Friday, November 26, 2010

Barcelona Trip

October 5th-10th Sara and I visited Barcelona and met up with Lacey and Joe. The weather was a wonderful break from the Abu Dhabi heat. The highest reading on the car temperature was 118 Deg. Farenheit in Abu Dhabi this year...yes that's hot! Current November weather is perfect!

Barcelona was a great experience of architecture, wine country, and coastal area. Our first couple days were spent walking around Barcelona and taking in the sites. 3rd day we went to Cava (Spanish Champagne) country and visited a winery. After the winery we drove the rugged and beautiful coastal road to a resort on top of rocks extended into the mediterranean. The small towns along the coast were terrific with amazing views along the tiny coast road. We rented a Mercedes to make all the turns a bit easier to handle.

In wine country we had difficulty finding a specific restaurant we were in search of and ended up in a local restaurant that looked like an old wedding reception hall with plastic covering the tables. The waiter made excellent suggestions and provided a bottle of their own Cava.

Below are some terrific pics of our trip. We've already been and returned from Malaysia...next posting to follow in next few days. We hope everyone is doing well and Happy Thanksgiving!


Excellent Coastal View from our ENORMOUS Balcony!

Typical Beautiful Coastal View from small road we travelled

Sara and Lacey bumping belly's after tasting...Joe watching!


Sangrada Familia...famous Gaudi Architecture. It's wild!


Wonderful lunch spot with excellent food on 2nd day.