Tuesday was the trip home but a few things to note. We hit the Market early to get our juice and to FINALLY try the famous Pinotxo Bar Xiuxo, but they didn’t come till 8AM which was going to put us very close to our flight. Well we decided to wait till 8AM and of…
It was Monserrat day. We started by sleeping in a little (WE were tired!) and exhausted (we had a stressed conversation the night before when we found out that our plane landed 4 hours before the kids! how did that happen!). We started at the Boqueria Market to stock up on supplies. Nuts and oranges and apples.…
We got up early today. Like 8:00am 🙂 Off to the train station to go to Girona! We rode on the high speed Refe train and it only took about 1/2 hour to get there. Once we were there it was about 1/2 mile walk from the train station to the bridges that separate “new…
This is how we feel about La Sagrada Familia. UNBELIEVABLE! Rusty: Hands down, this is the best thing in Barcelona. We parked our scooter and walked in. I knew some about it, but not tons. And literally my breath was taken away. I’ve never seen such a beautiful building. The columns. The sunlight streaming in…
This day was a lot of walking in a lot of heat! We roused ourselves from bed and it was time to hit Barcelona’s newest modern attraction, La Hospital de Something to me. Or, Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau, to everyone else. Designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner, the same guy who did Palau Musica. It…
This day in Barcelona might go down as the most epic vacation day EVER. I cannot even believe all the amazing things we were able to squeeze into one day. It all started at a pastry shop. Forn Boix to be exact. We were looking for a great Nutella croissant we had read about. The…
(Reminder that Rusty doesn’t use capitals or punctuation. Sorry) We were pretty tired and slept later than we thought. We woke up and rushed out the door to experience Barcelona. It was hotter than we thought. Tara wore her cute blue and white dress and the best part was a built in bra which meant…
The temps in Madrid were already miserable by 9am. We ate gross free hotel breakfast at the restaurant next door and paid to add a couple eggs for some protein. Instead what we got was a lot of oil and a little egg. Uggg. Oh well. Our last stop in Madrid was the Reina Sophia.…
Due to going to bed so early the night before, we were up by 5am. But neither of us had slept great. We talked in bed for an hour and then went back to sleep till 9. At least Rusty went back to sleep. I stayed up and listened to him snore. Once we were…
Rusty and I divvied up blogging about Spain. So about half is his perspective, half mine. My parents and Carlie were not driving home until Monday morning. Can I tell you how wonderful it was to leave the kids packing and picking up the house to them? Seriously—it was wonderful. I’ve never had a less…
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