Mama Travels: Barcelona

Coming in from Prague, I can already feel the city energy in Barcelona and I am super excited to be united with 10 of my girls who are flying from all over the world to be together on our annual girls’ trip to celebrate birthdays. We take our birthdays seriously and friendship even more. Despite of our crazy life with family, work, and schedule we make a time to be with each other. We even have a preggo among us, we are that hard core!

I start to recognize Gaudi’s work as soon as we enter the city. Our hotel Omm, which is our home for next few days, is located right by the Casa Batilo and Pedrara. Both buildings are Gaudi’s famous work. It’s so cool that these amazing works of art/buildings are integrated into the heart of city. We visit Park Guell, Sagrada Familia, Cathedral, Casa Batilo, and Pedrera. We visit the Museo Picasso and walk up and down the Rambla.

After sightseeing we were excited to unite and hit up Cal Pep, the unpretentious tapas restaurant (most restaurants are pretty chill and unpretentious in Barcelona) where it was hard for us to get a reservation since we are a small party of 10! They presented us with bread paired with tomatoes, clams, cured meats, and prawns. Basically the best tapas any of us has ever had. We ate tapas for the next three days at Tapas 24, Catalina, Botafumeiro, and others that I can’t remember. Definitively Cal Pep and Tapas 24 were my fave.

Like Tapas, Barcelona seems to have a little bit of everything. The beach life, night life that’s bit like Miami, bar culture, cultural sites, and great shopping. People are super friendly and happy. It’s a great city and I would love to come back!

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Mama Travels: Prague

Prague seems to be untouched by time. It’s as if it has stood still through all these years and I felt like I’d been transported back in history. Everything is magical and beautifully kept. Prague is exactly how I imagined it to be: red roofs, gorgeous castles and buildings, town squares, and bridges.

I arrived on their Labor day and was able to enjoy a little festival that was happening by the castle. People were lounging at the park eating sausages, drinking beer, or just being lazy with their loved ones. I absolutely adored the heart balloon I bought at the festival. Everybody seemed to have bought it at the festival and it kept popping up through Prague.

The Old town square is just majestic. There is this amazing rooftop bar at the hotel Prince inside a square and it became my favorite spot in Prague to sit and drink champagne.

Hopefully Prague will always stay this way, beautiful and bit lazy, a perfect spot for a New Yorker to come and chill.

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