New year , new me, right?
2017 had been a long year full of lessons. I have learned a lot about myself over the past few months and I am much happy about where I am in my life at the moment.In 2017 I meet some amazing people, saw incredible places and felt better and happier about myself. I learned a lot about my body, my mind and also about my surroundings.
But 2017 also had been a pretty rough year. I lost friends, I lost my first true relationship, I felt very angry and frustrated, I had been shocked and totaly unhappy about the way I treated other people around me but also how I had been treaten by other persons.
All in all I think my year turned out to be a good year in the way that I am now in a much better position. But this year I feel that it will be a much better and much more productiv year than ever.
Eventhough it took me almost a month to realize, how fast the New Year went by, without having done any changes so far. So here I am, facing the truth, that not much has changed so far. But what definately has changed is my mind setting.
In the past year I started to do things even more for myself and I found some new opportunities and passions. Which now help me a lot to get more creative and ready to try out even more new things.
I think also my last trip to Barcelona has teached me a lot of lesson about myself, how to treat others and also just to live without a doubt. I loved the feeling of beeing free when I was there. To be able to do and say anything without caring what others might think.
I also met some amazing people and hope they are not mad when I already call them my friends. As they definaltey have made the trip to one of my most easygoing and fast ending trips so far.
I appreciate this little trip so much and I am thankful for all 5 of them. They had learned me a lot and gave me a lot of inspiration for the New Year.
Regarding my trip to Barcelona I have to say, that surprisingly, I have not made a lot of picutres which is a little bit strange for me. Those I have shooten I will now show you to give you a little bit of an idea how my trip have been.
First Day in Barcelona, 29th December 2017
The first day in Barcelona started with my first flight just by myself which has been a very nice experience. I think already there I have gained a lot of new knowledge and even a little bit more confident. Flying alone is something very scary as you feel anxious about it like "if something happens - I am gone and that while I am alone". This feeling is very odd and made me nervous. But in that flight I was totaly calm after a foreign group of friends sat in the row in front of me and talked about little things in life which made them happy. I even started to put down the music so I could listen to them. The way they have spoken sounded totaly carefree and if you know me, you know I am a very careful person and this opposit feeling totaly relaxed me.
This situation definately inspired me to want to start listening to audiobooks so I could listen to others and hearing people talking about things which I do want learn more about and where I could regulate what I want to feel.
So after this flight I landed in Barcelona and totaly started to realize the busy part in foreign counrty again. I got a little bit nervous about how I would get to the airbnb but after a phone call with one of my friends I totaly calmed dowb again and searched for a taxi. Trips in a country where they do not speak English very well is always a little bit nerve-racking. So as expected the taxi driver could not speak a full English sentence so we tried to speak in our own language and communicated with gesture until we found the correct route to the airbnb.
As I arrived at the appartment one of my flatmate catched me up and leaded me into the appartment. The appartment itself was a really nice, nothing too special, but perfect for a little trip like this one. I already had the feeling after arriving there that this trip will be a great one. I also had the feeling that I clicked in with the other persons right away. So after a gym session, some glasses of wine and after the others arrived, we went out for dinner into this special place.
Ultramarinos Barcelona is an amazing spanish restaurant which offers a lot of tasty food. Also it has a great atmosphere and is located right on the street "La Rambla".
And after some glases of Sangria I definately felt the spanish vibes.
After dinner we went back to our appartment to have some more glasses of wine. So you can imagine the evening turned out to be very funny and it was definately a geat start.
Second Day in Barcelona 30th December 2017
We slept in and only made ourselves ready to go outside as we needed something to eat. As we have been a group of 6, a spontanious trip to a restaurant was a little bit difficulter as usual as we had to find a big table. So after a few disappointing attempts we decide to go to the food market "La Bogueria" and eat something there. Because after the majority of the group got hangry it was not the best idea to search around the corner for a restaurant by good luck. So La Bogueria was a perfect idea to go to. I also have been there before and I am a huge fan of food markets anyway. As a bigger group we also tried out a lot of different things which was a great experience in my opinion. Therefore if you are interested to eat something localy, I can definately suggest you to do go there if you were are able to.
I totaly looked forward from my last time in Barcelona to one of those little fruit cups, which are definatley my absolute favorits.
After browsing around at the food market, we planed to go for a little shopping trip. Barcelona offers a lot of amazing shops which definately deserve to be check out. So we spent the whole afternoon strolling around searching for some great offers.
