On the road again!
The time has passed since our last city trip. After Czech Republic, I jumped to Paris and Gerona for some meetings while Denisa made it to her family, and, willing to continue discovering Europe together, we have decided to enjoy the Costa Brava and Barcelona, Spain, for a long lovely weekend.
The journey all started by a multi-transport party, walking from home to station, by train to Charleroi, by bus to the airport, by plane to Gerona, by bus to Barcelona and walking to the accommodation located at 200m from Plaza de Cataluña, the central spot of the city.
We were not yet arrived but already enjoying the place, the sculpted facades, the fountains, and the atmosphere.
The first evening was synonym of a restaurant hunt; trying to find out, without success, a place informed by a friend, it gave us the opportunity to discover Barcelona’s cathedral from all side 🙂
On Saturday morning, a meeting was organised with Laure, my cousin living in the region, for a city walk and a girl wedding dress’s party.
Indeed, I left the ladies in wedding dress shops while I was going on my own. (You know, I can’t and don’t want to see the dress before the wedding day :-), it’s bad luck! )
What a great surprise when, jumping around like a young goat, Denisa ran into the room shining like thousand suns and announced me she had found THE dress of her life in an incredible combination of luck and hazard!!!
It didn’t take long time to make the decision, to return to the shop and to organise the transport 🙂 (being sure I won’t see the dress before the wedding).
Joyful of this achievement, we enjoyed the walk through the old part of Barcelona to the coast till the arrival of Laure’s boyfriend with who we shared an improvised a friendly table game dinner time 🙂
Every end of day was dedicated to the wedding invitation. We have been through thousands and thousands samples on the web, two dozen websites to find the one we both like (NB: that’s a very tricky job).
Sunday was dedicated to tourism, at first sight with Bruno, a Spanish friend, going around the Sagrada Familia and the city centre, saying goodbye front of Monjuic. The afternoon gave us the time to discover the Parc Guell and its famous terrace made of ceramic and to enjoy always more the city.
Monday morning was synonym of packing and the pickup of the dress, packed in a suitcase kindly lent by Laure :-)… and came the time of our bus to Gerona.
We flew back to Belgium, the head full of souvenirs and happy to have finalised two of the most difficult part of the wedding preparation: the wedding dress and the invitations 🙂
Nos vemos,
Antoine