We went to a park designed by the architect Gaudi. It is huge… on top of a mountain… and has some interesting buildings, bridges, benches, etc. Every dual camera carrying couple needs a picture of someone taking a...
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Mont Juic Castillo is a military fortress that was upgraded over the history of Barcelona and used up until the ’60s or so. (this is history according to Chris, I have no clue… just along for the the scenery). It is...
So we heard that the thousand plus year old monastery an hour outside Barcelona, tucked away at the top of a mountain, was a must see and we decided we must see it. Nice. To get there we had to take a train, and then a cable car...
The kids often fell asleep in the stroller as we walked and walked annnnnnnd waaaalked. Elora passed out in mid-raisin munching and left a trail of raisins before we figured out what was happening. So we hurried back and snapped...
We found this great park at the end (beginning?) of La Ramblas, a large street with lots of: tourists, shops, street performers, and BIRDS! Elora and Oliver liked all the birds, but it was definitely Elora who had the most fun...
More Barcelona stories… We decided to go to the aquarium because there was a sign that said something like “you haven’t experienced Barcelona until you have seen L’Aquarium!” With advertising like...
The Sagrada Famlia is a Cathadrale that was under construction when Gaudi (famous architect) died. There is a lot of symbolism in the construction. Everything Gaudi did had a very unique design that is just so different you...
Even though it was November and the weather was 55-60 degrees with a bit of wind it felt great to us. Elora for some reason thought she should hike her shirt up and feel the breeze from the Ocean (errr Sea) air.First her pants...
This is a great big elephant in the Parc de la Cuitadella. Neither of us has any clue how to say that word… Queeee-It-e–yyy-a? Eh? Que? Elora crawled underneath some hedges and was having a blast hiding in places...
No blog post of a trip would be complete with out food. The restaurants were good and the desserts were better! There was an awesome pastry shop near the apartment. And we tried every other shop we saw too. The chocolate in...