A Holiday in Spain

I spent last week in gorgeous, sunny Barcelona.  I went with a few friends from school, we got a small apartment in the center of the city and spent the week sitting in sunny placas, looking at art, searching out Gaudi buildings and drinking sangria.  It was a brilliant spring break.

My favorite part of the trip was visiting Park Guell, which has been on my list for a while.  Gaudi designed it as a small self sufficient community compound, but it ended up as a city park.  It has fairy tale buildings and amazing mosaics!  It was so nice to be there in the spring especially, with everything blooming.

We also went to see Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia, which was pretty stunning.  The best part was taking the elevator up to the top of one of the spires.  I could see the construction work, and also had a great view of the city.

The older cathedrals were wonderful, as well.

We took a tram up Montjuic to see the Olympic Stadium, the Catalan Art Museum and the Miro Foundation.  Look at the blue sky!!!

Most of the time, I was in the old part of the city, which was really gorgeous.  All old balconies covered in laundry and narrow pedestrian streets.  There was amazing food.  When we didn't go out for tapas or paella, we shopped at the big market on La Rambla and cooked in our apartment. I ate lots of fresh veg and chorizo and strawberries and gelato.  This was just around the corner from the apartment:

A couple times we walked down to the beach or marina to sit in the sun for a while.  There was an amazing collection of sailboats!

I'm back in Scotland now, using the last week of my spring break to finish up a project that's due next week.  Sadly, my tan is already disappearing.  But Barcelona was incredible, I think I want to go back to Spain, maybe Seville or Toledo?!  Also, there thousands more photos on facebook, if you care to have a look!  Hope you are well.

Adios, amigos!