The Stantons had a slow start to the day - awake at 9, out the door by 10:30. This was it - our last day. We breakfasted in the local food market - very rustic and Catalan in its experience! We headed off to the Picasso museum, but finally we were beaten. The queue was up to an hour to get in, the day was hot and we were tired. We decided to leave Picasso as a reason to come back to Barcelona another day. We split up. The girls went to look at some shops ...

Up early (for us, anyway) at 7:00am as we'd bought tickets to Sagrada Familia, Gaudi's great basilica. I think we were all totally and individually captured by the magic of this great cathedral. We had audio guides so the 5 of us tended to disperse and walk through the cathedral, and the museum and reflect on what we were seeing. The use of light, and the colours are amazing - what an extraordinary project to be part of, and we would love to come back again to...

Up early to pack and have our last breakfast at Aigua Blava… the cases seem to be getting heavier and heavier, especially when taken down the spiral staircase! Into our trusty Renault Scenic for the last time and off on the motorway for a couple of hours to Barcelona airport - even Miles had chickened out of driving through the Barcelona city traffic and had opted to go straight to the airport for car drop off and then let the taxi do the manipulation around...

Another slow start for the Stantons with breakfast beginning around 9:30. This was out on the terrace overlooking the bay. We have been introduced to some of the Spanish delicacies, the girls particularly enjoying the toasted white bread with ripe tomatoes smeared on them, topped by some olive oil, absolutely delicious, especially when the tomatoes are so ripe and the olive oil is Spanish! After breakfast the boys heading down to the beach for some swimming...

Well, I need to acknowledge Kyra when she does well -and she has done well with Aigua Blava. The place is a gem. The hotel is old, but steeped in tradition with its core value being service. Everything runs smoothly and is wonderful to enjoy. Dinner last evening was OK - we were tired, to be honest. I think we all slept 10-11 hours and woke at 8:30am or so. We drifted down to breakfast overlooking the bay around Aigua Blava - lovely Spanish seaside scenery,...