Barcelona Part One

Hello Barcelona! You know you're in Spain when you're surrounded by Tapas restaurants and hanging pigs legs (with their little cone shaped cups to catch the dripping fat) everywhere you turn.




You know you're in Barcelona when you find yourself face to face with Gaudi everywhere you turn. Let me just say how much I love Gaudi. More on him later, though.




Strolling through the back streets of Barcelona's Gothic Quarter yields countless gems of detail.




Tucked away inside an unassuming building facade, we stumbled upon a hidden church courtyard complete with fountains and white geese.




One of the chapels inside that Gothic courtyard.




As any guidebook-consulting tourist would do, we did a lot of walking along La Rambla. This street, alive with the busy traffic of pedestrians is the perfect place for people watching and is also chocked full of bizarre street performers. All you have to do is look up to see some intriguing architecture.



Here is proof that I'm not the only one who is picture crazy. Here our chef is photographing her zucchini blossom meal at a sidewalk cafe. The chef and the first mate both have wildly better cameras than my own and it is humbling. This is inspiring the future purchase of my own once I can save up enough money. I can't wait.