Barcelona - 2009

Two weeks ago we went to Barcelona Spain to watch stages 6 and 7 of Tour de France. It was raining for most of the time but finally cleared up on the Sunday the day we left (go figure!). We where able to catch stage 6 but missed the start of stage 7. Finding a good viewing spot and figuring out all the times and where the riders will be takes a lot of work (and practice).

Barcelona is an amazing city, especially the architecture. Some of it down right odd (imo) but also very interesting. Very organic. Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder. The most interesting of the architecture is by Antoni Gaudi.

It seemed everywhere I looked in Barcelona I was reminded of the art style in Gears of War: Very Gothic and quite amazing! Note: my photos obviously don't do it any justice as I didn't have my Nikon or the time I would have liked.

We stayed in a hip-hotel called ME. It was very contemorary and not really kid friendly. The breakfasts where awesome. They had the most fantastic little chocolate donuts! It would be fun to spend more time as we where only there for 3 nights. The trip was short but sweet.