Christmas in Barcelona!

So... we made it to Barcelona after a few barriers! 1) Rui was able to get Dan's passport from the post office after it had already closed the night before we left for Barcelona... wow. 2) The night before we left I was 99% positive we were in a tornado in Vila do Conde... turns out we made the news as well for the 120 km/hr winds, approximately 75 miles/hr... we survived and our flight took off to Barcelona! Yay!

Barcelona was awesome! I felt a little bit like I was in America (I got Starbucks! People spoke English! There were stores similar to home!), which was refreshing, on top of amazing architecture and sight seeing. We were super tourists for the 3 days we were there, seeing all the major sights. Gaudi, the Spanish architect, was pretty intense/amazing. We saw a few of his works: La Perdrera, Sagrada Familia, Parc Guell, and another crazy building which I do not know the name. We went to a few hole in the wall pubs/bars that were recommended to us from friends who had lived in Barcelona, touched the Mediterranean Sea, and ate the local food and drank Sangria. We even made it to the Barcelona cathedral for Christmas mass! To finish our stay, we went to the Montjuic Park where there was a ridiculous fountain show and Grand Palace. The sights were seriously all breathtaking and our pictures don't even serve them justice. The weather was beautiful on Christmas day... sunny, 55 degrees and mostly rainy on the other days. We hope you enjoy the slideshow of pictures.

It was fun to have the webcam on with our families during their present opening on Christmas morning... kind of like we were there...

We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!

Love,

Alli & Dan