Barcelona - Day 1

Anyone who is friends with me on Facebook will possibly know that I had something of a travellers disaster happen yesterday, but prior to that I was a happy tourist. That will be a whole different post.

We took the train from Montpellier to Barcelona, getting to our apartment late afternoon. The website of the apartments promised views of Sagrada Familia, the Gaudi-designed cathedral, from several rooms. We figured that we might be able to see a corner if it or a spire. We were wrong!

The view from our balcony 

Excuse the blurry night-time shot

S-i-L's uncle lives in Madrid and had driven to Barcelona to meet her, so we went out for tea with him. There's not much open early. Spanish people seem to have lunch from about 2-4 pm and dinner isn't usually until after 8, but we needed to get kids to bed. We found a burger place and had a nice meal.

The next morning Uncle D met us at our apartment and guided us through the public transport system to Montserrat, a monastery up a mountain. It was pretty stunning (and crowded).

Montserrat

By the time we got back to the city it was time to start looking for some dinner, so we wandered past the Sagrada Familia, again looking for something that was open early (and on a Sunday).

It's impossible to get a photo without a crane in it. Construction started in 1882 and it's still not finished!

We found a cute little Mexican restaurant and ate our fill of quesadillas, tacos, and nachos, and finished off with 'Drunk Guavas', guavas floating in tequila. After dinner it was time to say goodbye to Uncle D as he had to drive back to Madrid and, once again, we had to get kids to bed.