A Fun Spanish family Itinerary!! Pt. 1

Hola!! My trip to spain was nothing short of exhilarating and unforgettable. Our stay lasted eight days, from the 18th April to the 26th April, and we stopped by Barcelona and Madrid. I pictured Spain to be a tropical paradise with delicious food, gorgeous views and home to a fascinating culture; it was definitely all that and more!! 

Day 1 - 18th April:

On the first day we arrived in the early afternoon and checked into a good hotel. We then ate at a nearby restaurant and ordered a salad, a spanish omelette, some beef and a berry cheesecake. The food was delicious but definitely different. Since our entire family had ZERO knowledge on the spanish language, you can assume that it wasn’t easy ordering the food, especially since the menu itself was in spanish. But thank god google translate existed, as it made our lives a lot easier. We translated the menu and ordered off of that. Then, we went back to the hotel and rested for a while. In an hour, we got ready as we had tickets to a cable car trip, Teleferic de Montjuic, where we could get a glimpse of the beauty that is Barcelona. After taking the tram and a bit of searching, we could register ourselves and enter the cable car. It slowly took us upwards and we got a brilliant view of the nature-rich side of Barcelona, as well as the more industrial side. After we reached the opposite end of the cable car journey, we got out and visited the Monjuïc Castle. It was fascinating and had many archaic sculptures. At the top of the castle we had an amazing view of the ocean and couldn’t stop taking photos of it. Soon, we went to a restaurant called Tapa Tapa for dinner and had Paella and a chocolate pyramid with ice cream for dessert. We returned home after, before heading to bed, tired but happy.

Day 2 - 19th April: 

We woke up at 8:30am in the morning and went down for breakfast. I got jambon, bread, sausages and some pastries. Then, we returned upstairs and got dressed; we were going to visit one of the famous Gaudi architectures, the Güell Park. Gaudi is one of the most well-known architects in Spain and his work is truly fascinating. In all the buildings he designed there are small elements representing him. He built with tools that were recyclable. Gaudi used paper cups on the roofs of the buildings to represent his alcohol/coffee obsession and the entire building is built from recycled and discarded materials. You can’t tell me that’s not simply ingenious!! Gaudi was ahead of his time, as he made an effort to save the planet much earlier than everyone else. He also incoorporated multiple animal sculptures in his architectures like lizards, snakes and elephants. We finished exploring in the afternoon, and went to a nearby restaurant and had a pork burger, some nachos and a ham baguette sandwich. After lunch, we visited the iconic Segrada Familia! An astounding masterpiece designed by Gaudi, but wasn’t finished before his death, so the building is still a work in progress. He incoorporated Jesus’s genesis and crucification on the front of the church in a beautiful way, along with coloured glass. We also got a chance to see the classroom Gaudi built near the castle (definitely recommend a visit to the Segrada Familia, if you ever get the chance). Afterwards, we were strolling past shops and got a couple souvenirs and I got a GORGEOUS pair of sunglasses :) We then returned to our hotel and had dinner. For dinner we had some shrimp croquettes, chicken wings, steak and vegetarian Paella. We also ordered a caramel custard which turned out to be humungous, the literal size of a LARGE PIZZA (it took sincere efforts to finish it all). Then it was time to sleep. Buenas Noches!

Day 3 - 20th April:

Today, we go to...MADRID!! We got ready in the morning and headed to the train station. We were going to take a bullet train. I don't know why, but I was suuper excited about the bullet train (probably because I imagined it to be like the movie). The trip was around 3 hours and we had an amazing caeser salad halfway through our journey (literally I am in my ‘salad' phase). I took a nap until we reached Madrid. After we reached, we took a taxi to our hotel where we relaxed for the rest of the day :))

Day 4 - 21st April:

WARNER BROS DAY!!! Yes, today we were going to warner bros!! We woke up early in the morning at around 9am. We ate breakfast quickly and got dressed to take the bus. The trip was 30 minutes or so. When we reached, the place was swarming with children and teenagers -- with what I assumed was a school field trip. We quickly got ourselves registered and got the fast pass, as we already knew the lines were going to be LONG (best decision we made in this trip tbh). There were dozens of rides, but we were only interested in the rollercoasters :) We went on the Coaster Express (wasn’t bad, I liked this one the best, fast but nice), Hotel Embrujado (it was like a haunted house and it spun 360 which was veryyy cool...but they spoke in spanish the entire time so we had no clue what they were saying), Superman (honestly, I loved it but it was SCARY. My calm side told me this was going to easy but no, no it wasn’t) and finally, the Stunt Fall (bad. Very, very, VERY bad. Don’t make the same mistake as me and try this one). The dry rides were very entertaining but nowhere CLOSE to the water rides. The Rio Brave’s flume ride was...CHEF’S KISS. The drops were crazy, but spectacular and I loved when the water splashed on your face. Shoot-the-Chutes was also super fun, and probably the ride which got us the most wet. We ended up drying ourselves TWICE the entire visit as we got ourselves wet in the start (we got into a wet ride on purpose) and needed to dry ourselves to continue and finish more rides, and when we did, you can guess what happened after..Overall the trip was super fun! Warner Bros never fails to give a good time. We headed home and ate dinner at the hotel’s restaurant before heading to bed.