After an extremely long day on the bus we finally arrived in Barcelona! Feeling refreshed after a quiet dinner with the group at our hotel, we were up early the next morning for a day of exploring!
We hopped on the bus for a driving tour around the city with a local guide, our first stop was to see La Sagrada Familia (The Holy Family) Church designed by Gaudi.
After briefly seeing the city we were off up into the mountains to see Montserrat. The trip up to the top of the mountain was nerve wracking on the bus. Not a lot of room and a huge drop to the bottom. Luckily our driver, Rafael, is awesome and got us there and back safely.
We then had a few hours rest in the hotel and then it was time to head to our farewell dinner and Flamenco show. Kel was in heaven with the seafood buffet at dinner and even managed a sea snail … I declined this time. Watching her hook it out of the shell and having it ooze out was enough to turn my stomach!
The Flamenco show was great. As a treat for being such a good group the tour guide then took us to see the dancing fountains. They were pretty spectacular. When we got back to the hotel it was time to say goodbye. There will be a few we will gladly never see again, but we have also made some good friends. :-)
Of course we were still a little parched with the heat so we had to go to the rooftop bar for a refreshment. When that bar closed we went back downstairs to the other bar where our tour director and driver were. It would also have been rude for us not to have farewell drinks with them as well!
We got to sleep in this morning and then we had brunch with some friends we'd made before they headed to the airport. It was sad to say goodbye to them. We then made our way to our new hotel which is about three blocks from La Ramblas, so in a very good spot. We had a stroll and did some shopping and now we're back at the hotel cooling off and waiting to see if Luke gets to London in time to catch his flight to Barcelona!!!!!!
Still having troubles uploading photos, so stay tuned......
Location:Barcelona
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