Adoro Barcelona!

i guess that means, 'i love Barcelona!'...and I DO. seriously, i have already began making plans to move back there and ride bikes on the beach and drink Sangria everyday. out of the handful of European cities i've visited this year, Barcelona easily trumps them all. everywhere you look there's a beautiful building, or a statue, or a giant sculpture/artwork...the food is amazing, there's palm trees everywhere, the shopping was great, the nightlife was great. there's not many places i would say that i would go back to so soon, but i'm not kidding, i would go back there TOMORROW.

so, can you tell i had a great time? :) the three of us - me, nikki and philly - got in on friday evening, had a huge fiasco at the airport that entailed going to the wrong baggage claim terminal, and then having to exit the ENTIRE airport and go back through security just to get to the correct one, but once we (finally) got our bags and made our way outside into the warm weather, the trip was uphill from there.

nikki, philly and me at Rosa Negra, where i had margaritas, fresh guac and burritos! i was in calorie heaven

in front of Sagrada Familia...i hate standing alone in front of landmarks, feels goofy. brad calls that my '80's Euro vest' - it was CUTE

these guys operate a company that runs these bicycles all over Barcelona - we grabbed some sangria and took a ride up and down the beach

nikki and me in front of the Colom statue - Christopher Columbus. i always forget he was Spanish. please note my high-waisted jeans that i rocked with a skinny silver belt and tucked in white shirt. i am so fashionable.

so - Barcelona was incredible, and it quickly became my favorite European city. i would definitely recommend visiting it...it's one of those cities that you can just walk around in all day and experience the culture and the atmosphere - you don't have to pay to go into places or go to all the typical landmarks.

next up - Legoland in Denmark. strangely, i am so much less excited for that trip...