My travel essentials & tips

At the moment of writing this post, I am sitting on my bed, with my blogging notebook next to me. In two days, though (Friday), same time, I'll be sitting in an airplane on my way to the United States! I'm super excited and in the US there will finally be constant sunshine! The weather here in the Netherlands is different every week (sometimes very hot, sometimes really rainy...). Anyway, going to the US means I'll have to pack my suitcase (more like stuff my suitcase) and put all my on-plane essentials in my carry-on bag. 

May in Schiermonnikoog | Lookbook

Sun, sand and sea. Well actually, it was more of sand and sea, and a little bit of sun. In my May break I also went to Schiermonnikoog, a little Dutch island. It was very beautiful there and relaxed, too and because it was so beautiful, I decided to put together a little 'lookbook' of my photo's. :)

A lovely day & morning in Amsterdam

In my May break I went to Amsterdam, and let me just tell you something: Amsterdam is wonderfully perfect. The whole day Friday and Saturday morning I was there, visiting my aunt and cousins. We went shopping and went into lots of different shops. We got to places by tram and saw beautiful buildings.

Yes, it was lovely. 

The Best of Barcelona

Happy 2015! I hope you had an amazing (& elephantastic) Christmas. I spent Christmas in Barcelona this year. It was beautiful and a lot of fun! (I took a lot of pictures!) My family and I did a lot of sightseeing and ate delicious Spanish food. In this post, I will talk about what I thought was the best of Barcelona per category. 

But first, I want to let you know that yesterday, on New Years Day, I made some changes to my blog. I changed the header a bit (made it bigger and added some text) and made some other little changes. I also added a poll with the question 'What is your favorite season?' because we are still going to experience all the seasons in this new year. I'm going to have new poll every month, because I'd really like to know what you think!

Here we go......

The Best of Barcelona

Sadly, I didn't have a picture of the patatas bravas, but this was the menu of the restaurant.

Best food

In Spain, people eat dinner late and between lunch and dinner they have tapas. Tapas are little food dishes, often shared with others. The tapas in Spain is amazing! My favorite tapas dish is patatas bravas, which are spicy potatoes, and at the restaurant where we ate, with a garlic sauce: allioli and a tomato sauce. Yum!

The Barcelona metro.

Best way to travel

The best way to travel for my family and I was by metro. We did not have a car, so the metro was very convenient. The system was easy to understand and it took us exactly to the places we wanted.

This animal of mosaic is one of the most famous monuments of the park. 

Best park

Barcelona has many pretty parks! My favorite park is Park Güell by Gaudí. It is beautiful! In the park you will find lots of mosaic. There are also a few buildings also designed by Gaudí and many beautiful plants. 

Part of the Sagrada Familia.

Best places to go sightseeing

There are sooo many places to go sightseeing in Barcelona! I actually don't have one favorite (everything was my favorite:) ), but I do have some suggestions of places, where I have gone, too:

· Casa Batlló, a very interesting house designed by Gaudí,

· Camp Nou, the stadium of FC Barcelona,

· La Boqueria, a big food market,

· Sagrada Familia, a big cathedral by Gaudí

· The beach of Barcelona (shown in the title picture), beautiful!

I hope you enjoyed this post! 

Love,

          Mia