Travel Review: Spain Luxury Trip, Madrid, Barcelona, Market, Architectural Tour, Local Cuisine & Tapas

Where do I start?  There were so many incredible parts to the trip listed below but the greatest joy was making new friends (dare I say, meeting new family members?!?!?) in our travel planners and their families.  We were treated so well, can't even begin to tell you how wonderful these people are.  As for the things we did and saw, they were amazing too:
Madrid:

• Lunch at a local restaurant
• Dinner at a Madrid restaurant
• Prado and Reina Sofia
• Tapas tour in Madrid (with our travel planner!!!)
• Day Trip to Segovia (amazing)
• Christmas Eve lunch at a mediterranean restaurant
• Midnight Christmas Mass
• Christmas snacking at Mercado San Miguel
• Flamenco show
• Dinner at a Spanish cuisine restaurant - one of the best meals ever

Barcelona

• Staying at the hotel - incredible place!
• Dinner at a certain restaurant
• Architectural tour  - Sagrada Familia and Gaudi houses and Parc Guell - so cool!
• Tapas tour with a travel specialist and family (now a part of OUR family too!) topped off with an amazing meal
• Seafood at a local restaurant
• Day trip to the Priorat and private tour of Clos de l'Obac winery and the wine making family (new friends!)

There are just too many great parts of that trip!