Thursday, November 18, 2010

Sun, fun and beautiful buildings on the shores of the Mediterranean

I’m really excited to share this album. They’re from a recent trip Rupert and I made to sunny and warm Barcelona. Unfortunately we only had three days there but we loved every minute of it. As well as checking out Barcelona’s famous architecture and soaking up the atmosphere (with the help of some tapas and lots of sangria and Estrella), we were also able to spend an afternoon in a sports bar watching the last race of the formula one season… if only Mark Webber had won!

We stayed in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona – this place has so much character and so many beautiful buildings. The highlight was the inside of the Catedral de Barcelona (unfortunately the outside was covered in scaffolding)

Catedral de barcelona

Barrie Gotic (Gothic Quarter), Barcelona

Barrie Gotic (Gothic Quarter), Barcelona

There were three other things that jumped out as we walked through Barcelona:

1. Colourful buildings

Building in BarcelonaBuilding by architect Antoni Gaudi in the Park Guell


2. Happy couples – maybe it’s the Mediterranean air
Couple by waterfront at Port Vell

3. Bikes and scooters – so technically this is two things. While the push bike rentals all across the city are a great idea, they’re for residents only. This means poor old tourists have to walk everywhere!
BarcelonaRental bikes in Barcelona

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