We began the day by walking to Parc Guell but somewhere along the way, we took a wrong turn and ended up at the top of a hill about 15 minutes from where we wanted to be. After we found a very nice Spanish man who spoke English to give us directions, we climbed a very steep hill to get to the lookout on top.
We had an amazing view of the city and the ocean :)
After, we decided to walk down La Rambla, which is supposed to be one of the coolest streets in town. I don't know if we just didn't make it down to the exciting part or what, but we pretty much only saw flower stalls (which were still gorgeous).
We wandered around in Barri Gotic (the old city) for most of the rest of the afternoon. We finished Christmas shopping and found an adorable little bakery where we had an afternoon snack. Then we took the metro to an area called Gracia and walked through the winding streets and alleys. Although we had absolutely no idea where we were, we luckily ended up back in our area of town eventually. We walked past a couple of Gaudi's buildings on the way back to the hotel.
Late in the afternoon, we went back to the hotel to rest for a bit since we walked pretty much all day. We went back out to a little pizza place overlooking Placa de Gracia and all of the Christmas lights.
We were flipping around TV stations just now and it looks like Paris had several inches of snow today...since we're going back to London via Paris on Friday, let's hope it stops snowing!
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