Weekend Trip to Barcelona, Why not? -- February 22nd-24th, 2014
Above and Below: Sights of the port in Barcelona!
Above: The Columbus monument!
Below: Honestly, the best sights around the city! Above: Not a cloud in the sky all weekend! Just the sun!
Below: Views of the water! Above: They looked like little sharks but I can't be sure!
Below: Docked ship along the edge of the water! Above: Views of the water!
Below: Barcelona Aquarium entrance! Above and Below: Inside the aquarium!
Above and Below: Inside the aquarium!
Above and Below: Inside the aquarium!
Above and Below: Inside the aquarium! Some of the fish were so strange!
Above and Below: Inside the aquarium! There was so much to see before getting to the big tunnel!
Above and Below: Inside the aquarium!
Above and Below: Inside the aquarium!
Above: Inside the aquarium!
Below: SHARKS! I was trying desperately not to burst out the JAWS theme song the whole time! Above and Below: Inside the aquarium! I loved the part with the sharks! Who knew it got even better in the tunnel...
Above and Below: Inside the aquarium!
Above: Inside the aquarium!
Below: I found Nemo! Above: This fish was so weird…kind of creepy in my opinion!
Below: The colours of these fish were so cool - look at the neat pattern on them! Above and Below: Crazy looking fish inside the aquarium!
Above: Silly little fish!
Below: Yup, that was just a shark above my head! Above and Below: Going through the tunnel!
Above: Literally floor to ceiling and back to floor of fish! It was so amazing!
Below: Fish inside the tunnel! Above: Right above my head!
Below: So many fish! Above and Below: SO MANY DIFFERENT FISH!
Above: Just the usual shark swimming above me! LOL.
Below: They were having a little party there! Above and Below: Inside the tunnel!
Above and Below: Creepy looking octopi!
Above: Silly octopus!
Below: The second part of the tunnel! Above and Below: Inside the tunnel with all the fishes!
Above: What a funny looking stick type fish this was!
Below: One big lizard inside the aquarium! Above: Funny fish and stingray!
Below: Lizard inside one of the tanks at the aquarium! Above and Below: The cutest penguins around!
Above and Below: I loved the penguins! They were too fun!
Above and Below: Fishes in the aquarium!
Above: Goldfish!
Below: Views from the aquarium windows! Above and Below: Views from the aquarium!
Above: The aquarium gift shop was like ship!
Below: Part of the port! Above and Below: Lunch, Spanish style! I had a sandwich thing (don't remember the Spanish name) but it was super good, a bit spicy but hey, it's Spain! Yummy! The menus had everything in English and Spanish which made it easier!
Above: It took me until Barcelona but I finally had Chunky Monkey Ben and Jerry's ice cream at their store in the food and shopping centre! Spain couldn't get better! LOL.
Below: Breathtaking views! That sunshine was incredible! Above and Below: My first time seeing a palm tree and let me tell you, they were incredible too! This city was just too beautiful!
Above and Below: Stadium in Barcelona!
Above: Arriving at the Magic Fountain!
Below: The beautiful Magic Fountain with the Castle in behind! Above and Below: Me at the Magic Fountain just before finding a spot to watch the show, waiting for sunset!
Above: Such a pretty building!
Below: City views! Above and Below: Too pretty for words!
Above and Below: Sunsets in Barcelona!
Above: Pretty lights!
Below: The show is about to begin! Above and Below: The show is about to begin!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain! It soared into the sky!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain! It was really magical!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: Building all pretty and lit up!
Above: Me at the Magic Fountain!
Below: Snacks - Spanish Style! Above and Below: Chocolate Komodo Dragon! He was huge and entirely chocolate!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above: Inside the chocolate museum!
Below: Arch in Barcelona! Above and Below: The weather and sights were too pretty!
Above: Me at the Arch!
Below: So pretty! Above and Below: Pretty architecture!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell - isn't it amazing?!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above: Making the way through the city centre to the beach!
Below: Ice cream, Spanish style, in February! Above and Below: Beautiful beach and lovely sunshine!
Above and Below: It is easy to see why I didn't want to leave!
Above and Below: Sunny skies and a sandy beach!
Above and Below: Views while on the beach!
Above and Below: No troubles on the beach!
Above and Below: The gorgeous beach!
Above and Below: Me enjoying every second of the trip!
Above and Below: Gorgeous Barcelona Beach! Not a cloud in the sky all weekend!
Above and Below: Such beauty in the lovely city!
Above and Below: The Sagrada Familia!
Above and Below: The Sagrada Familia!
Above and Below: The Sagrada Familia!
Above and Below: The Sagrada Familia!
Above and Below: CHURROS!!!!!!! Best food I had in Barcelona!
Above: Yummy souvenirs from the Chocolate Museum!
Below: Second night Spanish style snacks! |
Above: The streets of Barcelona!
Below: Isn't that sunshine amazing! We didn't even see one whole cloud all weekend while in Spain! Above and Below: Port of Barcelona! There were so many great architectural buildings! This one was huge and super gorgeous!
