We were up at 7:30am and Mom put the finishing touches on the packing while I tried to get everything to fit into the extra bags we brought with us. We selected the latest checkout possible from the ship since our hotel wouldn't be ready until later. We went an had a light breakfast, using up our last 30 minutes of wifi time while we ate and watched below as the people boarded buses and taxis, mostly heading for the airport. Leaving Europe on a Saturday is ...

Just 8 of us went on the Barcelona tour. First we went around the town seeing the Gothic section which is the old part of town. This part was founded 2000 years ago by the Romans and was the entire city until the 1800s when the rest of the city was built. We saw the old port and the boat works where Columbus' ships were built to sail to America. Toured the Ramblas area where the tourists and young people hang out. We'll be back here tomorrow since we dr...

Today was supposed to be a relaxing day before Barcelona. It seems there was just too much to do in our one day to be ready to return home.. We did sleep in until 9, went to a light breakfast and returned to the cabin to pack. Well, Karen did that while I tried to finish up some blog entries with pictures added. But she took a nap, I watched some old TV movie and soon it was the afternoon. They had a shopping bazaar by the pool and she checked that out. Just l...