Spain/Carcassonne: Day 7, 8 and 9

It goes to show how busy we are when we don't have time to post! We wanted to take a quick moment tonight to give you an update on BARCELONA. (Or shall we say, "Bar-thee-lone-ah"-- the lisp is something of a novelty for anyone who's used to hearing Spanish/Mexico, rather than from Spain :) After saying goodbye to our cabin in the Pyrenees, we took off straight to Barcelona, and the beautiful weather as well! We spent our time there at an apartment we found through AirBNB-- which was AMAZING (and very eccentric decor-- but totally amazing to boot)!

We spent Friday night exploring the city-- we were staying right on Rambla del Raval, and super close to the main 'strip'-- La Rambla. (Confusing, but it is what it is!) La Rambla is the main strip of the city, with lots of different neighborhoods nearby. The El Born neighborhood was a favorite of ours, with super tasty food, and amazing nightlife (outdoor concerts start at about 10pm then the whole place becomes a dance party-- also neat, is the fact that the area is totally traditional and beautiful as well!) Saturday we started off by visiting La Sagrada Familia. I would have to say, I'm not personally a Gaudi fan-- but this place was awesome. Even being under construction (still, after over 100 years), it was amazing. Unlike any cathedral we had seen yet. Very very cool, hard to capture in photographs-- we tried regardless. :)

We then spent the day exploring town some more-- from La Boceria (I'm definitely butchering these names, forgive me). Also, please note Bryan's epic 'meat face', and my 'oh-my-gosh-are-those-lavender-cupcake-truffles' face:

After that, we had a blast exploring the city, shopping, and taking tons of pics:

Saturday night consisted of an authentic Flamenco show, which was super neat-- not the best Tapas in town, but definitely worth the show-- it was wonderful!! Hard to take photos of though, so much spinning and stamping (ask me for a rendition. I would be happy to perform a number for you.)

Sadly, this morning we left Barcelona (and Anna, who had to go back to work this week)--after becoming super attached-- and took off to Carcassonne. We hit the beach on the Spanish coastline first, which was awesome! (Jumping in the ocean? Yes please.) A few snapshots of Carcassonne, then we're off to bed! Goodnight!