My New Favourite City

This past weekend I went to Barcelona and it was such a great decision because it fast became one of my favourite cities and I already want to go back. The first thing I did, in true tourist style, was visit the Sagrada Familía which blew me away. When I came out of the metro I was at the back of the building and I already thought it was the most impressive building I've ever seen. However, when I realised and went to see the front, it was incredible. I don't have the vocabulary to do the architecture justice and I'm not going to try so here are some photos.

 




I went inside and was in awe of how incredible it was, especially the celling and the stained glass windows. Seriously Gaudí was a genius! I could honestly have spent hours looking at celling alone and I would quite happily live in there.

After lunch I then walked up to Park Guell which was a lot different to what I thought it would be. I thought there would be more buildings and it would be smaller, however I was pleasantly surprised with the Park and how big it was. I walked up to the top of the hill where there is basically a big rock that you can climb on and see fantastic panoramic view of the city below, although it was a bit scary as there was no rail around it. While waiting for my slot for the monumental area, I over heard a group of Americans complaining about not being allowed in and that there were no more tickets for 4 hours. One exclaimed that they should close of Manhattan and make people pay for it which definitely amused me. Although why anyone would go to a new city without properly researching times and prices is beyond me but that may just be because I'm a bit of a control freak.

I also went to see the Casa Batlló and Casa Milà and again was very impressed at how amazing Gaudí was.

The following morning I went to Camp Now and did the tour which was great. The stadium is huge and the trophy rooms are very impressive. I'm so glad I finally got to see it and hopefully one day I'll get to see them play at home. I saw them play against Valencia last year which was great although there were only about 30 people who, me included, who wanted Barcelona to win, so I really want to witness the atmosphere in the Camp Nou on match day.

Later I went to La Rambla and the Mercat de la Boqueria which was very colourful although definitely reminded me as to why I'm a vegetarian as the smell of raw meat and jamón is totally not appealing. Then visited the Cathedral, Plaça Catalunya and Arc de Triomf.

 

I also visited Montjuïc where I got the cable car to the top and saw some amazing views of the port and Barcelona.

On the last day before getting the train back to Valencia I spent the day on the beach and I'm so glad I visited Barcelona finally as it's been on my bucket list for a while and it's such a beautiful city and I definitely will be back.