Day 2 - Barcelona

Today we woke up at 8am, had breakfast then ventured out to absorb the city. We started the morning at Sagrada Familia, another one of Gaudi's masterpieces, though it's still in construction. When asked when he would finish it, Gaudi replied "well it doesn't matter, god has no time limit." Unfortunately we were only able to see the outside of the church as the line was ridiculously (and I mean ridiculously) long, I have never seen anything like it. However the church outside was out-of-this-world incredible, I was amazed at the detail and his subtle use of colour. 

 

Then we caught the metro and went to explore the "Barrigotic" area which translates to "Gothic" area. I love the narrow streets they're so vintage and mysterious haha! We also found another beautiful church, however we were chased around by a "headless" man which was a slight buzz kill lol.

We then thought we'd pay a visit to Plaça  Reial and grab some tapas for lunch (after we saw on insta that the model, Jessica Stein has just visited there haha). I loved the pink mojitos and crispy potato tapas! 

For dinner we went to Granja Petit Bo. I had a freshly squeezed kiwi, apple and lemon juice, we've noticed that most of the juice in Barcelona is freshly squeezed which is a refreshing change from sydney haha! I also had wonderfully cooked lasagne with fresh sourdough bread, the lasagne was quite different to what I'm used to as it had 4 different cheeses, part of it was quite similar to a soup and it had eggplant (But I think I still prefer my mum's lasagne haha)  

We headed to the terrace bar on top of Hotel 1898, yes it was a four star hotel and no we weren't guests...needless to say we felt pretty posh being there! We were lying on an outdoor bed sipping on cocktails haha. Definitely a rooftop with a view!!

Day 1 - Barcelona

My European adventure has finally begun! I met up with Alise and Chiara in Barcelona this afternoon. After spending 22 + hours on planes, I'm exhausted but forcing myself to stay awake, but oh boy I'm feeling jet lagged. The hostel we're staying at in barca is super nice. It's very clean, breakfast is included, there are computers and most importantly - there's free wifi (Mecca for any traveller on a budget). We have just come back from visiting the Gaudi house, which was a pretty surreal experience, I've never really seen anything like it. 

Barcelona is a beautiful city, the large commercial spaces act as a contrast to the more traditional forms of architecture.

Chiara, Alise and I were just discussing how strange it is that it is so light at 8pm at night, it feels like it's 3pm! Apparently it stays this light till 10pm. On the bright (no pun intended...) side it helps with the jet lag haha! We're planning on having an early night tonight so we're just going to go round the block to an italian restaurant, I really just feel like something fresh and simple - so over plane food!