Friday, November 2, 2012

Barcelona the perftct European city


My love for the city of Barcelona came along when I was in middle school, I was a huge F.C Barcelona fan (still am)  from then on I started learning about the city and knew that not only I wanted to visit but live there some day.

The things that attract me the most about Barcelona are the peoples style, the awesome seafood and food in general, shopping and of course the fact that F.C Barcelona is the home team. I’ve made a plan for myself so when I go visit one day the top things I want to do when I get there are go to  Barceloneta Beach and walk on the board walk,  Visit La Sagrada Familia, Park Güell , climb up Montjuic and of course go visit Camp Nou and if I get lucky enough to watch a home Barcelona game.

 

            Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia and is the second largest city of Spain. Located on the Northeast coast facing the Mediterranean of course I would want to go the beach while there. The beach that has caught my eye is Barceloneta Beach. The best month out of the year temperature wise to go is in August the climate is perfect, the only thing is that during the month of August is the season when tourists from all over the world come so you can imagine how many people will be there. Walk on the board walk enjoy the beautiful scenery of the beach and vendors with souvenirs to take back home. Also you can’t forget the amazing seafood restaurants.

 

            Visit the Sagrada familia an amazing church in the heart of Barcelona that was designed by the famous architect Antoni Gaudi, the church is still incomplete.  If you want more beautiful scenery places go to Park Güell  in the district of Barcelona once you get to the top you see down on the city of Barcelona.

 

Last but not least the place where I have been dying to go for years, Camp Nou. Camp Nou is the home stadium of the world popular team Futbol Club Barcelona  I have dreams of going and watch a classical game of Barcelona Vs. Real Madrid one day. Even if you’re there in the season of “break” (when the soccer league takes a break) you can still go and tour around the stadium. The tour guides take you in onto the pitch and see what the players see when its game day. You get a tour of the players dressing rooms, the pitch and even where journalist/commenter’s sit when its game day. Walk onto that soccer pitch and see the large logo “Mes Que Un Club” imprinted on the seats of the stadium. Once you’re done touring inside the stadium they have a gift shop where you can go and buy yourself some soccer gear, the day I go I’m buying myself an original jersey so I can wear it with pride.

 

            Even though I have never been to Barcelona I have already fell in love with the  European life style people have there. Just by looking at pictures and hearing other peoples story of when they went makes me more eager to go . When I go I know I will have amazing stories to tell about the wonderful city. Barcelona is the perfect European city to go and fall in love with. Safe to say I have been saving up my money to go soon and buy myself many FCB gear.

 


Works Cited
Chandler Ryan, Sorensen Annelise. Top 10 Barcelona Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide.New York. 2012. Print.  



1 comment:

  1. I just visited Barcelona this summer, so remind me to talk to you after class about that amazing, wonderful, friendly, quirky, awesome, awe-inspiring city.

    You have a lot of information, and I assume it's from all those years of researching the city. But not everyone is familiar with Barcelona, so make sure to name a source in each paragraph where the information is not common knowledge. A good rule of thumb is to make sure to match each reference entry with usage in the paragraphs where you refer to that information (the in-text citation).

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