So I'm back to the studio in Berlin after a great long weekend in Barcelona, Spain! We saw some really great things, kept ourselves constantly moving. We couldn't have asked for better weather, Friday it rained but we almost had someone get pick pocketed, the airport lost our luggage-found it- then lost it again. So we got off to a rocky start but day 2 on brought nothing but perfect weather, awesome sites, and the beach!
The first building we saw happened to be in window view from our apartment. The famous Sagrada Familia by Gaudi was RIGHT across the street. The exterior is under construction and is not expected to be complete any time soon. It is surrounded by scaffolding and cranes so I dont think we expected the interior to be as amazing as it was. This may have been the best thing we visited in Barcelona. Below is an image from the window of our apartment along with one of the interior.
On Friday we went to Par Quel which is basically at the top of Barcelona where there is a square, homes, and other designs by Gaudi. We visited this on the perfect day, sunny and warm...here are some photos from Par Quel.
After Par Quel we visited the Barcelona Pavilion by Meis van der Rohe.
After the Barcelona Pavilion (seen above) we entered the MNAC museum. Here was saw some Pablo Picaso originals. We sat and had beer on the outside patio overlooking Plaza de Espana. We waited for the Magic Fountain show (you can watch it on my flickr account, follow this link http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwilldenn/5506165041/ ) and then I got some good night photos of the fountain and MNAC museum.
That night we went to Carpe Diem Lounge Club (Sara hooked us up with a VIP pass into the club. On Saturday we went to Casa Batillo by Gaudi, took a tour in Palau de la Musica Catalania and the market. This was the best day of the trip in terms of weather and we mafde it to the beach finally!
Saturday night we went to dinner at the highly recommended restaurant ( by Steph and Sara) Da Greco and it was very delicious. I got the filet Mignon and it was perfectoooo. At this place they bring each guest their own plate of course, but unlike any other restaurants, the bring another plate of each person dish for the rest of the table to split.
After dinner we went to "chupitos" which means shots. This place just has a wall as a menu and its all crazy and outrageous shots. All of which are delicious and have some sort of action required. The first one we took was called Harry Potter, the bartender lit it on fire, we also did one called "pop rocks" where you had to eat a hand full of pop rocks candies and then hold the shot in your mouth and jump around haha. We had a long day on sunday so we did not stay here all night which I'm sure was a good choice.
the Harry Potter
On Sunday we went into the Sagrada Familia, it was also the day of the Marathon in Barcelona so the city was crazy packed. Our flight to Berlin was smooth, we had a layover in Amsterdam so i had time to have a Heineken in Holland, I figured...when in Rome. So now that I have procrastinated my way into a time crunch, I need to get off of vacation mode and into work mode. Mid semester review in 2 days then STEPH COMES for the week!
Keep ya posted.
-Juan
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