Category Archives: Mountains

Barcelona and the Pyrenees


Barcelona is one of the cities that “have it all”. The beach, the mountain, city life, art scene, cultural activities, Gaudi (!), and a very famous football team on top. We spent the first half of our trip exploring the city itself. We headed out everyday with no plan and ended up doing a tons because there’s always something going on at any hour of any day. We loved walking around just to admire the beauty of old buildings (and imagine ourselves living in them), we loved sneaking into some art galleries that seemed to be forgotten by the crowds, we loved trying out whatever dishes that looked so yummy that the people at the next table had ordered, we loved the close distance to the beach, and we loved the 28-degree-weather in June.

But the best thing about this trip was probably the three days we spent on two-wheels in the Pyrenees. The mountain roads were almost empty so J had the most fun speeding up. The scenery was beyond gorgeous and the villages we stopped by were even more charming. It was one the few trips we had absolutely nothing to complain about.

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Beach avenue with Columbo showing the way
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The beach

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Mercado de La Boqueria
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Sagrada Familia, impressive from the outside….
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…and amazing details from the inside
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no picture could do this place justice
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Amazing piece of technology that carried us around Barcelona and the Pyrenees – the license plate was a total coincidence
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P very cute :-)))
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Roadtrip
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Pyrenees landscape

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Monastery Montserrat
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The man and his machine
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Lunch break in the independent principality of Andorra