We caught the high speed train this morning at Barcelona Sants station. Spain's Renfe high speed trains are very modern and a luxurious way to travel. We were served an early morning coffee and pastry and later a hot breakfast. The train traveled at up to 300km/hr and was very smooth and quiet. Our trip took us south along the coast for a short distance to Tarragona and then we turned inland towards central Spain. We travelled over 1000 km thru the central part o...

Our last day in Barcelona consisted of shopping, sight seeing, more eating and drinking and an evening at the music hall, Palau de la Musica Catalana. The music hall is a modernist design that was built in 1905-08. The program was a combination of Spanish opera arias and several flamenco pieces complete with some very athletic dancing. This was a fantastic opportunity to see the interior of the building and take in some Spanish music and dance. After the performa...

Today we struggled with technology. Spain looks to be an early adopter of technology, it is everywhere, we look like we are in the Stone Age in North America. We started our "techno struggle" by attempting to purchase a guided tour of Segrata Familia at a ATM machine. We were doing this miraculous feat because the SF website was down and the concierge was unable to bridge the techno gap for us. We were able to navigate the numerous prompts on the ATM only to dis...