with Love from Barcelona

after checking out the beach and the some of the sights such as Sagrada Familia and Parc Guell I did more shopping and went to the Picasso Museum which was amazing. Let me tell you...the Zara in Spain is SICK. I was lucky enough to be at a hotel on the same street, the lovely Silken Gran Havana Hotel. It is one of the hugest Zara's I have ever seen. The best thing was the insanity of the pricing compared to the US. OMG..so yall know I'm a shopping fanatic so I definitely looked up the prices of everything I wanted in US dollars and Euros. Spains prices were about $20-50 lower even with the dollar to euro conversion!

Fashion Steele's all around!

So when I did my conversions (thanks converter app on my phone) I knew just how much I was saving.

I also did some cool thrift and vintage shopping in the El Born neighborhood of Barcelona which had the tiniest streets filled with boutique shops.

All in all a smashing good time was had by me and my friend. I also celebrated my birthday while there...hence the rasberry, strawberry, fudge cake thingy in a martini glass.
it was de-effing-licious.
one year older...and super inspired by my vacation.
i quickly came home and put together the most amazing outfits high off my Barcelona infusion.
the quirky thrift shop Le Swing Vintage was a jewel. I picked up the best sunglasses ever there!
i also spent a lot of money in Zara...enough that I may never shop there again this year.
soon i will post a video of Barcelona as a whole.
xx
Monroe

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Back from Barcelona

Hi everyone. I'm back from Barcelona. I touched down at JFK last night. My sleeping patterns are at the moment all effed up. It is currently 5:30 am in New York and I have been awake since 3am.

I did manage to fall back asleep for an hour but then I got an email alert that a pair of shoes from Zara that I want were once again available in my size...so of course I had to wake up for that.

I have tried to condense as many photos as I could. I took so many. Barcelona is breathtaking surrounded by mountains and the sea. I ate great paella, shopped like a freaking maniac and listened to numerous 80's hits. Ohhh...yes...it seems Spain is stuck on 80's American music but it was awesome.

The first few days were just a lot of beach and sight seeing at Sangrada Familia and Parc Guell.

 Hope this wasn't photo overload for you. I have sooooo many amazing photos and it was hard to narrow it down. I would say the highlight of the first few days was visiting Parc Guell. It's situated high in the hills of Barcelona and it overlooks the entire city. It was really something I will never forget. Do the cave photos look familiar to anyone???? If you watched

 America's Next Top Model one of the fashion shows the girls did took place there a few seasons ago!

stay tuned for more photos and video soon.

xx

Monroe

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