European Vacation (Part 1)

My good friend Sergio was getting married On Friday Nov. 25th 2011, I had not seen him since Germany 2006 world cup when we parted ways after the defeat against Germany! I just had to go and see him and be a part of this wonderful occasion, plus I would have the chance to take Steph to Europe and I thought it would be fun. I took a few days off from work and we left Wed. night and after a decent flight we mdae it to Barcelona (ouor first stop)

I should back up and say the Air France flight was good except for CDG airport! What a nighmare, I do not recall it being so bad and hard to get around anyways! We were glad to be in Spain. We rented a car, with no GPS (living on the edge) but really who needs one when you got Steph...

Studying the map at one of the lights she managed to get us to "Las Ramblas"
We parked off on a side street and started to walk!

Here is the first official European Vacation Picture :)

On las Ramblas I cam across the Barca ticket sales office (or one of them) too bad we could not stay until Tuesday because they were going play Rayo!!

It was a beautiful day and what struck Steph and I the most was the amount of people out and about, either shopping, eating or simply sitting down watch others go by. Yes there were a fair share of tourists but these wer no doubt locals just enjoying the day!

I just love the colors here and had to take a picture for my collection of World Graffiti!

We cam across "La Boqueria" and had to walk in and see what the specials for the day were...


Full of people again shopping and eating and just having a great time....what economic depression?

We were starting to get hungry and soon we had to leave for our 3 hr journey up the mountains to Andorra...

Here at the plaza towards the end of the peatonal



We stepped into a tapas place and just had a great feast, a bit pricey but deicious none the less! For the record it was , patatas bravas, pulpo, pan con tomatillo, jamon, ensalada rusa, gambas al ajillo, and tortilla!! Yum Yum Yum!