Railing thru Europe: Stop 2.2 Spain – Barcelona
Barcelona, a city hosting some of the world’s most famous and unique architecture is just about 2-3 hours away by train from Madrid; even though it takes a longer traveling time, we chose to take the night train instead so that we can spend a little more time in Madrid and also to save on accommodation. We would also be able to reach Barcelona early in the morning and gain an extra few hours for sightseeing.
Finally reach Barcelona Sants Station in the morning after being on the train for 8 hours!
Palau de la Musica Catalana
Barcelona Cathedral - undergoing some reconstruction work
Interior of the Cathedral
well equipped kitchen of our hostel to cook lunch! Cabonara anyone?
Monument a Casanova
Barcelona's Arc de Triomf
Museu de la Xocolata
You can just rent a Vespa if you got a license and just ride around Barcelona with ease!
This building is actually the exterior of a fresh market
Placa de Catalunya
One of Gaudi’s famed works – Casa Batllo
Casa Amatller
Another one of Gaudi’s Masterpiece – Casa Mila ( Le Pedrera)
The famed street of La Rambla
you’ll find many street performers here on La Rambla
Good old Carrefour, great place to stock up on cheap groceries!
Gotta hand it to this guy… no idea how he can manage to stay ‘floating’ on just a stick
Palau Gaudi
Mirador de Colom, a monument dedicated to Christopher Columbus
Placa Real
The next day, we decided since we went to the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid wouldn’t it be weird if we gave the Camp Nou a miss??
Yeah baby! finally got my hands on the stadium and museum tour tickets!
Players shower room with jacuzzi!
The players even have a small chapel to say their prayers before heading to the pitch
In english it basically means 'more than a club'
Drinking Shangria while watching the world cup!
Mr and Mrs Smith?!?
The next day after checking out from our hostel, we moved to a self contained apartment near Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia and Parc Guell.
Hospital de Sant Pau
Front the courtyard of Hospital Sant Pau we could see the vague outline of the Sagrada Familia
Grabbed a cola flavoured ice popsicle n the way to Parc Guell... haven't had that in ages!
Gaudi's house
Yee could'nt resist taking a picture of this cat sleeping on the side of the road... haha!
Finally we are in sight of Barcelona's landmark icon!
After strolling the beach, we went back to our usual hangout place to have dinner and watch the World Cup
That’s it for Spain, the next stop would be South of France, Montpellier!
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