La Playa

   Our last day in Barcelona was full of things to see, we started our morning earlier than the previous with the Casa Batllo: another one of Gaudi's masterpieces. This house is made of swirly walls and blue tiles resembling an ocean. The handrails feel and look like waves and the walls of the house look like fish scales. Every part of the house was inspired by nature and what I can only imagine as some serious psychedelics. The Casa Batllo reminds of Alice in Wonderland and some sort of crazy dream, but it was really interesting to see all of the small details that were payed so much attention to. 

View of Casa Batllo from across the street

railing made to look like an ocean

     After the Casa Batllo, we took the metro down to the marina for an afternoon on the beach. We walked around the shopping center there and I got some fun bracelets, and then we had lunch at this place called pan & co (meaning bread and company). We had sandwichs on baguettes and beer and continued our walk across the wave shaped bridge crossing the marina. 

  We then walked over to the Barceloneta Beach and walked along the water until we ran into a beachy sandy bar and had sangria and daiquiris.

Daiquiri on the beach

   After strolling along the beach for a while, we stopped into a recommended bar according to the guide book we carry around. It said it had a hippie feel so of course we were game, we got there and it was empty because it was 2 in the afternoon but we had a clara anyway. 

    Mom wanted to go back to one of the stores she liked near our neighborhood to buy some ceramics so we went in different directions because I preferred to siesta. After she came back to the hotel and lounged around for a little bit, we walked through our neighborhood to a recommended restaurant called Metic de Gotic where you choose what kind of meat you want and the sauces and then they cook it, it was very tasty. Celebrating our last night in Barcelona, we had a bottle of champagne and enjoyed a lovely meal before packing and getting up at the ungodly hour of 5 to catch a plane to Granada. 

   I realize through these pictures it seems as though all I do is drink, but its okay because I am 21 and in Spain with my momma. That being said, I promise we do many other very cool things.