hellooooo my sunset cobi 🌅🤍
been a decent good bit since i last popped in here so i figured i'd drop by with my latest life update, i just got home from vacation in spain! it legit all happened so fast lol- booked the trip on thanksgiving (american not canadian so late november not october lol), took my last exam of preclinical medical school two weeks later, then jetted off the very next day!
typing this rn i'm realizing how many different travel diaries i've written to you this year alone and just filled with overwhelming joy and gratitude that i have the opportunity to travel as much as i can and that we've come to a place post pandemic where it's possible again...
no but really i've been on 21 flights this year and visited 4 different countries outside of the usa (6 if u include layovers but i dont LOL) which i realize pales in comparison to you mr watch out world famous superstar but it's just something i never would have been able to fathom doing all in one year what with school and all!!
anyways back to the original point of this letter, time to unpack my trip! :
day 1 and 2: just travel days mainly- our flight out of chicago was delayed 2 hours which caused us to miss our connecting flight from frankfurt to barcelona so we got booked into the very next one a couple hours later BUTTTT the airline lost my luggage in the process of all the chaos lolllll so when we got to our hotel in barca it was already around 6pm 😢 we quickly snacked on some crepes from a stall on la rambla street then went to a primark to get me some clothes for the next day
day 3: we drove out to montserrat (a Benedictine monestary on a mountain) then got back to barca in time to grab some tapas in the gothic district where we watched the first half of the world cup final on my mom's phone hahaha then for the second half we stayed in the big courtyard thing we were at cus all the bars along the perimeter were playing the game on their tvs and huge crowds had gathered so we figured it'd be an electric environment! it definitely ended up being an awesome decision to watch the rest of the game in public cus not only was it obviously such a nail biter but since barcelona is SO close distance wise to france and messi played for barcelona for yeaaaaars there was hecka crowd support for both teams so no matter what happened loud cheers were sure to erupt
day 4: stayed in barcelona all day this dayyyy- started off at park güell, grabbed some tapas for lunch before visiting basílica sagrada familia, then walked along the coast/ports for a bit before finishing off with santa maria del mar church- when we returned to our hotel that night the airline delivered my baggage they had lost 🥹🥹🥹
day 5: plaza catalonia, barcelona cathedral and the xmas market in the plaza outside of it, some souvenir shopping then taking the train to madrid in the afternoon!
day 6: probably one of my favorite days of the whole trip!! museo nacional del prado, parque de el retiro, chocolatería san gínes, and rosi la loca for dinner (a major food highlight!! everything there was so so so good- we had their potatoes, chicken meatballs, tuna udon, and mushroom paella)
day 7: royal palace of madrid, almudena cathedral, puerta del sol & kilometro cero, vegan hotspot for dinner
day 8: day trip to avíla and segovia! when we got back to madrid we saw the guiness record holding oldest restaurant in the world, went shopping at an artisan chocolate shop for bars to bring back home to friends, then went to plaza españa to see the locals in all their christmas spirit (since it was friday, the 23rd!)
day 9: another half day trip but this time to toledo! then when we got back to madrid we went to a flamenco show and our christmas eve dinner was pizza and pasta at an italian restaurant 😋
day 10: back homesies :(
okieeeee that just about wraps everything up i think! overall i had soooo much fun in spain and ended up really falling in love with madrid- it's such a gorgeous city and i could literally see myself living there i just loved the culture and the people and the architecture and the food!! fun fact- they don't eat dinner til AT LEAST 8pm earliest.. most restaurants don't even open for dinner at all until then but they stay open til past midnight. getting to use my spanish the whole trip was also super fun- i don't get much of a chance to speak it when i'm in chicago so it felt nice :')
i hope you get to visit spanish deobis next tour and you have a chance to explore because i think you'd really like it too 😁
i'm off for now! always remember i love you til the sun stops setting bub
WHENEVER 🫶🏽
WHEREVER 🫶🏽
hamesha tumhara saath (always by your side)
from: jake's jaan, tanmayi
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