Oops, got distracted before I could finish the trip! From Navarra we are off to Barcelona. Four days (but really two and half) was not really enough, but we did get to see a good number of Barcelona´s long list of sights: climbing up to Montjuic castle, checking out the magic light show at the Montjuic Fountain, going inside the amazing Sagrada Familia cathedral, and taking a day trip to the mountain monastery of Montserrat were all news ones for me! We also had time to visit the Barceloneta beach, get lost in the Barri Gotic, took a taxi drive-by of the Casa Batlló, and watched a whole lot of World Cup games, most memorably the US-Portugal game at 2 in the morning in an Irish pub filled with an overwhelmingly American crowd (the most Americans by far that either myself or my sister had been in contact with in about a year, definitely an experience!).
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| The light show at Montjuic, much more impressive than I was expecting! |
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| I may have developed a slight obsession with the stained glass in the Sagrada Familia. |
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| "Give us this day our daily bread" in hundreds of languages. |
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| Up close and personal with the distinctive towers |
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| Barcelona skyline on a misty day. |
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| Montserrat |
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| The Montserrat Abbey |
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| Delicious paella! |
Our last stop was Madrid, a necessity for my dad since he had to catch a flight home :( Luckily we had time before he left to meet up with some old family friends for one perfect last night in Spain. After he left, took advantage of one more day in Madrid to do a little art tour of Madrid (yeah, we're really cool I know). After a quick 2 hour loop through the Prado, jumping around to catch the Velazquez, Greco, Goya rooms plus some other painters my sister had studied we continued on to the Reina Sofia for the modern stuff (skipped to the early 20th century rooms to get the Picasso and Dali rooms before they kicked us out) and ended with the Sorolla museum, one of my favorites in Madrid. We also ate some delicious food of course, and I got a chance to meet up with the English coordinator at my new school for coffee. Still hard to believe in less than 2 months I´ll be calling this crazy city home!
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| We got all this food for FREE. That´s right, order a drink and this massive pile of deliciousness just appears. |
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| Burgers in Chueca. It was magical. |
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| BURRITOS. Maybe my favorite thing about Madrid? |
All in all it was a perfect trip and I´m so glad I got to share my new home with my dad and my sister. Next up for me is San Fermin tomorrow, so I´m gonna go spend the rest of the night mentally preparing for the INSANITY that awaits (and laying out my white and red clothes of course!).
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