Up for our 930 cab ride to Barcelona airport as their is no bus or shuttle from our area. Very peculiar Once their we went through bag check and then immigration line and finally duty free where we bought some goodies As we get to a general area we notice our plane is boarding and we werent even in our gate area. We still have a full hour before the plane leaves but we get to our gate and they are boarding the plane when Sue and Dominique decide to make a...

Well we begin our trek home with a early morning walk to train terminal then a six hour ride coast to coast across Spain. Nice accommodations on the train but it appears to be one that makes stops along the way which adds to the time. I would say based on highway traffic observed, we reached speeds of 150 to 170kph but this is just a rough estimate We arrived in Barcelona and since the Airport and hotel is in Catalonia , which is a suburb. we couldn’t fig...

Day 3 going strong: Today I was awaken by the sound of a Clanky old Diesel engine firing up in a nearby construction site. It was a little quieter than my brother bobs truck, so I was familiar with it and knew it would quieten down soon, unlike my brother bobs truck. Anyway off we go for another days adventure with tickets to the famed sagrada familia. We we boarded a bus to the and arrived 10 minutes later . The sagrada familia is a late 1800’s neo g...

Day 2 Had a great sleep and woke up to Kerry sitting quietly on the deck. We wandered downstairs and acquired two horrible “cafe americanos” and four croissants for 10 Europe’s. But it was food. At about 10 am we gathered ourselves and left our apartment making our way to la rambla which is a huge area where street vendors hawk their wares. Friggin people everywhere and everyone knows I don’t like people, so we went for a quiet medicating beer. An...