DAY 1: Segrada Familia, Boqueria, Casa Batllò
We started with a breakfast overlooking the Segrada Familia, Antony Gaudí’s famous (still unfinished) masterpiece, before a tour inside and outside. Absolutely incredible. As I entered I genuinely thought they’d lit the place with coloured LED lights 🤣 but no it’s the stained glass window creating a rainbow of light. One of Gaudí’s signature moves is making the most of the light available and somehow managing to make even the underground crypt bright and well lit.
After paella for lunch we walked to the Boqueria market, one of the best fresh food markets in the world. Tasha got very excited.
In the evening we went for tapas and sangria then had a night time tour and drinks at Casa Batllò, one of the principal houses designed by Gaudí. It was gorgeous to see this house in the evening light, all twinkling and shining.
Total of 25,000 steps, ready for another busy day tmw
DAY 2 – Park Güell
Visited another of Gaudi’s creations, Park Guell. We nearly died getting there cos it’s at the top of a massive hill, overlooking the city.
They bloody love Gaudí here. He died after being hit by a tram, and his funeral was this huge event like Princess Diana’s.
Our tour guide told us that Gaudí was very likely gay, maybe that’s why he put all those rainbow colours in the Sagrada Familia windows 🤣
After Park Guell we had tapas and sangria at the Boqueria, then wandered down to the harbour to hang out in the sun, watch the billionaire boats here for the Americas Cup, and have more food.
I have only experienced tuna out of a tin and didn’t like it, so never bothered with it again, but I had a tuna tartare and my god, it’s one of the best things I ever ever eaten!!!! See you are never too old for new experiences 🤣
After that we went for a cocktail making evening in a cute little bar in the gothic quarter, where we made margaritas, mojitos, Moscow mule, sex on the beach, espresso martinis and pina coladas, and made friends with a German couple who taught us how to call people a slag in German. Tasha also tried to get me to go and get a tattoo of a spoon.
All in all this was a great day!
DAY 3
We were meant to go on a boat trip and swim in the sea, but it was cancelled cos it was too windy and choppy. This is probably a good thing because Tasha was very hungover 🤣
So instead we went to the Moco modern art museum.
This is the third Moco gallery I’ve visited, alongside London and Amsterdam. The London one has larger gallery spaces so there are larger artworks and sculptures on display. The Amsterdam one is in a house, so the galleries are smaller and more intimate.
The Barcelona one is tiny and barely covers more than one room so really is for hardcore modern art lovers only.
after being modern art wankers we ate loads of paella, and wandered around the gothic quarter, which is a really nice place, a network of lanes full of artisanal and quirky shops, tho I don’t think they took us seriously as customers cos Tasha was wrapped in a towel and I had a towel on my head cos it was a bit showery.
DAY 4
Our final day, so we went to an observation deck in a tower that from the outside looks horrible and dirty and ugly, but inside there’s a beautiful mini exhibit about the life of the city, with huge screens that are updated every second with information about the weather, climate, wind, water, sunlight etc.
The top of the tower is a 360 degree view of Barcelona and a sculpture of clouds overhead that you can clamber about in.
After that we spent the afternoon in the Boqueria market again because we love it there. Tasha’s absolute highlight of this entire trip is the tomato bread.
Farewell Barcelona, you have been amazing