It was all a dream..I used to ready WordUp magazine..is the song that comes to mind! But in truth, it wasn’t all a dream, even if it still feels like it. I love vacations where you just miss 7 days of work but it feels like you’ve been gone for months. It’s like time traveling or close to it. I just got back from a magical adventure to Spain (for the second time) and France (new country in Europe for me!).
Let’s just say, I ate pretty amazing food every day, got used to a weird schedule for waking, sleeping and eating and saw some of the most beautiful beaches and countryside imaginable. Meat and cheese are serious endeavors in both countries – like professional grade serious. Breakfast on most days consisted of bocadillos, AKA fresh baguette with squashed tomato spread inside and jamon serrano with brie or some other kind of decadent queso (translation: cheese). No wonder the siesta is so necessary (siesta: an afternoon rest or nap, especially one taken during the hottest hours of the day in a hot climate).
Here are some snaps from my adventures – picture yourself full of delicious cheese, pastries and fresh coconut or mango juice or cafe con leche (only the best espresso, always), then snorkeling, hiking, dancing, eating some more and waking up to do it all again. For fully immersive experience, try listening with this on in the background: my new favorite song <3
View from the terrace – Barcelona at night <3
Carcassonne River, strolling through this super ancient Medieval town on the way to explore a castle.
This castle is possibly one of the oldest structures I’ve ever seen
The Dali Museum in Figueres, Spain.
Hanging with my homie Dali in Cadaques.
Cadaques – beautiful Catalonian seaside town with all white buildings, delicious seafood and perma-summer in the air.
Actually #nofilter. See-through water plus we saw a live octopus swimming beneath us while snorkeling! Then this older dude came into catch it, possibly to cook for dinner?
Love getting lost in the Gothic Quarter’s old windy narrow streets.
More Cala Futadera, close to Tossa De Mar – so beautiful.
Necessary. Lots of Tapas in Poble Sec – super cheap too and amazingly delicious.
I was really there!
I was really there!
I was really there!
Cap de Creus – a tip top point in Catalonia with views for days.
At Ferias (party night) in Via de Canes – a bit south of Barcelona. Check out the jamon leg – gimme some of that!
More Cadaques – hiked out to a ridge view and couldn’t get enough of this beautiful ocean inlet.
Walked around the entire border of Sant Feliu de Guixols and Sa’ Agaro – beautiful beachy towns with cute seafood spots and of course old medieval fortresses/castles. There were Cami de Rondas all around the coast – little staircase paths to go down to swimming holes (calas) all around the town. So breathtaking.
Dali Museum courtyard.
Super surreal at the Dali Museum
*As originally seen on the Praytell Blog <3
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