surface and bungee corded back to the trampoline.  The kids were jumping so high and got awesome air time.  I was really jealous and wanted to play :p

Then we randomly stumbled on the start of a lag in the Mongol Rally!

When we weren’t walking we were sampling the local specialties – BIGASS sangrias! (that BIGASS was in honour of you Jaime!)

Tim enjoyed a local BIGASS brew.

On one of our random walks we accidentally hiked up a mountain, which I blamed on Mr.  Map Man . . .

but we were rewarded with fantastic views of the city.

After walking a long time in the heat of the day (35 degrees plus!) I was very happy to find a gondola that brought us up to the peak of the mountain where there was a fortress.

Tim liked the cannon.

And I liked the view.

I wasn’t expecting to hike up a mountain and I was wearing 2 inch wedge sandals.  After seeing other people dipping their feet, I also made the most of the Mountjuic fountain

We toured the architecture of Barcelona – especially the Gaudi buildings, which was Tim’s brother’s (the architect) favourite architect.

and his piece de resistance, the Sagrada Familia – which is cool as hell!

We did an open top bus tour, and hot hit with water balloons from a bunch of hooligan kids!

We checked out our favorite football team’s stadium – F.C. Barcelona.  Barca Barca Bacra!

So that was Barcelona in a nutshell!

Stay tuned for the next recap and one of my favourite places – NICE!