We arrived in Barcelona safe and sound and without a single travel delay. So after a day and a half in Barcelona, I have discovered one thing. They love stop lights. I mean they are EVERYWHERE in multiples. When I travel, I usually try to avoid those double decker tourist busses because I find them cheesy and screaming for you to get mugged. However, given that we are only spending two days here, I put aside my personal feelings and decided to go ahead and do it this time. It served us pretty well as we just got off the plane, showered, and hopped on one of these busses to see the city. I was in Barcelona in 2008, but it was on a tour and I didn’t really see as much. However, by about 3p (we landed at 10), we crashed from being on the top deck of the bus and lack of sleep. We headed back to the hotel (a very nice property—U232 if you’re coming out here) and took a little siesta.
When we woke up, we jumped back on the bus for round two of the touring. The busses are broken up into three lines and we were able to accomplish two of them in one day—rather impressive. But we got off the bus at La Ramba and puttered around the Gothic Quarters and some of the side streets. Thanks to Selina, we were able to revisit The Black Sheep for sangria and tapas. A pitcher of sangria and little food, I had a good buzz on and we explored a little more. What I have noticed here is that my love for the Panini sandwich from Europe 2008 is still alive and well. I eat them for lunch and I’m actually pretty full for the day.
Today, we slept in way later than we had planned. We woke up around 11 and grabbed… you guess it a Panini sandwich and headed to the Basílica de la Sagrada Família. We drove by this yesterday and the line was far too long for my liking. However, thanks to a little research, I discovered you could buy tickets online and go straight inside the church. I’m not a religious man, but this church is amazing. Symbolic with every detail and a connection to nature, it really is a man-made wonder. The uniqueness is only topped by its architectural genius. We walked around the town a little bit more before we headed back to the bus and to the hotel for a little rest before the Sangria and us meet again.
