We scheduled coffee delivery for 8:30 this morning but when it arrived, we realized it was pouring out.
Not wanting to deal with slogging around in the rain, we climbed back into bed. When we finally woke at 10:30 we got ourselves moving and went up to the cafe for breakfast. I could see a little blue sky poking through which made us hopeful. As we left the ship a little more blue was peaking through and the rain had stopped. We took a shuttle to the World Trade Center -a drop off place outside the ports and near the famous Las Ramblas Street. As we left the port the clouds softened and the skies brightened. It was going to be a lovely day after all.
We walked to Columbus Square, a bustling area with tourists, cars and buses. The Columbus monument and all its carvings was quite a remarkable work of art.
Next we found our way to a Main Street – Las Ramblas – to begin our day’s journey into the heart of Barcelona. Las Ramblas is a strolling boulevard with shopsand restaurants.
We came upon the Gothic Quarter with old cathedrals, courtyards and buildings.
Bruce and I stopped at his favorite spot – a Panaderia- where I had cafe con leche and he had hot chocolate which was just that, melted chocolate.
After walking several miles we decided to take the subway to La Sagrada Familia which is a cathedral that has been under construction for 150 years.
In our explorations today we even found a McDonald on Las Ramblas. And no Bruce did not go in there and have a milk shake even though he wanted to.
We enjoyed a lot of the street entertainment and the creativity.
What a wonderful day we had in Barcelona – and we couldn’t have asked for better weather – mid to high 60s and sunny.
Bruce and I had planned to go into Barcelona with another couple in the evening for dinner but we were quite tired. Instead we ate in the main dining room with some lovely people from California. One couple was continuing on after Rome to the Greek Islands. The itinerary originally included Turkey but those ports have been replaced with ports in Greece.
After dinner we went to the top deck and took some photos of Barcelona at night. It is also a full moon and I couldn’t resist.
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