My Lil' Project: Te Quiero Barcelona........Part II

Dia tres

Forget Valentine's day, day 3 was OUR day of LOVE. It was our 1st year wedding anniversary (not to mention our 12 years of being together anniversary!). Received a sweet anniversary wish from lil' sis on fb (awwww, I kinda had a feeling you love me, but I didn't know you love Mi Amor too....he has finally grown on you after all these years huh?) :D and from some friends. Great way to start the day! Even the weather for that day was prolly the best throughout our visit as it wasn't as cold as the other days and it was bright and sunny.

Unfortunately something just had to happen to put a slight dampen on the day (guess you can't always have your cake and eat it too). Mi Amor got pickpocketed in the Metro. According to Mi Amor, while he was trying to enter the train, this dodgy dude just didn't want to budge and make way for Mi Amor so Mi Amor had to squeeze by the dude. And just as the train doors were closing, this dude quickly got out of the train. At the same time Mi Amor said he felt like something was amiss with his jean pocket and when he checked, he found that his phone was missing! Thank God though that the guy didn't get to Mi Amor's wallet which was also kept in the same pocket as his phone. I shudder to think what would've happened if Mi Amor lost his wallet since he had kept all his cash and cards there. We'd prolly hafta busk in the metro for money (come to think of it, I don't have any talent to offer) :P

After getting over the initial upset, we made our way to Park Guell, a huge ass World Heritage park and spent around almost 3 hours there (even then I don't think we covered the whole park). Moved on to Sagrada Familia, a breathtaking cathedral which is taking forever to be completed (it's been what, 120 years so far?). Frantically walked around looking for an Irish pub to catch some Liverpool game on TV (since their local pubs couldn't care less). Mi Amor even stopped by the tourist information centre asking for directions! Miraculously we didn't come across any. After Mi Amor realized it was a futile attempt, we went to La Roca Village, an outlet shopping mall instead (believe it or not, it was Mi Amor' idea, I was too lazy to go shopping....though yeah, I did end up buying something..heh). Ended the day with a quiet romantic dinner in a restaurant at Port Olimpic.

I love mosaics!

The long bench on the main terrace in the form of a sea serpent covered in Gaudi's mosaic work is a real beauty

Sagrada Familia, a work in progress (estimated date of completion :2026 -2040)

I love stained glass as much as I love mosaics :)

The alter

Looking up (the sprained neck was worth it)

3 course dinner at La Fitora Restaurant

Dia cuatro

Visited La Pedrera, a famous apartment block (Mi Amor thought people were still living in the apartment!), Casa Batllo (my fav coz it's so whimsical!) and Montjuic. Montjuic is where the Olympic Stadium is located,which according to the tourist guide book we obtained from our hotel, is home to the football team Espanyol. Since there was a game that night at 9pm between Real Madrid and Espanyol (played at Espanyol's homeground), we rushed all the way by foot (since waiting for the bus would take too long) to Montjuic (freaking tiring since we were going up hill!) coz Mi Amor wanted to try and get tix to watch the game. After huffing and puffing our way there, we arrived to......AN EMPTY STADIUM!!! Turns out that Espanyol had moved to a new stadium sometime last year -_- (lesson of the day: do not believe everything you read in a tourist guide book.....or at least check the date of publication)
I think Mi Amor did briefly contemplate on going to the new stadium but we wouldn't have made it in time. Settled for dinner instead at a place that was showing the game.