Travels in Europe

Last day in Barcelona! First on the agenda for today was a trip to the chocolate museum (don’t have to tell me twice). My ticket for this museum was actually an edible bar of chocolate that had a QR code on the back which was kind of fun (and tasty). The museum was a mix…

Started the day with a trip to the botanical gardens. There were mostly trees and shrubs at the moment but they had it divided up into sections based on where they came from (chile, Australia, California, etc.). It was quite quiet in the park, not too many other visitors so it made for a very…

Today was the day of appreciating the works of famous architect Antoni Gaudi. I started the day with a trip to Parc Guël which is not far from my hostel. Inside the park is full of greenery and gardens but also art and buildings designed by Gaudi. There is a house, a couple buildings with…

Started the day off with a trip to Las Ramblas which is essentially one long outdoor street market. There are lots of stalls with food and drinks, souvenirs and chocolates, jewelry, etc. There’s also quite a few outdoor patio style restaurants that were serving huge drinks (like the size of my face, it was unreal).…

On to Barcelona! No post yesterday since I didn’t get up to too much. Not that I did much today either, just sat on a train for almost 7 hours. My tain left from paris mid morning and I spent the 7 hours happily watching out the window. I totally lucked out with my seating…