We had our final sea day yesterday. We have been touristing very hard for the past 3 weeks. We are all very tired and not much happened this day. The final sea day only produced 1 photo from me. Adam enjoying a light Sun Princess snack!!
Today we are back in Barcelona and will need to disembark our home for the past 21 days. Michael, Nicole, Alex and Adam are flying home today. Sad last breakfast for us. 😢
Lindsey arrived in Rome, so she and I are staying 3 more nights in Barcelona in order for her to get a taste of the city. As we are riding in the cab to our hotel that is very close to the Sagrada Familia, we see these little golf cart type rental cars. It is interesting to hear that there is a company now in Vancouver renting these in the downtown core.
We leave our luggage at the hotel as our room is not quite ready as we are here very early. Our hotel “Sagrada Familia” is 2.5 blocks from the basilica. There is a lovely little park across the street from it so we decide to kill some time by taking some time to sit on a bench in the park. Not long after that we migrate to an outdoor café and order a nice cold beer. It is very warm here.
I am still enthralled with this basilica!! It is sooo stunning!!
Wandering the streets we spot this building with stripped curtains on all of the balconies. Kind of interesting.
One of things about Barcelona that I like is how wide the sidewalks are. In most European cities the sidewalks are usually very narrow. These are wide enough to park cars on and still have room to walk. Also, they have corners that are diagonal. The photo below shows the corner, you can park 5 or 6 cars on the diagonal corners. We found out the hard way that you really need to pay attention to where you are going, On our way back to our hotel, 2.5 blocks, we were talking and walking. The next thing we know we are not arriving to our destination. Checking google maps and we must have crossed the wrong diagonal corner and ended up going in a loop, ending back at the Sagrada Familia. 🤣😂 My right leg is very sore and not impressed by this detour.
After resting this afternoon, we walked our neighbourhood and found a busy little restaurant for some tapas. We enjoyed some wonderful olives, mushrooms, roasted veg and croquettes. Oh yeah, of course wine!
A young couple next to us heard us speaking English and asked if we were American. We let them know where we were from. It turns out they were from the US, Missouri. They had come to Madrid to see Taylor Swift. Then took a side trip to Barcelona. They left their 2 kids at home with grandparents to take less than a week in Europe. They really enjoyed the show. Still, it seems a long way to go for a concert. 😋