Our half-yearly pilgrimage...

To Barcelona for SHOPPING!!! :P

Hahaha... I think Bin Bin and I are getting addicted to the Barcelona sales...

This time, our guest was Sook Leen...

As usual, we took the early morning flight on Saturday to spend our weekend shopping in the streets of La Rambla... and hey... we actually did some sort of touristy thing ok?? We went to the famous market along La Rambla for lunch (before hitting the shops!!! :P)

Barcelona is really beautiful in summer... look how colourful everything is!!!

Hehe... see even Bin Bin couldn't resist taking a picture with the pile of fruits...

If it was left to Bin Bin and I, we would have probably gone to KFC for our lunch! hehehe... but Sook Leen managed to convince us that we should have our lunch at the market...

And I'm glad we did! The seafood was absolutely fantastic... hmmm.. yummy clams, squid, prawns and scampi... even the mushrooms were delicious!!

After the slight detour... we re-align our focus and hit the shops... the sales were really good!!! I found so many items that I want to buy and they are really really super cheap... I mean I bought tops for about 8 euros, jumpers for 5 euros, jackets for 15 euros, t-shirts for 3 euros... etc.

While we were too engrossed in finding the best bargain... it started raining... no, correction... it started POURING!!!! The rain was so heavy that we couldn't go back to our hotel and were stuck in the shops!!! (Lucky Sook Leen who went back earlier... hehehe.. I think she just couldn't take anymore shopping!!)

We finally made it back, but we were soaked!!! And some of my precious shopping was wet as well!!! :( In the end, we had KFC for dinner as we didn't want to risk getting caught in the rain anymore...

Hehe... me laying out all my shopping from ZARA, Mango and Stradivarius (our favourite Spanish brands) in the hotel at night before going to bed...

The next day, we woke up early for breakfast and was all set to go shopping again....

BUT...

To our horror... THE SHOPS ARE ALL CLOSED ON SUNDAY!!! What??? Since when did they change their trading hours??? Bin Bin and I were so upset that Sook Leen found it really funny... In the end... we were forced to do some sightseeing...

We called our hotel reception and he gave us hope when he said that the shopping mall at the end of the pier might be open... so we tracked our way there... Sook Leen went off for more (proper) sightseeing since she hasn't been to Barcelona and she didn't mind not shopping again...

When we reached the shopping mall... Bin Bin and I really squealed for joy when we found that the shopping mall is not only open, BUT.... there's a Mango, Stradivarius, Bershkha and H&M in there!!! Hahaha... you should have really seen how we jumped for joy...

Well... the shopping mall sort of made up for our earlier disappointment... but nevertheless, I think we'll be back... and the next time... we'll avoid Sunday at all cost!

And oh... if you ever go to Barcelona... I would recommend you to stay in Hotel Curious... it's newly renovated, good location, has English speaking staff and decent breakfast...

And sorry Sook Leen... if we scared you with our shopping addiction!!!