{"id":204,"date":"2006-04-17T12:20:31","date_gmt":"2006-04-17T12:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=204"},"modified":"2006-04-17T12:20:31","modified_gmt":"2006-04-17T12:20:31","slug":"redemption-in-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2006\/04\/17\/redemption-in-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Redemption in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>After our streak of bad fortune in Madrid, we didn’t know what to expect in Barcelona. Arriving at the hotel<\/a>, however, we were pleasantly surprised by the ultra-sleek interior of the rooms with Bang & Olufsen telephones, flat-panel LCDs, and motorized shades. And though we didn’t reach the hotel until almost 7pm, we were able to squeeze in a visit to L’Aquarium<\/a>, deemed the largest aquarium in Europe, and even a late night stroll down Las Ramblas<\/a>. On Thursday, we took a Modernist walking tour with visits to Gaudi’s many architectural marvels including Casa Batll\u00f3<\/a>, Casa Mil\u00e0<\/a>, and La Sagrada Fam\u00edlia<\/a>. Opting for food over the hour-long wait to ascend the cathedral’s tower, we kicked back at a tapas bar for lunch, where we learned that blood sausage is something we’re not very fond of. Afterwards, we strolled through Park G\u00fcell<\/a>, and spent the evening browsing the various street performers and vendors at Las Ramblas again. Dinner that night consisted of a sampling of both rice and noodle paellas at a romantic seaside restaurant. Our final day in the city was much more relaxed, with brief visits to some cathedrals, the Museu de la Xocolata<\/a> (yes, the chocolate museum), and the Palau de la M\u00fasica Catalana<\/a>. The trip back to Boston on Saturday, however, brought back the horrors of our first flight, as another hour-long delay almost cost us the connecting flight again. Fortunately, after a lot of huffing and puffing, we made the half-mile run across the airport in just the nick of time. Looking back, our Spain vacation wasn’t exactly a journey of immense satisfaction or smooth sailing. It did, however, give us a full week of time together, which should hopefully soften the blow of being apart for the next few weeks, as she begins working nights and I embark on the wonderful world of thesis writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After our streak of bad fortune in Madrid, we didn’t know what to expect in Barcelona. Arriving at the hotel, however, we were pleasantly surprised by the ultra-sleek interior of the rooms with Bang & Olufsen telephones, flat-panel LCDs, and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}