barcelona - day 1


last tuesday evening 
 my friend mary
 and
 i
 jetted across the ocean
 to
 the beautiful city of barcelona 

we arrived early wednesday morning 
hopped on the aerobus


 hopped off at the last stop
 portal de l'àngel


walked a short distance
 to
 montsio st


 we'd rented a lovely airbnb apartment 
dropped our bags
 grabbed our cameras
 headed out
 to 
see the neighborhood

 one of our priorities
 was
 to find a supermarcat
 nope 
thats not a typo
 thats spanish for supermarket 

we actually didnt find it
 till it was late
 we were pretty hungry and tired by then 
but 
we'd had a great first day

 i am going to let the photos tell the story



wandering along
peeking into
what look like
alleys
but are in fact
side streets



passing a huge cathedral




loving the plaça art



mercado de santa caterina
is
 one of many large food markets in barcelona
most of which have restaurants within
like
santa catarina cuines



after lunch
refreshed
we walked on



parc de la ciutadella
where the
arc de triomf
was built as the entrance
for the 1888
barcelona world's fair



this overlooks a lake
in
the
parc de la ciutadella


more art
i think 'he' was looking out over the parc