Barcelona
The weekend finally came... the Hen Weekend in Barcelona, Spain. (a hen night is a bacelorette party night in England, seeing as that my party was British that's what you get from me too). We booked the flights in December before Christmas, so this has been a long time coming and it was great. There were six of us who went and we all took the same flight on Saturday morning together. We flew Lufthansa, and two of the women we went with are flight attendants, so one of them buttered up the pilots and I got to sit in the cockpit for take off!!!! Pretty cool way to start my trip! After we landed we found out hostel in the city, and set off to have some coffee before we could check in. I was responsible for finding accomidation and it all worked out well. I found us a hostel in a great part of town, where all six of us were in the same dorm room. It was great for all of us to be together, and get ready together, a great way to go... Anyhow, we headed off for some lunch and shopping around after that. Got to see some of the city, and did a super touristy thing by going to the Hard Rock Cafe in the afternoon for a drink (though I did end up with a free shot glass on it with the location, hehe... i did check with the bartender before i took it) Off for a nap after that, really, i took one every day, it was amazing. That night was the main 'party night' our theme was to have Claire the bride-to-be dressed in white with angel wings and a halo, and the rest of us were in black with devil horns. We did look cute if i do say so myself. We went out for dinner and drinks, and while at dinner the owner of the place brought up two bottles of champagne.
Sunday, Eleanor and I got up early and went to the Picasso Museum. We waited in line for an 1.25 hrs, and at the end there it was truely pandamoneum (which occured at a couple other pointed throughout the trip) We did, however, make it in, and it was really good. I didn't realize that he was actually trained as a fine artist. Seeing some of his earlier work, it's hard to believe that it's the same guy. We then went to the Miro museum, but the line was so long we were going to hope on the tour bus and meet our friends at the harbor... but ends up that they were on the exact same bus we were getting on!!! It's such a small world, and we really couldn't have planned it better. Down at the harbor we walked around a bit, and had some lunch, followed by a nap before another night out. That second night, we did basically the same thing, minus the color coordination, but it was just as fun.
Monday, was absolutely gorgeous. I was expecting rain ALL weekend, so to have more than one day with out it, and a day like Monday, i was one happy girl! Sowe went and saw all the Gaudi stuff from the outside. We took our tour bus part of the way and did a little walking tour part of the way. It was just so nice. So as far as the Gaudi stuff is concerned... I had seen some pictures before, and I must say that i wasn't all that impressed. But to see it upclose and personal is totally different. Also, after I learned when he did all this I became that much more impressed. Most of his works are from the late 1800's early 1900's and considering what other designs were being done then, he was WAY ahead of his time... and still kind of is. So we ended up in Park Guell, hoping for a lie down on some grass, and just relaxing, but there is no grass! We did do a bit of sitting, but caught our bus back so 4 of the girls could check out of the hostel and fly home. Eleanor and I were on our own that night, and opted for a really night (treat myself right for one night) dinner down by the water. We wanted some good fish and got exactly that.
Tuesday morning, we got up early and were the first in line for the Joan Miro Museum an hour before they opened (we brought books). Good thing we had that planned, because the rain finally came and came and came... i was basically wet all day. After that we went our separate ways, and I went inside Gaudi's Casa Batllo... really really great, much better described with the photos linked at the bottom. I basically spent the rest of the day walking around and just looking at stuff. I went to some neighborhoods I hadn't been to yet, and went to a park, and really just enjoyed reading and not doing a whole lot. It was a vacation, and that requires a little bit of vacation time too... Early night to bed that night because I came back pretty early on Wednesday so I could pick the kids up from kindy.
Again, another great vacation, so happy that it all worked out, we had fun, and that we are all still friends. The picts will be just as good as these words so have a look at:
http://ucdavis.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2137683&l=0f260&id=3206990
http://ucdavis.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2137698&l=29aa3&id=3206990
Sunday, Eleanor and I got up early and went to the Picasso Museum. We waited in line for an 1.25 hrs, and at the end there it was truely pandamoneum (which occured at a couple other pointed throughout the trip) We did, however, make it in, and it was really good. I didn't realize that he was actually trained as a fine artist. Seeing some of his earlier work, it's hard to believe that it's the same guy. We then went to the Miro museum, but the line was so long we were going to hope on the tour bus and meet our friends at the harbor... but ends up that they were on the exact same bus we were getting on!!! It's such a small world, and we really couldn't have planned it better. Down at the harbor we walked around a bit, and had some lunch, followed by a nap before another night out. That second night, we did basically the same thing, minus the color coordination, but it was just as fun.
Monday, was absolutely gorgeous. I was expecting rain ALL weekend, so to have more than one day with out it, and a day like Monday, i was one happy girl! Sowe went and saw all the Gaudi stuff from the outside. We took our tour bus part of the way and did a little walking tour part of the way. It was just so nice. So as far as the Gaudi stuff is concerned... I had seen some pictures before, and I must say that i wasn't all that impressed. But to see it upclose and personal is totally different. Also, after I learned when he did all this I became that much more impressed. Most of his works are from the late 1800's early 1900's and considering what other designs were being done then, he was WAY ahead of his time... and still kind of is. So we ended up in Park Guell, hoping for a lie down on some grass, and just relaxing, but there is no grass! We did do a bit of sitting, but caught our bus back so 4 of the girls could check out of the hostel and fly home. Eleanor and I were on our own that night, and opted for a really night (treat myself right for one night) dinner down by the water. We wanted some good fish and got exactly that.
Tuesday morning, we got up early and were the first in line for the Joan Miro Museum an hour before they opened (we brought books). Good thing we had that planned, because the rain finally came and came and came... i was basically wet all day. After that we went our separate ways, and I went inside Gaudi's Casa Batllo... really really great, much better described with the photos linked at the bottom. I basically spent the rest of the day walking around and just looking at stuff. I went to some neighborhoods I hadn't been to yet, and went to a park, and really just enjoyed reading and not doing a whole lot. It was a vacation, and that requires a little bit of vacation time too... Early night to bed that night because I came back pretty early on Wednesday so I could pick the kids up from kindy.
Again, another great vacation, so happy that it all worked out, we had fun, and that we are all still friends. The picts will be just as good as these words so have a look at:
http://ucdavis.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2137683&l=0f260&id=3206990
http://ucdavis.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2137698&l=29aa3&id=3206990
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