Lori and I ran away to Barcelona to celebrate the end of the year and to say 'hello' to summer. We stayed near Catalunya Square and La Rambla. Our 4 days included lots of walking around, viewing historic sites and museums-- my favourite was the Picasso Museum. We ate lots of tapas which were so yummy. My favourite were the chicken croquettes-- Mmmm... We also lucked out in that we happened upon a human tower competition, something which occurs more in the provinces than in the city.
Barcelona is such a neat city and Lori and I quickly turned to the European way of life. We slept in, had a later breakfast, wandered around the city for a bit, had tapas and sangria, then wandered back to the hotel for an afternoon nap, then around 10p.m we'd head out for dinner. I could totally get used to this type of lifestyle!
We got to see some neat architecture by Gaudi such as La Segrada Familia. La Segrada Familia will be etched indelibly in my mind as it was there that I caught my shoulder on a piece of wrought iron fencing as I tried to hop it. I was left with a nasty gash which has now turned in to a nice scar about 3-4 inches long along my shoulder. That'll teach me to try to hop fencing that has modernist art attached to it!
This was such a nice way to come down from the end of the year and begin enjoying summer. From Barcelona, I went on to Prague...
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