At the evening we had a reservation at the Marina Bay right next to the Casino. Marina Bay is an amazing place to try out some Paella. I am not the biggest fan of fish therefore I went for the vegi one.
After we had eaten too much, we went for some drinks. So we took a taxi and drove around 5min away to go to a bar which was completely full. We ask the waiter to suggest us a bar nearby and he suggested us the bar Mr Robinson.
The bar Mr Robinson turned out to be an amazing place and we planed right away to come back, inclusive for a brunch. They have some amazing drinks and the ambiente is very interesting. What really makes the place is there decoration as it is totaly instagram goals. They have put some „explorer“ vibes in the whole decoration and offers. I canot suggest you to go there even more!
After that we walked back to the old town part of Barcelona and found there the bar Numero 9 which was also a nice litte bar with great drinks.
We stayed there for some time until we went back home for some sleep before the big day.
Third Day in Barcelona, 31th December 2017
In the morning of the last day of 2017 we decide to go out to buy some ingredients for a big breakfast. We had luck and a little shop around the block was open so we bought everything for some omlettes and porrige. It turned out to be a really nice hangover dish and perfect to start the day all new and fresh again.
A little bit late we went outside the appartment to go to the Bunkers del Carmel.
The Bunkers del Carmel was something I really wanted to go to and to look at.
I definately think it was one of my highlights of this trip. It is one of the most stunning views above the city where you can take some amazing shots.
We staid up there for some time and than went back to the airbnb to get ready for dinner. We decided to go to an Inidan place called Tandoori Nights. The personal was really friendly and the food was also good.
So after we had eaten we walked to the next street to took a taxi to go near the club for the night. So we drove near the casino, made our drinks ready and than waited for the countdown. It was a totaly different feeling to be on the beach for the New Year Eve's firework and I never have been celebrating the New Year like this before. So this definately was a nice experience which I definaltey want to do similar again.
We had tickets for the club Shoko and we staid in there for a very long time. I think one of the most amazing moments was to go out to the beach, breaving in the beach air, and just to feel free.
Fourth Day in Barcelona, 1th January 2018
So we went home very late and therefore did not sleep much but we all definately wanted to go for the brunch in Mr Robinson. So the New Year started for me pretty much like a typical one does, right? But the brunch was like from an other world!
Till now I think I miss this restaurant the most of Barcelona just because of all the amazing ambiente and food they had to offer.
After brunch we split the group and so the girls went back to the beach and the boys went back to go into the gym.
I totaly loved the "just going by the sea for some fresh air" walk which I definately would do everyday if I could.
After the walk on the beach we walked to the more famous part of Barcelona, walked along the La Ramblas and than back to our appartment.
For the evening we had planed to go to an Italien restaurant nearby the bar Mr.Robinson for some last drinks in Barcelona.
So we drank again some drinks there and than went back to our appartment to spent there a little time more as a group. Totaly exhaused we tried to get some rest for the way back home.
Fifth and Final day in Barcelona, 2th January 2018
In the morning of our last day we were unfortunately forced to check out earlier as expected. It was also very sad to split the group again as I totaly took them all to my heart.
As we had some last hours in Barcelona we wanted to walk around and take some last and final pictures of the city. So we went in a group of 3 with a taxi near the La Rambla and walked there around to shoot.
Barri Gòtic the Gothic quartier is also a perfect place to take some pictures and to explore the birthplace of Barcelona. I think it is very interesting to walk through the old part which was build a long time ago from the romans.
From my last visite of Barcelona I also could remember perfectly the cathedral of Barcelona "La Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia" which I think is one of the most stunning buildings in Barcelona.
Also on my bucket list was to walk from the Plaça de Catalunya up the street „Passeig de Gràcia“ to take pictures of some of the famous buildings of Barcelona.
One of the most famous buildings of Barcelona is the building „Casa Batlló“. The building was also designed by the famous architect and designer Antoni Gaudi and changes colors.
After walking around for some time I had to go back to the airport to catch my flight back to Zurich.
It was sad to leave the other 2 behind and joining again a taxi with a total stranger. It had been a short drive to the airport and after some complication it was finaly time to take off. I was totaly calm the way back home and felt really secure in the airplane. I think it was also the first time I slept through the whole flight. So I felt like the flight went bye in 15min which was amazing.
So I arriaved back home, totally exhaused but happy at the same time.
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xxx. F
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