HELLO!!

I’m officially home from Spain and back on normal time.

IT. WAS. AMAZING.

The flight lasted 9 hours, but we had the Emergency Exit (totally worth an extra $60 each) so we had plenty of legroom.  It was glorious.

When we got to the hotel, it was 10am.  Check-in wasn’t until 3.  So, after being awake for 24 hours already, we had to go roam around the city until the room was ready.  I contemplated shooting myself, then I remembered where I was.

On our first full day, (our second day there) we decided to try our luck at getting into an FC Barcelona game.  That’s soccer, for those of you who have no idea.  It was their last home game of the season, plus their manager is taking a year off, so it was his last home game as well.  And we got tickets!  The whole experience was pretty surreal.

Outside the stadium

Ticket

Coincidentally in all Barcelona colors

Flags for everyone, waiting in our seats.

<3

Holy Trophies

About to begin! Barca vs. Espanyol

The stadium filled up SO fast.

Underway

A tribute to Pep... aka my future husband

Messi: only the greatest player in the world. No big deal...

Preparing for a PK

Silent Stadium

And it's in! (Check out my timing skills)

And the man gets 4 in one game. Insanity.

Celebrating. Cute.

I got this awesome video of the entire crowd singing after a goal, but the size is too big for the site settings.  I’ll try to get it on FB.  It’s really cool to see.

Our first real day proved to be a big success and was a great kick-start to our trip.  I took about 300 pictures, so I’m going to have to split these up.  I’ll try to get the rest of them up soon.

Xo,

Jenn