In late December, my husband and I took a ten day honeymoon to Spain. We hit Barcelona, Tarifa, Tangier, Granada and then back to Barcelona. Busy ten days, but so worth it. The food, the wine, the flowers, the buildings, the wine….. There’ are so many photos, I’m going to break up my posts by city. Hope you enjoy!
-Boqueria Market-
These are a few photos from the Boqueria Market in the heart of La Rambla, a busy strip in Barcelona. We stumbled across these bright stands after wandering around after dinner one night. I highly recommend stopping by, every stand has an incredible selection. The lights and colors alone are unbelievable, especially against the night sky. You can’t go wrong with anything you pick up here.
A side note about La Rambla: Its a great pedestrian strip filled with stalls selling anything from key chains to birds, local street artists in intricate costumes become human statues and cute street cafes offer food and drinks. Its great, but overpriced and doesn’t hold the best food Barcelona has to offer. Definitely take it in, but adventure down some of the side alleyways to find authentic tapas.
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Breakfast Steak. mmmmm.
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The Kissing Tree
Gorgeous Cyclamen
Dusty Miller plant
Park Guell is an incredible park designed by Gaudi. It’s a hike to reach (it’s up a number of hills) but it has a beautiful view of the city. With its different tiers, it’s like a little hidden cove with huge trees, colorful flowers and really interesting architecture. Gaudi was known for his eccentric designs (as you’ll see in a second) and this is no exception. There are so many beautiful photos to be taken here, but unfortunately the camera I had then didn’t want to cooperate. At least I got a couple of good ones!
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We took the Metro to see Sagrada Familia. Walking up the steps to the street, you turn around and there it is! It’s not only enormous in size, but it holds such a strong presence. I couldn’t even tell you how many angles, scenes and views there are of this one church. The amount detail is unbelievable. The project was started in 1882 by a different designer that shortly there after retired and Gaudi took over. The completion year is estimated between 2026 and 2028. Yikes. Cant wait to see where it goes.
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Graffiti Art
The street art in Barcelona is really cool. There are so many different styles and techniques used and they all pop with color. Again, I could have taken hundreds of pictures of each piece, but my camera hated me. Ugh.
If you’re interested in more Barcelona Street/Graffiti art, check out:
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I could go on and on about Barcelona, but for the sake of space I’ll hold off until another post.
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