Barcelona, Spain

We disembarked our cruise ship in Barcelona, Spain and spent the day there earlier than flying house the next morning. Right here’s how we bought 20,000 steps! Try my Explora II cruise submit right here.

It’s at all times unhappy getting off a cruise ship! It looks like your own home for the times you’re at sea, after which out of the blue it’s not! My mother and I each really feel cruise ships have a coziness about them, and I at all times sit up for getting on! Getting off is a bit unhappy to me.

We had one remaining breakfast on our balcony earlier than we left at 9am (Room service is complimentary any day you need, but it surely’s particularly handy for the ultimate day!).

Cotton Home Resort

We took our baggage to the Cotton Home Resort through Uber and dropped them with the valet for the reason that room wasn’t prepared but. I truly booked this room with Marriott factors and also you’d by no means realize it was half of a giant firm. It was GORGEOUS!

City Hike

We got down to discover Barcelona with out a lot of an itinerary.

Mid-morning snack!

We walked a few miles as much as Park Güell, however alas we weren’t ready that tickets had been offered out for the day.

So, we walked the perimeter after which headed again down the hill.

At this level we had been prepared for lunch, so we went again to Cotton Home to examine on our room and luxuriate in lunch at their restaurant. It was too scorching to take a seat exterior, however the inside was simply as charming. I used to be severely obsessive about this resort!

We had fried oysters, croquettes, and a extremely scrumptious hummus.

Afterwards, we went to the rooftop pool for a nap!

By 3pm our room was prepared, so we went there to relaxation a little bit, unpack for the evening, and clean up. Liked our room!

We headed again out for extra strolling and exploring, however we went south to the Gothic District. The Sagrada Família was in the other way as our dinner, however now we remorse not going! We did get to see the Cathedral.

I cherished this a part of the town – the buildings had been lovely and there was tons of purchasing!

Completely satisfied hour

We sat down for a drink round 5pm and chatted with one other couple subsequent to us who had been from Germany. Cocktails had been €14 and wine was €4!

On the hunt for good tapas, we had a resy at El Chigre and sat on the bar window (This was beneficial by our lunch waiter).

We had Spanish wine and the very best glowing water with lemon (it was a factor and I cherished it!)

I didn’t take pics of every part, however we are going to admit this meal was a little bit disappointing. Thomas didn’t love the stuffed dates or tomato toast. I used to be simply so full from the cruise week that I didn’t have the most important urge for food, however I assumed the meals was nonetheless good. We ended up having a lighter dinner and saved strolling.

Our tour de Barcelona ended at Las Ramblas, the well-known pedestrian avenue. There have been so many individuals out!

It was solely becoming we ended our journey with extra gelato.

We had been up at 5:30am the subsequent morning for our flight house by way of Paris. It was a LONG day of journey, however we additionally bought so fortunate with {a partially} empty flight from Paris to Raleigh the place we didn’t have anybody sitting between us.