Little Barcelona (La Barceloneta)

We are starting to get a little travel-weary, so this is going to be a short post. Enjoy the millions of photos we took yesterday and today. If you have any questions, too bad. :) Just kiddin'-shoot them at us!

We saw so much of the city the past two days, and have now successfully visited all of Antoni Gaudi's major architectual works ( …

Barcelona Día 1 Llegamos a Gerona, unos 80 km, pero muy rápido , en unos 50 minutos , una hora máximo hay un bus que te deja en Sants, de ahi se toma el Metro a cualquier destino. Todo impecable. Ganesh nos estaba esperando, así que después de una reparadora ducha, nos invito a comer a "Las Brasas", muy buen lugar en Pl&# …

... we all hit the sack. A great day today. Both the kids were thrilled, the park entry was discounted because of the Barcelona Card thing we have, and it was perfectly sized ... big enough to be a great experience, but not so big that it was overwhelming or ...

... . Its so cute, Samuel and Ella got these kid's version Swiss Army Knife type things on the SpanAir flight we caught in to Barcelona, ... and Samuel is obsessed with it. Always wants it. Always holding it. Loves playing with it. ... Its pretty cool. Has a ...

... to home across from the Cathedral. Ambiance is nice. Food just ok. I have found a new favorite in Barcelona. "Bravas". French Fries with a spicy sauce and a bit of sour-cream, mayonnaise type stuff. Really yummy. Then, back home, and another go at ...

... Skype at the same time I am and I send him a chat message joking, "dude. In a back alley in Barcelona. Thugs nearby. If anything goes down, i'm texting you and you call the cops. : )". We trade some more joking messages back and forth ... and then I see ...

... We spent a whole afternoon with two of the Spaniards we kept stalk... I mean ¨running into¨ in Vietnam. Sonia and Enric took us on a Barcelona walking tour, complete with a fabulous tapas lunch. It happened to coincide with the Day of Music put ...

... big plaza, where major streets intersect. Upon noticing that there seemed to be a lot of motorscooters and motorbikes parked here, I later learned that Barcelona has indeed the most motorcycles of any European city, due to the constant good climate. ...

... was English Premier League football. The absolute best part, though, was that our shower had a shower curtain. I watched the Barcelona football game at a plain little casino full of guys with spiky hair. I needed a key to unlock two doors and a child ...

... in a very special way. ... But, I will be honest, I'm also quite excited about the next leg of our journey. Next stop ... Barcelona, Spain ... just a quick 45 minute plane ride away. As soon as we land in Barcelona, its clear that 'we aren't in Kansas ...

... So we went onwards back into the subway. We surfaced near to 'La Rambla' area. This is the buzzing center of Barcelona, and apparently pick-pocket central in the evening. The street was filled with touristic eateries and souvenir shops so we headed ...

... that is the symbol of Barcelona, La Temple De La Sagrada Familia. This cathedral was the work of one of Barcelona (and Spain's) most famous architect, Antoni Gaudi. The temple is breathtakingly large and hasn't been completed, even though it's been ...