Barthelona!

So I am officially the worst blogger ever right now. Sine it's been about three weeks since my last post. Which is more time than I have left I London.. scary. So let's get down to the good stuff.

My last flying trip (SCARY) was two weekends ago to Barcelona! Lindsay and I flew out and met up with her friend Ryan and my MAMA!

Gotta get the stamp!

I have been all around Spain and still Barcelona blew my mind.

And on Saturday morning we saw all of it. We hiked up MontJuiic which is where the olympic gardens were held. The climb up was quite scenic.

With Cannons

And ridges

And Mini Waterfalls

But nothing could beat the view from the top...

After hiking all the way up... we decided to take a more leisurely way down.

Air Gondola anyone?

After a nice ride down we decided to take on the city from the ground.

There were las ramblas which were filled with people, shopping and way to many pigeons.

Then we decided to check out the beautiful gothic district.

But the best part of Barcelona was I got to see my first beach in 8 months!

Walk way to the beach

Port

See no beach, hear no beach, speak no beach

And the beach was overlooked by a big freakin fish! What else?

The Olympic fish of 1992

And they're were even more crazier architecture to behold.

Mini Mall converted from an old bull fighting ring... why not?

The famous Gaudi Cathedral

They told us they estimated it would be finished in 25 years. They told my mom the same thing... 10 years ago

The Gaudi House

The Gaudi house happened to be the landmark for our awesome Hostel di San Jordi

Living room!

Just when I thought Barcelona could not get any prettier. We went out at night. The Palacio is great at night... especially since they added a MAGIC FOUNTAIN! ( seriously its name) Every 30 minutes they have a different show to different music. We got to enjoy classical, techno, 90's hits and Disney all in one night.

The walkway up

Palace at night!

View from the top

With the mama<3

Overall it was an amazing trip. A great finale to my flying trips.

My next and FINAL trip is this weekend to the land of kilts and highlands!

Amsterdayum

Happy St. Patty's day all!

The most recent european adventure was to the Netherland city of Amsterdam. My friend Nick invited me for his birthday. He was very excited...

Now Amsterdam has a reputation for the two H's. Hookers and Hash. So I was kind of expecting for it to be a dirty party city. But it was beautiful!!

One of the many lovely Canals.

We stayed at the Stayokay Vondendel Park. It was the biggest Hostel I have stayed at so far and it was really nice.

Amsterdam overall should definitely be visited. First of all they're are great sites to see. It's a little but pricy, but definitely worth it.

First is the necessary tourist spot. The I Amsterdam sign. Pictures need to be taken.

Then there is the Heineken museum. I am not a fan of beer. But it was really fun!

Beer is better when it's free.

The Van Gogh Museum: I love impressionist and it was really interested to see all his works and his evolution. There was also a Monet and Picasso section.

Only picture i could take before I got yelled at.

And of course, the Anne Frank house. It was so interesting and moving. You saw the house and lots of found artifacts left over by Anne and her family, including her original journals.

 And the best way to see them all are the bikes. In Amsterdam, bikes rule the road. No matter when and where, they have the right of way.

Locking my bike up on a bridge. Safety first!

All the riding makes you hungry. Amsterdam food was that great. The only amazing local food was the pancakes!

Hello lunch. Chicken and onion pancake.

Beyond sites, and bikes and food, my favorite thing about Amsterdam was that everywhere you looked, there was something funky and random. Don't believe me?

Random giant sheep

Random iguana statue park

Random basket swing.

Random mini log cabin

I don't even know. 

Random giant chess board.

Random rastifarian

Random elephant canal boat

Random Dungeon.

The most random thing, was the music. Clubs in Amsterdam have some serious love for old school cheesy pop.

Overall, Amsterdam is great. And not just some gross party city. I was amazed by how beautiful it was.

I am staying in London this weekend. FINALLY. Because Mamanella is coming to town.