San Sebastián -> Barcelona

We set our alarms for 9am, finished packing our bags, and stopped at Old Town one final time. Cobi branched out and went for a ham & cheese croissant, while I had a Nutella croissant. Both were so delicious, I was sad to be leaving our new favourite place.

We brought our bags to the car, and hit the road. Goodbye San Sebastián, you were delicious!

 

A few hours into the drive we pulled in to a rest stop for water, a ham & camembert baguette, and some snacks for the rest of the drive.

 

I’m loving the Haribo selection here!!

 

Ooh is this where they grow the pens??

 

We arrived at the hotel just before 5pm, and while the staff put our bags in the room, we had a glass of Cava on the beautiful patio. It was the nicest weather we were going to have while in Barcelona, so we had to enjoy it!

 

We got up to our room and it was incredible! Those chaises were going to perfect for watching Netflix…

We were staying at the ABaC hotel, which had 3 Michelin Star restaurant attached. We had a reservation there in on our last night in Barcelona and I was really excited!

 

We had the penthouse suite, with an absolutely beautiful rooftop patio.

 

There was a lovely seating area under an umbrella (which we didn’t expect to use, with all the rain in the forecast…).

 

And two chaises for lounging.

 

The best part? Our own private rooftop hot tub!!

 

The view from the hot tub was amazing – I couldn’t wait to enjoy a drink in the tub later.

After we settled in and unpacked a little, we headed out to wander the city.

 

We made our way to the Plaça de la Sagrada Familia, but it was pretty dark by the time we got there so it was hard to really see the scale of it!

I had been craving sushi, so we found a well rated place on our walk and stopped for dinner. It was hard to read a Japanese menu in Spanish, but after googling the words for ‘avocado’, ‘prawn’, and ‘tempura’, we figured it out. And it was delicious!

 

As we walked back to the hotel, we stopped for churros. We got one filled with Dulce de Leche, and one with Chocolate. Both were delicious, but the chocolate was my favourite!

We got back to the hotel and passed out in the huge, luxurious bed. I was excited for our first full day in Barcelona!