One of our best days! We caught the train to Montserrat and took a cable car ride to the top of the mountain to see the black virgin. When you enter the basilica the center is open air with a large circular tiled floor. People would stand at one end of the circle and remove their shoes and taking turns, would walk to the center of the circle and close their eyes and raise their arms up to the statue on the basilica (I think this is Christ). I did this as well but I’m not entirely sure what the history is here. Inside is the black virgin where newlyweds go to ask for a blessing on their marriage. We did this from a distance because the line to get up to the statue would have taken all day. Inside the basilica was beautiful. I can’t even begin to describe all the detail and hanging lanterns that lined the sides of the interior of the basilica. From here we hiked the walkway to the cross (Mirador de Saint Miguel), which was about a 30-minute walk from the basilica. The views from this point were incredible! It was absolutely breathtaking. The mountains loomed above us and the valley was beautiful scenery below. From Montserrat we took the train and subway to Parc Guell. Now a public park. This is where Gaudi intended to build a community of 60 dwellings. Only 2 houses were built and they are very unique. In addition to the 2 homes there is the wavy bench that is decorated with ceramic tile fragments and the lizard fountain that spits water. Before seeing the homes and the bench we climbed to the top of the park, which was several flights of stairs. Here we had a fabulous view of Barcelona. It was a great excursion and amazing to see some of Gaudi’s work. We definitely got in plenty of exercise today!!! We headed back to the metro stop Placa de Gracia, near our hotel. We were tired and hungry so we stopped at an outside café for a cerveca and some tapas as an accordion player serenaded us. We intended to go back out for dinner but we went back to the hotel, changed, went out for one more beer then decided to get some sleep. Long day, lots of culture, lots of walking and we saw some of the most wonderful scenery and architecture this day.

Today we hit the Barcelonetta (took the subway)  and dipped our toes into the Mediterranean.  The beaches were nice with shower stands to wash off the sand and plenty of topless women!  We sat in a small beach café and sipped on a mojito and enjoyed the sun.  After walking around the coast in the Barcelonetta we went in search of dinner at El Quatro Gats (the 4 cats – recommended by Bill and Lane)  There we had a fabulous dinner.  Jeff had the Lamb shoulder and I had the famous Monkfish stew.  Dinner was topped off with a special treat of cava (champagne) from the waiter.  From here we toured the street of La Born where we stopped off for some vino tinto and San Miguel (beer).  Patrons were enjoying cocktails and tapas.  This was a fun area filled with little bars and restaurants.  Once again we finished our evening with a small pitcher of sangria at the cerveceria around the corner from our hotel (hoppin’ bar!!!  Always packed.) 

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! 

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