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Our trip to Barcelona & Madrid

7/31/2017

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I could go on and on about how "awesome!" and "ah-mazing!" our trip to Spain was, but I'm gonna keep it real. Is everyone else I see and read about online having as fantastic a time as they always present?? Don't get me wrong... there were good times, and I certainly appreciate the fact I was able to go on a trip like this at all.
First up was Barcelona, we stayed at H10 Montcada. The hotel was really nice, great rooftop, and we were happy with our room, etc. The one thing that brought it down was every time we had to go through the lobby entering and exiting the hotel we were bombarded with a really strong cologne or ?? I mean REALLY strong. I have asthma and allergies too, so I was very much affected, but even my husband couldn't believe how strong it was. Of course I forgot my inhaler too, so I was freaking out a bit. Finally went to a doctor when we went to Madrid. I also got a prescription for anxiety, which I got violently sick from that night. Good times... my poor husband.

Here are some of the random photos I took. Some are not of the best quality, because somehow I was shooting jpeg for a while. I have no idea how this happened. So frustrating. Anyways... you can see where my interests lie, dogs and ice cream. There were dogs all over Barcelona, everywhere, and I was missing my Penny...
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 We did a food tour with Devour in the neighborhood of Gracia. Our guide was great, def recommend these tours. We had an olive oil tasting and education, went to a few restaurants and patisseries. Our guide also took us to the main market in that neighborhood where we of course tasted different hams etc... That was a major take away from Spain... ham, ham, ham. This photo below of course has not much to do with it of it. I just liked the ad. ; ) We also did a history and food tour in Madrid, loved it too. We ended up going back to a couple of the places we tried on the tour. Had some delicious mushrooms and buttery shrimp. 😋
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Another thing you will see everywhere is graffiti and art work on buildings and on the roller doors to shops when they are closed.
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Okay, so interests revisited... dogs, ice cream and food in general. Las Fritas was so yummy and the people were friendly too.
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Madrid
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These olives were D licious! I also took this photo because we had learned about "the hour of vermouth" tradition.
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Zoom in on the look on his face. I'm reminded of a Judas Priest song... breaking the law, breaking the law". Okay, now I have to listen to it and some more songs I haven't heard in a long time.🤘
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More street art... & this tiger was everywhere. Anyone know about it?
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There is no so thing as too much ice cream on vacation.
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The Bear and the Strawberry Tree, the coat of arms of Madrid.
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I have so many more photos, and so much more I feel I'm not sharing, but if I don't post these soon, I have a feeling it will never happen at all. On the chance anyone is reading this, feel free to leave any questions you may have. : ) & maybe I'll add more to this post later... Adéu for now.
3 Comments
Wafaa Issa Smith
8/2/2017 01:07:02 pm

Great photos! And thank you Lisa for sharing your trip with us.

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Lisa O
8/2/2017 03:51:18 pm

Thank you Wafaa!

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Lisa O
8/2/2017 03:53:34 pm

Thank you Wafaa! I appreciate the response : )

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