My internship ended in the middle of April, and Jason’s delegation ended a week after. During his last week of work, I packed up our apartment and planned our trip to Spain.
We first flew to Munich and dropped off some bags we wouldn’t need in Spain. Then we went to Spain and hopped on a train to Costa Dorada and spent some time at the beach. We didn’t take any pictures there, sorry, we walked everywhere and never remembered to bring our camera. We decided to leave Costa Dorada early to give ourselves more time in Barcelona.
Even though our time in Barcelona was short, we got a pretty good whirlwind tour. My colleagues had given me a book about Barcelona as part of my going away present, so we were well prepared.
We first walked along La Rambla, hopped on the Metro and saw La Sagrada Familia, the cathedral designed by Gaudi that has yet to be finished.
We saw some other sights, including the Magic Fountain that wasn’t on (sadly), and went out to a place one of Jason’s German friends had recommended called La Champagneria. This place was ridiculously crowded, and the only thing on the menu was a bottle of Spanish champagne that came with 2 tapas. We were told to get what amounts to a bacon cheeseburger, made with Iberian ham. They were huge, I couldn’t even finish mine. Jason loved it while I got a little chlostrophobic. We were planning to go out to dinner afterward, but we couldn’t have eaten any more if we had tried.
Casa Batllo
The morning we flew back to Munich we stopped and saw another Gaudi site (Casa Batllo) on the way to the airport. Back in Munich we stayed in a hotel that was actually in Freising located near the Munich airport. We had been to Munich plenty of times, and wanted to spend our last night in Germany someplace new. We walked around town and had dinner at a brewery that claimed to be the oldest brewery in the world. I don’t know about that, but it probably at least has claim to be the oldest brewery in Germany. We liked our Altstadthof Brauerei beer in Nuremberg better, though.
Then we flew back to the States, and that’s the end of our time in Germany. I’m sure we’ll go back someday.
More pictures of our time in Barcelona here.