Showing posts with label Barcelona. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barcelona. Show all posts

Wednesday, 9 April 2014

September 2013: Holiday Of The Year!

When we heard Dean & Nat were getting married in Barcelona, we knew it'll be a big trip. So we planned a bigger trip with family. 

First stop: London, United Kingdom.
1. Mum checking out Picasso at The Tate Modern
2. Big Ben
3. Our pad - The Georgian House in Victoria
4. Watched a production, The West Side Story
5. Browsed at Liberty
6. Checking out more art at The Tate Modern
7. Reunited with our old apartment in Angel, Islington
8. De Chirico's artwork
9. Regent Street


Second stop: Paris, France.
1. The Eiffel Tower
2. Versailles 
3. Cafe Sant Michel
4. The Grand Trianon, Versailles 
5. Versailles
6. Ponte Des Arts
7. The Louvre 
8. Mum checking out the Street Stalls 
9. Putting a 'love lock' on Ponte Des Arts


Third stop: Barcelona, Spain.
1. Dining in El Born
2. Indulging in Spain's jamon! Yummm!
3. Dean & Nat's Wedding Venue! 
4. Cocktails in Milk Bar
5. Exploring El Born
6. Wine Festival in Barcelona
7. Smashed seafood
8. Admiring hand painted signage
9. More venue shots from the Wedding


Fourth stop: San Sebastian, Spain.
1. Monument in San Sebastian
2. Old Town San Sebastian 
3. Our apartment door
4. Shopfront signage 
5. View form our apartment
6. Hike up along the Jesus Walk
7. A couple admiring the beach from the Marina
8. Design & Lifestyle Stores
9. Jesus Walk complete!


Fifth stop: Lisbon, Portugal.
1. Sight seeing in Lisbon's Hop On Hop Off Bus
2. Modern and Contemporary Art in Lisbon
3. Street Art in Amalia
4. Going crazy over the Portuguese Tarts!
5. Street art
6. Galleries
7. View from the Lift
8. View from St George's Castle
9. The park


Sixth stop: Rome, Italy.
1. Walking the streets and stabling on the beauty of Rome
2. Mama Angela's Italian Food. Yum!
3. Basilica 
4. Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art 
5. Spanish Steps
6. Cafe Greco
7. MACRO
8. Photography Exhibition in MACRO
9. Letterpress Workshop


An amazing trip with family and friends. It was hard getting back to the rat-race! :(

Sunday, 26 July 2009

SPAIN: 09/07/09 - Barcelona Day 5


It rained hard on the day we wanted to sight see!! :(


We just bought tickets for those Tourist Double Decker Buses...


The boys got sleepy....


The rain was bad!!! But it eventually died down...


Amazing architecture with so much detail!! Pity that it was still under construction! :(



When the rain died down we made a run for it and took advantage of the clearing...


Sagrada Familia...










With the rain all gone we jumped on top!!!...





Guerl Park....






Amazing view!!!...





SPAIN: 08/07/09 - Barcelona Day 4

St Josep Food Market was amazing filled with vibrant colours, fresh food and drinks!!!


Fruits to Sweets, Meats to Seafood....






Time to do your nails!!!



Brunch: Baguette, Empanadas and an Expresso!


Cute little Swirls!


Feral creatures to lazy turtles....


Carnelians in action...


There was a whole heap of musos and street performances trying to score some Euros!....






The boys wet their pants when they saw this vehicle...


Our Hostel Entrance... where the girls were getting snuck into...


One of GAUDI'S Famous works in Barcelona...


Read closely!... A Metro Station names after my sister! Maria Cristina (Cruz)... NICE!!!



The girls went walk about while the boys checked in...




An amazing lifestyle store with a whole heap of design books! A place I wanted to stay in for a while....




Bumming around trying to figure out what to do...


We walked in the Gothic Area and was amazed with the architecture of the whole block and more...


Look closer at these figures... A trip out with how detailed they were and the angle they were at!











The dude wouldn't get off so I had to take one of his behind!


Getting lost with JR navigating!



Chilled at some random bar.. Very nice inside... Beers and empanadas...





Witnessed an attempted bag snatching right near a church!!!




Dinner!!! Italian food in Spain?! With Filipino Cooks?! LOL. They kept sneaking a peak at us as they recognised our Nationality.


The best Bruschetta ever!!!




A night stroll with the dodgy local Spaniards trying to scam Euros off Foreigners! Boo!


Mr Leather Man was keen on the Street Performers!!! LOL. It was funny seeing one in particular... There was a person in a box dressed as a Monster and had a device to alter its voice to a creepy chipmunk and would scare the crap out of people!! It was hilarious seeing people's frightened reactions!!!