Jessica has been recognized as a preferred vendor to work with by her industry peers, earned TheKnot.com’s Best of Weddings award 9 times, and been inducted into TheKnot.com Hall of Fame. Jessica is a multi-award-winning photographer, a leader in her industry, and an educator to up-and-coming photographers through her Embark Retreat.
Hi guys! Happy Saturday…and one month of us being in Europe! We just barely made it on a night train last night from Paris to Munich and it’s easy to say we’re EXHAUSTED. This past month and pace of activities has been exciting and full of adventures, so to keep you guys up to date with my ‘travel photos’ here’s the next blog post of our 2 days in Barcelona!
When we were planning our European vacation we kept hearing that we needed to visit Spain. So, with about 2 weeks to go before we left the US, we decided to book a Ryan Air flight from Rome to Barcelona before continuing on to 5 days in Ireland. After 10 hectic days touring Italy and being awestruck and exhausted…and then attempting to fly Ryan Air (who knows what I’m talking about?!?!), I think we weren’t able to give Spain our full attention. It’s hard to follow up the romance, food and adventure we had in Italy, so unfortunately I wasn’t as impressed with Barcelona…I know, I know…I tried! We googled ‘how to eat like a Spaniard” and tried to follow the schedule of lunch at 2pm, nap from 3-5pm, tapas at 7pm and dinner at 11pm! I can say I’m a fan of their afternoon siestas 🙂 We decided to do an entire day on the city’s ‘hop on hop off’ tours and it was great to cover all of the ‘touristy’ sights we needed to see and gave us an overview of the city.
We loved hanging out in the square with the Barcelona cathedral…full of street performers and hours of beautiful music and great food nearby!
Lots of Gaudi in Barcelona for my artist buffs…Casa Batilo:
Sagrada Familia
Here’s an update on the beard in Spain…..starting to create lots of beard envy, and no mom, there’s no shaving or trimming until we get back!
We stopped by the Olympic stadium when Barcelona hosted the games in 1992
Hope you enjoyed just a quick tour of Barcelona!! I’m so excited to share with you guys on Monday (fingers crossed) the story and wedding photo shoot of Olly & Karen when we went to Ireland! Have a great weekend! – Jessica
Jessica Frey is an award-winning, Texas Hill Country-based international wedding and event photographer committed to delivering a high-quality experience complete with stunning and joyful images.
Wow! looks so amazing. More, more!