La Rambla

Heading to La Rambla....

La Rambla is an interesting street to say the least! The middle part of the road is pedestrianized and quite busy with performers, artists, flower stalls and many eating areas. Traffic passes on both sides of the pedestrian area so you are truly walking in the median.

The floating man....

Howdy partner....

Creepy baby....

Coal miner....

Paella anyone???

Cat Woman...

Ahoy mate!
The guys had fun with this one!

Was this REALLY necessary??

Pucker up!

Mud people??

Interesting place for sure!

Clever little business.......

What a clever way to recycle and make a Euro or two!!

This guy was cutting up cans without gloves...gasp... and creating little pieces of art.

I guess they are supposed to be ash trays.......I'd definitely find a better use for it though!

If you look closely you'll see some familiar cans.....
Which ones can you recognize?

Underground Roman Ruins....

Museu d'Història de la Ciutat de Barcelona is a must see!!

The roman ruins are completely underground and are quite amazing.

Here are a few pictures from the ruins.....

Who is that guy?

Who is this guy and where is he pointing?

Why it is Christopher Columbus and he is
supposed to be pointing to the New World!

Apparently he is actually pointing towards his supposed home in Genoa.
More info on the monument can be found HERE.

L'Auquarium on the waterfront.....

We took a stroll down to the waterfront in Barcelona......

Ian kept taking one of his shoes off and holding it.
I panicked every time I saw a bare foot until I realized he was holding it!

L'Auquarium is down by the waterfront.
Lauren is walking through the bamboo to get to the sea life!

These bubbles are magnets for kids!

This whale was interesting.
You entered through the mouth to see a variety of jelly fish....
Fun playing...

We took the kids for ice cream and Popsicles and continued walking on the waterfront...

There is also something else by the waterfront that has to do with America.
Any ideas what it may be??

Adventures in Barcelona......

**I was a bit bummed that I couldn't take my new camera. It seems that the charger was packed with the movers back in January! I ordered a replacement (almost a month ago) and it did NOT arrive in time so I had to take my little point and click....at least I have pictures!


We drove into Barcelona for our first trip into the city...yes, I said first and that was the last time we drove! It is CRAZY there. We were traveling with 3 cars and we ended up in 3 different parking garages. I call them parking garages loosely because the one I found felt like a small basement that held about 10 cars tops. I also had to leave the key in the car so they could shuffle it around. I did as they said...that's why I have rental insurance right??

We all decided to meet up at the Barcelona Cathedral. So, with GPS in hand we headed to the cathedral. On our way there we walked along an old Roman wall. The funny part is we couldn't find the cathedral and the GPS was saying we "reached our destination." We asked people and they chuckled and pointed which made no sense to us. As it turned out the cathedral was on the opposite side of the wall!!...why didn't they just say that instead of laughing???

Once we walked around the wall we found our destination.....

We found a yummy chocolate store just around the corner.....

Chocolate Easter Egg baskets...

Jacque drooling as everyone was buying their chocolate.....

Spring Break in Spain....

We just returned from spending a week in Spain for Spring Break. It was absolutely beautiful and the weather was perfect! We stayed at THIS house in Sitges which I would highly recommend if you are traveling with a larger group and want to stay outside of Barcelona. It can accommodate up to 16 people...we had 15.

We had an early morning flight so the kids were able to play by the pool.
We had a cookout and just relaxed for sightseeing the next day.

Our stylish rental.....