Ma Gutha Barthalona

High school Spanish classes did not properly prepare me for the Barcelona accent.  They sound like they have a lisp.  Let's be honest, I don't remember that much anyway, but now I don't feel so bad for forgetting about my Spanish lessons that I signed up for before I left.  I wouldn't have been able to understand it anyway.

Barcelona was beautiful.  We were so lucky to have been able to stay with my friend Allison's friends, Missy & Christian.  They had such a cute apartment in El Raval, not far from Las Ramblas. We were able to walk to pretty much everything, and walk we did.  We saw the Barcelona Cathedral, Segrada Familia (Gaudi’s masterpiece), many other churches, and the Picasso Museum. We grabbed food and ate at the beach on the Mediterranean Sea one day and took a lift up to Montjuic, which had stunning views of the city, another. We ate lots of paella and tapas - the Patatas Bravas from Bar Tomas were to die for.