Barcelona Photo Diary - Day 2

After a deep, long sleep we rose bright and early to resume our explorations. First, of course, we took full advantage of the breakfast buffet which the hotel offered, attending to every station; fruit, meat, cooked, sweet, and even slipped a few snacks into our bags for later in the day...money savvy travelers!

Our map reading skills were severely lacking, so we left to find a tour bus so we could find our bearings of the city. Catalunya's Museum of National Art was a stone's throw away from where we were staying, so in search of a tour bus stop, we were sucked in by the absolute magnificence of the museum, and the whole road leading up to it.

We climbed (used the outdoor escalators), right to the top, and were once again astounded by the incredible views of Barcelona's skyline.

From way up there we could quite easily see many post-box red buses circling the roundabout, and pausing at their designated stops, so eventually we tottered back down and hopped on one of our own! Although there is an undeniable romantic quality of simply wandering round a new city, it was quite refreshing just to sit and be carried around, with a running stream of information and history from the tour guide as we went.

We ended up at the other end of Port Vell, so jumped off  and began hunting for our lunch. Tucked away somewhere in one of the back streets of the harbour we found a great little place, just the right mix of modern and rustic.

And these little roasted peppers were amaaaaaazing. Although very salty, so we needed alot alot alot of water once we'd gobbled them all up.

We had a pre-booked slot to visit Gaudi's Parc Guell, so this was our next port of call. The tour bus roamed round the other side of the city, and dropped us at the park just in time! What was once intended to be residential grounds is now a national heritage site, so they're pretty strict about how many visitors get to roam around at any one time.

Think of the work that must have gone into the making of this. And it was only 100 years ago!

Is it just me, or do these little houses look edible? 

Such incredible views from up here too!

And all the lovely coloured tiles and mosaic detailing were just so beautiful I could have cried!

Gaudi's famous dragon, marking the main entrance of the park.  

Safe to say we exhausted all that there was at Parc Guell, treated ourselves at the gift shop - I now have a moasic mug coaster for my cups of tea - and headed back to the hotel. We dropped our stuff and off we went to find a bite for dinnner. We came across Tapa Tapa, quite a modern place, with an easy to read menu, complete with pictures, so we knew exactly what we were ordering. 

Bed time!