BCN.

Barcelona was a nice surprise. Great for viewing architecture and the odd/colourful/funny/random buildings scattered throughout the city (google Gaudi). Tapas, sangria, and cerveza aren't too bad either! We had 3 nights here, mostly rainy days, but still loved it.

The view from our pension. (We thought Pension was the name of the hostel we booked online, turns out it basically means a room to rent in someone's home. We stayed with a German woman, Marion, who had been in Barcelona for 10 years, but we were one of her last guests as she wants to leave Barcelona because of "confusing Arabs" and changing Pension laws).

TAPAS :)
...we stumbled across a little gem of a restaurant

La Sagrada Familia: A famous church that will take over 125 years to complete.

A pretty park we stumbled across. ("stumbling" worked out pretty well for us in Barcelona!)

...why not start off a rainy day with French toast?
...or should we say, Spanish toast?! Muy delicious

Huge daily market, Marc was inspired.

...we started having warmer weather (and subsequently higher spirits) in Barcelona, so stumbling across a cheap flight to Milano, we were off again...boy oh boy was this city boring (but worth it in the end).