SPAIN-Day One

We got to the hotel around 9:30am and I had to get some rest!  Our hotel was located in the Eixample.  Which is right near all of the high end shopping and closest to some of the best restaurants and hotels in Barcelona.  We stayed at the Hotel Alexandra.  I was tired and suffering from a cold on day one of our honeymoon.  However, by 1:00 that afternoon we were out and about walking the Las Ramblas and catching the life of Barcelona.  Las Ramblas is a fun street filled with pet vendors (roosters, turtles, bunnies, ferrets) and movable human statues.  Today we visited the Gothic Cathedral located in the Barri Gotic.  This is an example of Catalonian Gothic architecture dating back to the 13th century.  Inside was beautiful but outside was wrapped due to its ongoing construction.  Today was a true tapas day.  We stopped at a tapas place right near the cathedral first.  We had yummy sandwiches. Then we popped into another Cerveceria for hot bombs (ball of potato and ham with hot sauce and ham)  Later we had some more tapas.  Jeff liked the chicken croquettes and I liked the pan con tomato (bread with tomato).  We topped off our night at what became our favorite nightcap spot for a pitcher of some of the best Sangria! 

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *