Well, I’m happy to say our opinion of Barcelona improved after seeing more of it during the day. We woke up after a good night of sleep at our hotel, the Confortel Auditori. I recommend the place; very clean and had everything we needed in a good location and nice staff. We left our bags after checking out and then started our walking tour of Barcelona! (Ok, not really a tour since it was self guided and made up as we went, but essentially like a tour!)
We realized our hotel was only a few blocks from La Sagrada Familia so we headed that direction first. This is a very famous church designed by Antoni Guadi that wasn’t finished before we died and still isn’t. So, every time you go there it is a little different because it is still being worked on (at a very slow pace it seems).
Before actually making it to La Sagrada Familia, we realized we were hungry and made a spontaneous decision to eat at a Japanese restaurant, which we weren’t even sure was open because no customers were inside, but a waitress ushered us in so we decided to try it out. It seemed a little silly, having Japanese in SPAIN, but we were hungry and it looked nice. And we were pleasantly surprised by how tasty it all was. And very reasonably priced!
After lunch, we headed to the church. I have many pictures of the outside, but none of them really do it justice. It’s extremely impressive architecture and in size; almost too much to take in at once. I’m sure the inside is impressive as well, but we had too many other things to check out so we moved on.
We started the long walk to La Rambla, a very famous street in the barrio gotic (Gothic district/neighborhood). We passed by many buildings with unique architecture on our way, as well as La plaza de Catalunya (or something like that), which I’d heard of before but wasn’t exactly sure what we would find. We were greeted with protesters in the plaza who had put up signs on all the statues and monuments. It was strange, so we didn’t stand there too long. Oh, and everytime we crossed at a street corner, Keegan would tell Tay & me to guard our purses J. Of course, I also had on my money belt (hope that makes you happy Madre!), so I wasn’t that concerned. J
We finally got to La Rambla, and it was an interesting street indeed. Lots of tourists, street vendors, people acting like statues, etc. The street goes all the way to a port by the ocean, so we followed it to there and grabbed a taxi. Then we got our bus tickets and bags and headed to Palamos!
It was a really pretty bus ride from Barcelona to Palamos. I love seeing the mountains, city, and beach/ocean all very close by. I started to enjoy the ride less at the end when I relized I drank way too much water before boarding, but once we made it to Palamos I was much better! We took a quick taxi to the apartment, which Taylor and I are in love with (I think Keegan is, too, he just expresses his emotions less). It’s the perfect sized place for the 3 of us, decorated so cute and filled with everything we could possibly need. And the view from the balcony STILL takes my breath away. Absolutely incredible. You can see the beach, ocrean, cliffs, and some other apartments and houses all at once. I can’t wait to put up pictures!
We had a nice meal at the little restaurant at the base of the apartment last night and then got settled in. After a quick walk on the beach, we called it an early night. This morning, we walked to the “supermarcat” just down the road to stock up a bit, had breakfast, and then hit up the beach! It’s so nice and relaxing. We love it here. Keegan and I got some fruity drinks at the bar right by the ocean, and then we all came back up to the apartment for lunch. Then after a little rest we took a walk to the old town area of Palamos, which is very nice and fun to walk around. Unfortunately, many places are closed because we forgot it is Sunday, so we are going to go back another day. Now we are resting again then heading to dinner somewhere nearby.
I’m definitely not going to want to leave this amazing place for a few days. Spain is beautiful and the weather couldn’t be more perfect! J Adios for now amigos!
~Kait
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