Sunny, beautiful Barcelona

Square in the Gothic Quarter

Barcelona is beautiful! We had beautiful weather while we were there and incredible architecture surrounds you all the time. Initially we planned to go for a long weekend, but then BK decided to do a visit to the office in Barcelona, so we extended our trip a few more days. Barcelona has been on our list for quite a while, and this trip also just happened to be to celebrate our TENTH wedding anniversary!!  

Way back in the day

Our first day there BK headed off to work, so Baby K and I ventured out to explore a few things on our own. We stayed at Hotel Claris, which is in a great location, just one block off of Passage de Gracia. We had a leisurely morning (but not too much, as mornings with her start around 7), made our way to a small cafe for breakfast, and then went down to the Barcelona Zoo.

Barcelona's Arc de Triomf

If you only have a couple of days in Barcelona you can skip the zoo, but it's something that I wanted to do with Baby K. She's been to the Fort Worth Zoo before, but when she was much younger, so this time was fun because she was actually engaged and looking around at animals. The zoo is nice, and gave Baby K a chance to walk around some and play during the day. We stayed for a few hours, then knowing that we would be out and about the next few days, went back to the hotel so Baby K could get a good, long nap.

Up close and personal with the penguins

Baby K and I spent the rest of the afternoon poolside, then enjoyed tapas for dinner with BK. Thankfully our hotel had a rooftop terrace with a bar and restaurant, so after Baby K went down for the night, we turned the monitor on in the room and headed upstairs to enjoy the rest of the evening.

Tapas, tapas and more tapas

The next day was our actual anniversary and also the day that I booked our eight hour walking tour. Yes, I know, it sounds like a lot of walking, and it was, but it's how we like to see the places we visit.

Okay, this was a short one, but I think I may break Barcelona up into a couple of different posts, as I have a ton of pictures to share, and we saw a lot of stuff on our all-day tour that I want to tell about. Get ready for some very gaudy Gaudi!