Barcelona

Before heading south we took a few days to visit Barcelona where we stayed in a hostel that was some sort of converted monastery. We fell in love with the architecture of the city and loved going to Parc Güell, a municipal garden designed by Antoni Gaudí between 1900-1914. Exploring the main streets and alleys of Barcelona stretched on late into the night as we tried to take in as much of the city as we could. On our first evening we enjoyed tapas and sangria along the Passeig de Gracia. Then in the morning we walked down the Ramblas, where we were pretty overwhelmed by all the tourists and performing arts shows in the open-air market. We walked all the way to the sea, then back through the Gothic quarter until we got to the Sagrada Familia cathedral, which they’ve been building forever! They started building it in 1882 and don’t expect to have it finished until 2026. We definitely want to go back and see it because even in its unfinished condition it brought tears to our eyes.

one of the buildings at Parc Güell

in Parc Güell

The Casa Batillo

walking down the Ramblas

the harbour