Barcelona was a special city to visit with Lórien. Earlier this year, she and I went to the Grand Canyon together and I forced her to listen to my obsession of the time: the album Divide by Ed Sheeran. We had memorised it by the end of the journey, and one of our favorite songs was called "Barcelona." The city was as carefree as the song suggested, especially in comparison to the hustle and bustle of London and Paris. The metro itself moved slower at stops. The buildings were still European in architecture, but places like Sagrada Familia and Parc Güell could only be described as jazzy. The food and drinks were wonderfully inexpensive, but absolutely delicious. We were able to explore a Picasso museum and a museum on the history of Catalonia (as that was a very topical issue as we went through the city). And the sea was breathtaking. We were treated to a stunning sunset the last night, the perfect ending to a lovely sample of Spain.
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