Above: Some of the ships docked.
Below: Fishes swimming in the sea! Above: Stunning views every turn you looked!
Below: Me being happier then ever to be in Barcelona! Above: Entrance of the aquarium!
Below: Cute fishes! Above and Below: Inside the aquarium! This is all just the entrance before getting to the 30ft tunnel!
Above and Below: Inside the aquarium!
Above and Below: Seahorses!
Above and Below: Inside the aquarium!
Above: If you look on that stick thing, in the middle of the picture, there is a tiny seahorse!
Below: Inside the aquarium! Above: If you look closely, in the bottom right, you will see a white sting ray! I thought it was amazing!
Below: Closer up view! Above and Below: Inside the aquarium!
Above and Below: Inside the aquarium!
Above and Below: The fishes were so bright, tropical, and pretty!
Above and Below: Inside the aquarium!
Above and Below: Inside the aquarium!
Above and Below: Inside the aquarium!
Above and Below: Funny looking fish!
Above: More fish inside the aquarium!
Below: The beginning of the 30ft tunnel! You stood on like a small conveyer and it brought you around the tunnel. The fish and sharks were swimming all around and above you! So amazing! Above and Below: Inside the tunnel at the aquarium!
Above and Below: SO AMAZING!
Above and Below: There were so many cool types of fish and sharks!
Above: That fish looked so grumpy!
Below: Just casually walking with a stingray above my head. Above: Inside the tunnel!
Below: Me with the fishes behind me inside the tunnel! Above and Below: Sharks are so fascinating!
Above and Below: Inside the tunnel!
Above and Below: Inside the tunnel!
Above and Below: Smaller little tanks inside the aquarium!
Above: Me inside the aquarium!
Below: The penguin area of the aquarium! Yes, they really had penguins too! Above and Below: Pretty fishes!
Above: Pretty fish!
Below: Jelly fish! Such creepy creatures! Above and Below: More and more fishes!
Above: Fishes!
Below: Spotted frogs! Above and Below: Breathtaking views of the city!
Above and Below: Sights of the city and water!
Above: City views!
Below: Just casually walking to find the hotel. Does it get better then this? Sunshine, palm trees - start of a great weekend! Above: Picasso statue in the city centre! This is for you Mimsey!
Below: Very typically cute Spanish hotel room! Our hotel host couldn't have been better - giving us maps and everything! Above: The hotel room balcony!
Below: Views of Placa Espanya towers! Above and Below: Arriving at the Magic Fountain!
Above: Looking at the city! So pretty!
Below: Me with Barcelona city views! Above and Below: Arriving at the Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: Sunsets in Barcelona!
Above and Below: Monument at Placa Espanya!
Above and Below: So many different plants and trees I have never seen before! So pretty!
Above and Below: The show is about to begin!
Above and Below: So pretty and it is only just beginning!
Above and Below: Here begins the show of the Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain! It was stunning!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain! The pictures speak for themselves!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain! My jaw was dropped the whole time! Honestly it was incredible!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain! Such pretty colours! Even had music to go with it!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above and Below: The Magic Fountain!
Above: Walking the streets of Barcelona's Gothic Quarter!
Below: The chocolate museum! Literally, when you walked in, the smell was fabulous! Everything is made out of chocolate! Even the tickets to enter where little chocolate bars - all homemade in the museum! Above: Chocolate masterpiece!
Below: Chocolate Messi (Barcelona Football player)! Above and Below: The detail on the artwork is incredible!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above: Inside the chocolate museum!
Below: Me and the chocolate version of the UP House! Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above and Below: Inside the chocolate museum!
Above: Inside the chocolate museum!
Below: Gorgeous weather and palm trees! Above: Arch!
Below: Just the usual orange tree in the streets of Barcelona! Above: The orange trees!
Below: I didn't want to leave the sunshine! Above and Below: Walking up to Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell! It was honestly fabulous!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell! It was beautiful!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Inside Park Guell!
Above and Below: Views while on Barcelona beach!
Above and Below: On the beach!
Above and Below: Amazing weather on the gorgeous beach in Barcelona!
Above and Below: The beach!
Above: The beach - all you could see!
Below: Getting close to the water! Above and Below: It was gorgeous! Even almost got splashed a few times!
Above and Below: The gorgeous beach!
Above and Below: Having fun in the beachy sand!
Above: Fun in the sand!
Below: Danny and I on the beach! Above and Below: Buffet dinner at Fresc Co.! YUMMY!
Above: Inside the restaurant!
Below: The Sagrada Familia! It was gorgeous! Above and Below: The Sagrada Familia!
Above and Below: The Sagrada Familia!
Above and Below: The Sagrada Familia!
Above and Below: Barcelona is so pretty!
Above: The lovely souvenirs I got from Barcelona! I really wish I could have packaged it all up and taken that home! LOL.
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Videos of the Magic Fountain - so amazing!
Above and Below: These are the two videos I took of the Magic Fountain! They don't even do it justice! It was incredible!