Hola!

From Sicily we caught a plane to Barcelona which was fine, though we found it a bit odd when everyone started cheering once we landed safely.
Barcelona was definitly up there as our favourite place. We found Spain to be really clean in comparison to Italy (though not clinical) and is a lot more relaxing, partly because the traffic isn´t going crazy around you.

The main strip in Barcelona is Las Rambla, which we happened to be staying on. All along the strip are market stalls selling everything from flowers and souvenirs to animals such as squirrels, turtles, birds and fish. There are also heaps of artists and street performers which give it a great atmosphere.

We went to the beach here which was really busy (and lots of topless chicks) but there is absolutely zero swell, its very flat. We also went into a backpackers bar for some cheap drinks and watched this young australian guy try to make some sort of chilli con carne behind the bar, with very little ingredients - he didnt have any tomatoes and we were puzzled to watch him add milk to the massive pot that looked disgusting. As he said though, he didn´t have to eat it, and neither did we.

Barcelona is the home of the Picasso museum which we visited, and was also holding a photographic exhibition of Lee Miller, who took over 1000 photos of Picasso and was also a war photojournalist, she was one of the first people inside Hitler´s house after his death (there iseven a photo of her taking a bath in Hitlers bath). Thanks to Lonely Planet we found a restaurant that used 99.9% of their ingredients from the local region, which was fantastic and quite different, especially the desserts.

Barcelona was the home of Antonio Gaudi, a genius who died in 1926. This guy was an artist, interior designer and amazing architect. The Sagrada Famillia is this amazing cathedral designed by him that has been undergoing construction for over 100 years and hopefully it will be finished in our lifetime because the bits that have been done are fantastic.