barcelona...part 2

Just a few more shots for you to enjoy!

Street Entertainer on Las Ramblas

Street Entertainer on Las Ramblas

These were sold everywhere!

Crazy restaurant!

Chaos...Chianti...Deep fried goodness

Yum!

Park Guell

Inside Sagrada Familia

Inside Sagrada Familia

Sweet street musicians

barcelona

Spain...July 27th - July 31st

We spent all of our time in Barcelona while we were in Spain.  In Barcelona, we stayed at the Hotel Onix Liceo off of Las Ramblas.  This was great as we were close to all the action without having to hear all the noise at night.  One of the best parts was that it was finally warm! It was so nice to go outside without layering up and being cold.  We could finally start wearing the rest of our clothes that we had packed for our trip because before this point, I wore my jeans EVERY day!

We actually took it pretty easy during our stay in Barcelona.  We saw a couple of the major sights and then spent the rest of the time strolling through the different districts and eating a lot of food.  This was a nice change of pace as we were constantly on the go while in France.

The first major place we visited was the Sagrada Familia Cathedral.  We actually spent a few hours exploring it as it is truly remarkable! We also went to Park Guell which was created by Antonio Gaudi.  This was an interesting park as it was completely unlike the park we had imagined in our minds.  Lets just say that there were more rocks than grass.  Speaking of Gaudi, he designed a lot of buildings in Barcelona and we were able to check out a couple of them...at least from the outside.  Another major thing we did was go to the Flamenco Show El Tablao De Carmen, which I would highly recommend.  The show was fantastic and the tapas and sangria was just as good.

We walked up and down Las Ramblas from the Plaza de Catalunya all the way to the Columbus Statue and Port Vell, which is at the waterfront.  It was fun seeing all of the street entertainers and watching the betting scams unfold and seeing children asking their parents to buy these really annoying noise makers.  We explored the Gothic District and enjoyed the architecture there.  We also saw the Magic Fountain one evening which was quite pretty...if you like fountains.  We had paella that was kind of disappointing, a lot of tasty tapas, and had quite the adventure eating at a local restaurant that our friends Angie and Morten recommended! 

It was a lovely time, so please enjoy the pictures!

 The front of the Sagrada Familia.

 The back of the Sagrada Familia.

 Inside the Sagrada Familia.

 Inside the Sagrada Familia.

 The cross at the top of Park Guell.

 Amazing street entertainer on Las Ramblas.

 Magic Fountain

 Flamenco Dancer

 Flamenco Dancer

Delicious Tapas

honeymoon sneak peak

Three days after our wedding in Chiang Mai, we got on a plane and headed to England for the first stage of our five week long honeymoon.  We went on a really long, extended, and quite extensive honeymoon.  It was amazing, eye-opening, and kind of exhausting by the end of it! We had a fabulous time.

We left Chiang Mai for Bangkok on July 11th and then caught a very late flight to England.  We were in England from July 11th to July 16th.  Then on the 16th, we flew to Holland and were there from July 16th to July 20th.  We took a train on the 20th to France and were in France until July 27th.  On the 27th, we flew into Spain.  We stayed in Spain until July 31st.  Then on the 31st, we flew into Italy.  We spent July 31st until August 14th in Italy.  On the 14th, we flew back to Bangkok, where we stayed for a couple of days until our flight back to Hong Kong on August 16th.  Whew!

We were in a total of 8 countries from start to finish: Thailand, England, Holland, France, Spain, Italy, the Vatican, and Hong Kong.  Even more impressive is the number of places we went to including: Chiang Mai, Bangkok, London, Oxford, Windsor, Aylesbury, Stonehenge, Amsterdam, Paris, Mont St. Michel, Barcelona, Venice, Florence, Cinque Terre (consisting of five villages/towns), Pisa, Sienna, Rome, the Vatican, and of course Hong Kong.  Just writing this makes me tired!

It was an amazing trip and I'm so thankful that we were able to go on it.  I was able to see so much and enjoyed it all.  I loved the sights, the people, the food (although I still can't eat pizza), and most of all the company! :)

On this trip, I took well over 5000 pictures.  Are you impressed? I could have taken so many more, but I did manage to look at some of the sights without a camera lens in front of my eyes.  With all of these pictures, I need to be able to share some of them with ya'll.  Be on the lookout for posts on each country so that I can share even more pictures.  Hopefully these pictures will get you coming back for more! :)

England!

The Netherlands!

France!

Spain!

Italy!