What an amazing day. We did so much, I’m concerned that I’m not going to remember it all.
It started around 11am when we finally got up. It was wonderful to actually sleep a long amount of time and get caught up on the lost sleep from a couple of days ago. Terri and I then went to walk around a bit to see more of the city before we met up with everyone else to go off to Parc Güell.
Terri and I left and headed toward the Gothic Quarter. We walked around a bit, and eventually ended up at the Barcelona Cathedral. Unfortunately there was scaffolding on the front of the cathedral so there wasn’t a very good photo opportunity. We walked around to the back and got a couple of pictures before heading off to find some breakfast/lunch.
After getting some pictures of the different alleys, we stopped at a fast food restaurant called Barconelette (I think….I need to look that up) for some coffee (cafe) and food. I got a chocolate pastry that was really tasty. We then walked down to the pier to finally see the ocean. There were a lot of people out at that time, so we walked around a bit and then headed back to the apartment to meet up with everyone else.
Stuart was still sleeping, but the 5 of us decided to head out to Parc Güell to see all of the Gaudi stuff that was there. We took the Metro and headed up to the Parc. It was really easy, which was nice—the ticket kiosks even could be translated into English. It was about a mile walk to the park through a residential district, with the last ¼ mile straight up hill. Kind of tough, but not horrible.
We got to the park and headed in (free…yay!) and started walking around. It was really neat. I took a ton of pictures, and the two things I really wanted to see, the wave wall and the mosaic dragon were really easy to find. We also were able to get a really good view of Barcelona. It was kind of hazy, but still pretty amazing.
On the way back to the Metro, we stopped at a little restaurant to get a bite to eat. I decided that Jeanene got the best sandwich—tortilla somethingorother which was potato and onion and maybe egg on a baguette. Yummy. We then headed back home.
After a quick siesta (well, 2 hours) I was able to call my mom for mother’s day (thanks Matthew!!) and we headed out to dinner. On the way to the restaurant that was picked out of the Time Out book, we stopped by one of the Gaudi buildings, Casa Batlló, to get some pictures in the dark. Such an amazing building…all curves and distinctive railings. So pretty.
Once we got to the restaurant, we realized that it was too busy so we moved on. The place that we finally decided on, Masón Cinco Jotas, was fabulous though. Lots of pork dishes and yummy sangria. The food was delicious all around and we had a great dinner.
Afterwards, we headed back to the restaurant we had originally picked out for a beer, and then back to our neighborhood. A lot of the bars are closed after 2am (we had dinner around 11) but we found a place called “Groucho Bar” (or something and went in). We had a great time there, but nothing like what Matthew had. After charming the bartender and a local, the one local guy decided to give him his t-shirt that had the Groucho logo on it. Because of this, Matthew decided to give him his t-shirt from his bar. So they both changed t-shirts in the bar. Nekkid men all around. So funny!! After that, we went back to the apartment.
And now it’s 3:45 and I’m typing up this entry. Not too sleepy, but I need to go to bed. We have another fabulous day in Barcelona awaiting us.
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