Exploring Barcelona

The second day in Spain we took a tour via a shuttle and had to choose which sites we wanted to see. I know we should've seen the Sagrada Familia - Gaudi's most famous church, but it was on another tour route and unfortunately traveling with toddlers you have to make choices on which is the better route. I looked forward to using what little Spanish I could muster up from my days in high school, but the native language is Catalan which is a mix of French and Spanish. The locals understood me and were nice enough to draw, use simple Spanish I could understand, and some people did know enough English to communicate. Either way the first day was a shocker for us as we were trying to find our way around like "Lost in Translation" with new money, new food, and massive heat.

Let me say it was hot! Mind you it wasn't as hot as most people said it would be, but it was in the 90's. All of us sweated massive amounts that we lost weight and keeping hydrated became more of our worry sometimes more than taking good pics. Good thing we had artist daddy Der! He took more of the better pics we see here. Both parents were armed with a camera each so we didn't miss anything LOL!

Besides the girls not liking the local cuisine...Mommy didn't either. Daddy was more open as usual and enjoyed the tapas, etc. Mommy enjoyed getting her Starbucks...sad I know, but it was comforting knowing you can order a mocha! We were worried about the girls and searched high and low for a McDonalds because it would be the only thing they really liked and they had not eaten much for 2 days. Der found a local man with a Micky D bag who directed us to the nearest Micky D and we managed to get chicken nuggets and some apple juice for the girls to eat...YAY!

At a port as we walked along the area looking for a place to eat lunch.

Hannah plays with her food, but manages to eat some potato wedges and mommy sneaked in some small pieces of roasted chicken (which was super yummy!).

Sophie was just not having any of it.

After eating tapas for lunch Mommy and Soph wait for the tour shuttle.

The girls stop to look at the local graffiti.

Der with the girls in front of Catedral de Barcelona one of the many Gaudi churches.

I took Hann and Soph in by myself as Der stood outside patiently with the strollers. Sophie and Hannah really enjoyed looking at everything inside and outside the church and were really excited to tell Der all about it.

There were just much too many pics to post as combined Der and I took over 300 pics, but I tried to get the more spectacular ones.

More of the inside of the church.

One of the many scenes behind bars that the church had.

The girls amazed at the surroundings. Sophie holds a map of our tour.

Der and the girls in front of the water show at night in front of the magic fountain.

My turn to pose with the girls.

Totally beat! Sophie and Hannah spread out in our bed.

Girls enjoying the Font Magica de Montjuic in Barcelona.