Beautiful Barcelona

Ba Ba Ba Ba Barbara Ann Barcelona........ credit to the Beach Boys.

Flying from Lyon to Barcelona only took an hour arriving late afternoon. We had booked a private pick up at the airport which was very cheap thus not having to find our way by ourselves into the city to our apartment.

Settled straight into this place as it has a similar climate to Geraldton. It even  got to 24 one day as it is heading into winter. On our first night here we orientated ourselves to where our apartment was situated on Passeig de Gracia. Just a short stroll from our abode we stumbled upon two of Antoni Gaudi’s masterpieces. Paul was goosed bumped seeing them. The signs of a groupie were once again manifesting in Paul. I was going to have to manage this with an open mind and hand.

The next day off we went to do our bike tour starting at 11am with Moritz from Black City Bikes. The bike trip, passed through a lot of the old city called "barri gotic" which took in this area and the Barceloneta beach and Gaudi’s famous unfished work the majestic Sagrada Familia not to be confused with the Sangria Fimiliar. Of course PC was the only one to go AWOL on the tour and that was within the first hour. I was in a dilemma when I noticed he wasn’t with us when we stopped at a monument. When the guide had finished his spiel and it was time to move onto the next stop I had to point out that one of the group was missing. Everyone thought this was a great joke as most of them knew how long Paul and I had been travelling together.
Without too much waiting Paul found us on his way to take a photo of the monument we were next to. I told him he needed to shout a round of drinks for holding up the tour.

So many wonderful touristy things to see and do. When Paul and I visited the Cathedral of all Cathedrals there were  ten Greenpeace activists who had clambered up the 19th century church and chained themselves to the façade displaying photos of the 30 Greenpeace members arrested by Russian police. Paul thought they were cleaners at first and was wondering how you would go about getting such a job......then we noticed the police and fire brigade and the crowd was swelling.
We have really enjoyed Barcelona, perfect weather, paella, tapas, red wine, Moritz beer, Gaudi galore, funicular, forts, churches, beaches, metro, trams and now the train to Valencia. Adios Amigos.