Thursday, April 24, 2008
In Barcelona
| we celebrated my birthday with a 3-day trip to barcelona. one of the perks of living in switzerland is it's so central european that you can practically have daytrips to neighboring countries. of course, the country itself is beautiful and full of interesting sites that you don't really need to go far - unless you've already exhausted all the must-see places and would like to go on a road trip. :) so this year, my birthday trip is to barcelona. last year it was paris, sounds bongga 'no?, but financial-wise, it's just like going to boracay in pinas - well, i am a bargain hunter so others would have it more expensive! we spent 3-whole days bonding, walking, sight seeing, eating, picture taking and more walking! all i can say is, barcelona is a beautiful city, i liked it better than paris, actually! we had low expectations before we went so we were pleasantly surprised at the beauty the city had to offer. when we arrived in barcelona, it was raining so we were a little bit disappointed, but we didn't want to waste our time and our trip, so after we left our luggages in the office of the apartment we were staying in, we started walking around the old town. check out photos here from day 1. there were already lots of interesting sites within the old town and all were walking distance and then went to the casa mila and other nearby attractions. we ended the day at about 11pm, from a paella dinner by the bay in barcelonetta.  day 2, we woke up at around 8am but didn't go out until 11am, we started slow, had breakfast in our apartment and then went out. and guess what? it rained again! but again, there's no stopping us from touring, so off we went to park guell which was just impressive! the rain was on and off when we were at the park but finally and thankfully when we were about to leave at around 2pm, it was all sunny and shiny for the rest of the day. we then went to very popular tourist attraction - the sagrada familia, still under construction since 1882 and they're looking at at least 30 more years for it's completion. we also went to the placa espanya, mont juic, and in poble espanyol where we had tapas dinner and pizza for franco. we got to our apartment at around 11pm, again!  we were finally granted a beautiful day on our last day, my birthday. we had our lunch at the moll d'espanya in port vell - it's not a mall but a park beside the port, went to torre agbar, walked along barcelonetta and finally proceeded to the train station to take us to the airport. oh, i must say, i did a bit of shopping in barcelona, too! where shopping is just heaven! so many shops... so little time! :)  so... until our next adventure... we have another long weekend coming up but looks like we're going to take it easy this time... where to? i don't know yet! :) |
posted by frapr at 2:56:00 PM
what a beautiful city,, hope I can visit that place too.
maybe when the kids are all grown up ,, my hubby and I will do the European trip.. That's our goal ..
Hope your having a nice day....