Saturday, Sept 4 at San Francisco Intl airport, beginning of a new adventure!
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Sunday, Sept 5, in Barcelona! My cozy room at L'Antic Espai Hostal, I immediately fell in love with Barcelona and this little bed & breakfast made it even better :)
http://www.anticespai.com
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The phone in the room, great details.
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Right outside my room on the terrace, these great bird cages, the birds gentle chirping was enchanting.
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Afte settling in, I went walking around the Barri Gotic and Las Ramblas area, and got a little nourishment. Isn't that the greatest way to serve ice cream? and it was delicious as well!
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I took the on and off tourist bus, a great way to get a lay of the land. This building, the Torre Agbar, located in the newer district of Barcelona. I wish I had seen this building at night, I've heard it is all lighted up. I guess next time, and there will definitely be a next visit to Barcelona.
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Back at the hotel to freshen up before dinner. The key to the hotel, my finger! They fingerprint you and that's how you get in the hotel, love it, can't lose your key! :)
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Eating dinner at an outdoor restaurant the first night, it was warm and the people watching was great. I took this picture, as well as many other food pictures with my iPhone, it was also great to look up where I was on maps...highly recommend it, as well as this wild mushroom and smoked mozarella risotto at Millward Brown on Passeig Gracia.
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Back at the hotel I spent a long time out on the terrace, relaxing, I absolutely loved that place!!
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Monday, Sept 6. A great way to start the day, breakfast right outside my door on the terrace.
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Also on the terrace, I could easily picture myself living here.
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My first full day of exploring Barcelona...one of the buildings around Placa de Catalunya
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Placa de Catalunya and pigeons! Pigeons do seem to like squares/piazza/plaza and why not, people feed them...this little girl didn't seem to mind all the pigeons flying all around her.
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On La Rambla, large street filled with stores and many of these human statues that tourists pose with...for money of course :)
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All sorts of things for sale, like these great colorful cactus and succulents.
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And this guy...can't believe that people still fall for this type of thing and actually put their money down!
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Casa Bruno Quadras on La Rambla
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At the end of La Rambla by the waterfront is the Columbus Monument, and also where many of the tourist bus change routes.
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There's good old Christopher Columbus pointing to the Americas? Apparently not..the statue is pointing another direction..don't know why.
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One of the many great buildings around Barcelona
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One of the buildings around Port Olimpic..the modern area of Barcelona by the beach is just as great as the rest
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One of the beaches of Barcelona
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Woven copper fish sculpture surrounded by stores and restaurants
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I spent some time on the beach, I was in heaven! (taken with iPhone)
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Next time I'm in Barcelona, I intend to spend more time just relaxing at the beach.
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My lovely beach surrounded by palm trees...There are no words for how happy I was that day
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One of the buildings in the Diagonal Mar area, a newer area by the beach...this is where I want to buy my apartment when I win the lotto...Ha! Ha!
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On the top deck of the Bus Turistic
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Back in the older part of Barcelona on Passeig de Gracia, two of great houses. First Casa Amatller & Gaudi's famous Casa Batllo (notice the people on the roof, that would be me the next day)
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The advantage of being on the top of the open air Bus Turistic
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Another one of Gaudi's very famous house, La Pedrera
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Placa de Francesc Macia, very hustle and bustle area
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Then on to Montjuic at the Poble Espanyol, built for the 1929 International Exhibition, is an area with different quarters that has the style of houses and architecture from different parts of Spain. There are artisan shops and restaurants It was fun, but a little bit of a downer, many shops were closed, perhaps the economy is hitting them as well :( If short on time, I'd advise on skipping it, but then again, maybe they need more tourists?
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Still at Poble Espanyol, finally I saw a cat, 3 days away from my own kitties, I finally got a cat fix! :)
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Poble Espanyol
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Details of a fountain in Poble Espanyol
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Poble Espanyol
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Poble Espanyol
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Poble Espanyol
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Poble Espanyol
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Poble Espanyol
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I then made my way back to the Marina, what a great place
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After a very busy day, I was ready for a relaxed meal, though by Barcelona's standard having dinner around 6:30pm, was early, but I was hungry and my feet were ready for a rest. To start the meal, a little tapa!
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Seafood paella at the Marina...another moment that I was beyond happy to be in Barcelona. I took this picture with my iPhone, so it's not as sharp as I'd like, but still takes me back to that moment.
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The floor at the restaurant's bathroom, thought it was rather fun
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The restaurant at the marina that I had dinner at.
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Marina in the evening
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