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View from Montjuïc

Olympic Park

Hello again! Another post from my Barcelona trip, however, this is my last post from my Barcelona adventure. I hope you enjoyed the rest of it and I would appreciate it if you could make suggestions or recommend me places to eat or things to do when I go back again in Spain on my instagram, twitter, snapchat or even here!

Last day in Barcelona, as most people who enjoys their time spent exploring a different country, I'm sure we all feel the same. I didn't want to go back to reality at the same time I have to and I need to. There will always be a conflict in our feelings but that's why we travel to leave reality behind and live in the moment as well as appreciate life and enjoy it.

On my last day in Barcelona, my friends and I went to Montjuïc in the morning. Although it was on top of the hill, it wasn't hard climbing up as they have provided escalators and they also have stairs so if you want to make it hard for yourself use the stairs haha. When we reached the top, you can almost see the whole of Barcelona it was breathtaking and overwhelming. I sat there inhaling the view for at least 30mins and reflected on my life too haha. After that, we went to the Olympic Park which was just behind the museum. That day there was an event too and I guessed it was comic con so it was pretty crowded but it wasn't so bad. We were also able to enter in the stadium because there was a family event so it was free entry, we got it lucky that day because on a normal day you can't really go in. In the afternoon, we headed to Port Barcelona and along the way we also saw Columbus' monument. We explored the market too and I bought this pretty small jewellery box suitable for my rings and bracelet. We walked around the port, sat down, inhaled the view and then it got late so we were able to watch the sunset and that was the best highlight of our day. Next day, we had to go back to gloomy cold UK haha. I really enjoyed my stay in Spain, the weather was perfect, full of history, people are lovely and such a beautiful place that I left a piece of my heart.

See you again xx

Entrance of the main park

Nature Square

The Hypostyle Room featuring Gaudi's Tiled Mosaics on the ceiling

Monumental Flight of Steps

Sagrada Família

Hello again! I told you I'll be back again. Here is another post of my Barcelona trip. After walking through the street of Passeig de Gràcia and admiring the modern inspired buildings, me and along with my friends headed to Park Güell afterwards and spent most of our afternoon. I had a lot of fun admiring the details of the park as well as living into the moment of treasuring every bit of my experience. With my friend's knowledge of her home town, I was also able to learn about the history of the park. What I loved the most about during my visit to the park was ceramic tiled mosaics of Gaudí. They are so beautiful I felt like ripping them and taking them home with me but unfortunately, I could only appreciate them and take photos haha.

You might be wondering whether do I eat? Of course, I get hungry and when I am hungry I go crazy or go really quiet. So after Park Güell, we went to see Sagrada Família briefly. We ate at a nearby restaurant - a buffet restaurant, yup as soon as I got there I think you know what happened already haha. No time for pictures as filling in the stomach everything they have is most important at that moment. They served salads, pasta, paella, Spanish food, desserts, fruits, bread, wide range of drinks and they also served coffee. The food was amazing and I am not telling you how many times I went back haha.

Sagrada Família as you know is also one of Gaudí's work and I will come back again to explore it more. It was still under construction when I saw it and my friend said, it will always be under construction and it will be hard to finish due to the complexity of Gaudí's design. Therefore, Sagrada Família is an unfinished work of Gaudí. So I have pretty much seen most of his work, if I have missed some, any recommendations? I would love to see them too. I hope you enjoyed that and apologies if it was such a long post but this visit was such a memorable trip for me as both of these places are on my bucket lists. See you again on my next post!

Casa Lleó Morera 

 Casa Batlló also known as Casa dels ossos (House of Bones)

Casa Amatller

Casa Milà "La Pedrera"

Hola everyone! It's been a while and I mean it's been a year hahaha. Yes, yes I know I'm terrible at this whole blogging thing but I do try after a year haha. I'm not even sure if I have any readers left or does anyone read my blog? T_T

Anyway quick update of the whole year gap, pretty much been studying and going to placements and living the student life (means being broke and studying). I had stressful times but at the end of it, I have passed my 1st year which I am so delighted after all the challenges and stress. I have now finished the quarter part of my 2nd year. Time does fly indeed and that pretty much summarises what I have been up to.

Therefore, a holiday is what I deserve and if you think you've worked so hard or need a break from all the stress go on holiday too! You deserve it! So, my chosen destination was Barcelona, Spain because I haven't been and my friend was spanish so why not! It was my first time and I was able to visit most of the places I wanted to see. So one of the places I went to see was the modernisme buildings located in Passeig de Gràcia. Apart from these buildings, Passeig de Gràcia is also a popular place for shoppers so if you want to shop till you drop you can shop here haha. If you want to find out more about the history of these wonderful gorgeous buildings, just click the link on the caption area. It was quite difficult to take a picture with these places without people in the background as a lot of people from around the globe visits this place, full of tourist like me haha. I hope you enjoyed that. I will be back again soon, not in a year haha. See you on my next post!

PHOTO BY: YOURS TRULY