4 days 3 night Trip to Barcelona

We woke up early in the morning and headed towards our next destination, Barcelona.We stayed there for 4 days 3 nights.

Barcelona is one of the tourism spot that visited by many people.

After checked in in Hello BCN hotel at about 2 o clock, we went to the famous Casa Mila which is also known as the La Pedrera. 

The entrance fee for adult is about 16.50euro and it opens from 9.00am to 8pm duringwinter 

It is one of the building designed by Antoni Gaudi, who designed most of the well-known building in Barcelona. It is the World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

The purpose of this building was to ease the communication between the neighbourhood as the apartment was buillt in a round shape so that people can see all theoir neigbour by looking out the window.

our first Tapas meal in Barcelona

Then, we went to Casa Batlo which is another masterpiece of Antoni Gaudi.It is located at the centre of Barcelona. The abother name for it is the House of Bone or the casa de osso.

The price and opening hour is similar to that of Casa Mila.

From the building you can see how the designer try to avoid straight line and it was maily built for middle class family.

Then, we went to a famous Tapas restaurant to have our first plate of paella!

We met some Malaysian there as well and they recommeded us to join the countdown in Plaza de Espanya that night as it was31/12/2013. As random as isual, we decided to go for it. Many people squeezing in the metro towards Espanya. We reached there at 11pm and the performances started at 11.30pm but the crowd was too big and make it difficult for us to watch the performances on the stage.

The next morning we woke up early and had our breakfast at 8.00am. The service of the hotel is excellent! Them ,we proceeded to the next destination which is the La Sagrada Familia( Roman Cathalic building). It is still under construction. Even after Gaudi died, not even quater if the building is completed. There are total of 18 tower which represent Jesus, Mary, 12 Apostles, and 8 Evangelists.

The advice here is buy the ticket through online because you might end up woth queueing up for 3 or 4 hours for it.

The admission fee is about 11 euro for students and it opens from 9am to 6.30pm during winter.  Due to the long queue, we decided to come back the next day and we changed our plan to day 3 plan. 

Then, we went to the Arc Triomf.

Lunch- famous potato Brava

And the famous churo

the ham is hanging everywhere and even at home the represent the property own by that family.

The third day in Barcelona, we visited La Sagrada and Park Guell.

my forst glass of Sangria

Visit to Bray with my Spanish friend!

Bray is a town in north County Wicklow.

Bray is a popular base for walkers as the cliffwalk which took about 40 minutes. The scenery is beautiful!

Most importantly, one of my favourite movie which is PS I love you was filmed here!

So, i decided to go there with my Spanish friends.

Nevertheless, we missed the station which we should get down of the bus as we were busy talking and didn't pay attention to the bus driver who insisted that he told us where to get down.

Haha, so another 10 minutes walk for us to get back to the Bray town.

The day get darker very fast that day so we were advised not to climb up to the hill.Instead, we made our journey half way.

the wind was so strong that i feel like it is hing to blow me to no where!

tata!awesome Spanish friend i met here! Quie sad that they are going to be here for only one semester~but they are super friendly!

Aww!~she must be the one who have the most cheerful smile in the world!~The typical Spanish with blond hair and bown eyes!~n darker skin~

The bird here fly quite low in this season that i fell like i almst can touch them!

From far away, i saw the cross, but too bad, we are not going to make it up there this time~perhaps the next trip~

they are so cute!!!!

Both of them are from Galicia, Spain.

An extraordinary trip to a small town in ireland knwn as Carlow

 Carlow is a small county, it is also known as the second largest county in ireland

I went there to visit my friend, Alex last weekend and it was indeed a total different experience for me.

I met people of different lifestyle and it is really great to get to know them.

This was a lone and long journey.

i took the Eireen bus there and yeah, i almost miss the bus not knowing the exact location, which is right outside the Heuston centre

This is the train and bus station. the journey took me about 1 and a half hour.

And finally i reached institution of technology of carlow

This is the college my friend studied in.

Then, i went to her house.

And then we went to shop around. Carlow is indeed a small town. The people here are just too friendly that they even " honked" you when they passed by,lol

Alex house's door, well the door need to be open with technique,lol

Well, when night came, we went to pub to have a drink and dance till 2 pm sometime

This was the first time i entered pub and the moment i came out, i felt like i was deaf.

Although the second morning we planned to go to Kilkenny but the plan failed as we failed to wake up that early and missed the bus.

Since Alex need to complete her homework, i went to tour around by myself and 6 something when i went back to her house. She was sleeping soundly, leaving a small note, i left quietly....

Well, on the way back, i think a lot.

People are all different and having different culture.

And i am really glad that i truly experience the way they live. Staying in bar till midnight seemed to be a common stuff for them.Drinking beer and joking around in someone house is a casual activities for them.

And all of sudden, Alex's word popped out of my mind, what happened here remain here, maybe she is true, may be sometimes we just have to enjoy that very moment and put down all those restriction.

Maybe that is the way, maybe it is not. Nevertheless,i do love to try, i do love to experience, maybe to some, it is a total bad idea, but for me, i can say that i would love to try different stuff, as long as my eyes still can sense image and my taste bud still have sensation.......