Barcelona Day Three

Our last day in Barcelona was Isabella's birthday.  She was so excited that she woke up at 4:30am and brought Jack with her.  :)  Needless to say we were all a bit tired.  Isabella opened up the birthday gifts that we brought with us, we ate a yummy breakfast and then headed to the La Boqueria market.  The La Boqueria is an amazing place full of every type of fruit, vegetable, meat, seafood, and olives imaginable.  In the afternoon, while Jack and Charlotte were resting, Steve and Isabella headed to Gaudi's Casa Batlló.  Isabella watched a documentary on the Casa Batlló before we went to Barcelona, and it was the one thing she really wanted to see.  It is an amazing house with balconies at the lower floors that have bone-like pillars, those on the upper floors look like pieces of skulls. These features gave the house the nickname 'House of Bones'.  The colorful scaled roof looks like reptile skin, and represents a dragon.  The inside is just as unique as the outside.  We ended our day with a birthday dinner at Hard Rock...where it's so loud it doesn't matter that the kids are loud too!  :)

Barcelona Day Two

On our second day in Barcelona we headed out to see the La Seu Cathedral, which is the gothic church only a block from where we stayed.  We then headed towards the Marina, where we also saw the monument to Christopher Columbus.  After we spent some time there we walked up the Las Ramblas again and stopped for some lunch.  After some rest we went to see Sagrada Familia, the famous cathedral by Gaudi.  On our way there we found a cute park for the kids to play. 



The plaza of the La Seu Cathedral




La Seu Cathedral



We loved the beautiful walk through the Gothic Quarter to the Marina

Monument to Christopher Columbus

Stopping for lunch

These beautiful frescos are all over the Gothic Quarter

Who knew that the world's best coffee would
be beyond this door!



Sagrada Familia