I got back Sunday evening from an unforgettable Spring Break. Between Barcelona, Madrid, London, and Paris I was pretty spoiled with some amazing destinations and lucky weather! Sorry for how crazy long this will probably be, but that’s the only way to do it justice. I decided to break the trip up into parts so that it’s a bit more manageable. Here is Barcelona!
I began my trip traveling to Barcelona with Jin and Sterling. We made it an early morning but luckily we could see a ton of the city on Friday. It was sunny and around 60 for most of the day, which was a nice change from Vienna. Somehow we made it to all of these cool destinations in the form of a giant circle, spending a lot of the day walking the city and being outdoors. We stayed in a small but comfortable apartment about five minutes walk from the coast and near the city center. Here is a picture of the view from our balcony:
We headed towards the Christopher Colombus statue and got our first glimpse of the port. 
As we walked through the city to our first couple destinations, we actually ran in to a few cool places already.
The Palau de la Generalitat houses the president’s offices of Catalunya. 
A look at the Cathedral of Barcelona. 
Inside the Cathedral–this isn’t even the coolest one yet.
We had to stop for a picture of the Barcelona sign:
We headed over to the Sagrada Familia. Even though I’ve been to this beautiful cathedral before, it was still breathtaking and so overwhelming to take in. I am so glad we went back! It was great to learn about Antoni Gaudi again, who’s very distinct architecture is seen all over Barcelona.
Then we walked up the city a while to see another Gaudi work, Parc Guell.
We stopped at a market on Las Ramblas for some lunch! I got an empanada and some chocolate strawberries.
Later that night we saw the Font Magica and walked around the city a bit more.
On Saturday we took it a bit easier but still saw some really cool things. We started the morning at the Picasso Museum and learned a lot of interesting things about his young life and the progression of his works.
After the museum we needed some churros and chocolate as a pick-me-up. The chocolate in Spain is served as really thick hot chocolate.. Yum!
Then we went to Parc de la Ciutadella and had some fun with the bubble makers, fountain and mammoths.
After visiting the park, we decided to take a trip to the beach. Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite as warm as we had expected and so you can see we needed a jacket and jeans the entire time. But that didn’t stop us from dipping our feet in the sea!
The beach must not have wanted us because it started pouring! Luckily this was the only real weather issue we had over the break. We worked our way to new shopping mall that was converted from an old bull fighting ring. We also did dinner on the roof of the ring, which offered some really cool views. My dessert was amazing, but I actually forgot its name so here is a picture.
On Sunday morning we went to one of the best brunches in Barcelona. We were fortunate enough to enjoy this meal outdoors and it was fantastic!
Afterwards we went to another Gaudi house, Casa Batllo. We also made it to the FC Barcelona stadium, Camp Nou, for a few pictures before we left for the train station.
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