Wednesday 28 August We enjoy a full breakfast buffet at the hotel and head for the nearest Metro for a short trip to the heart of the city at Placa de Catalunya, which is where the 2 companies offering hop-on-hop-off buses have their base. Busy metro, but with the help of Mr Google we don't have a problem and get the front seats upstairs on the 9.30am bus. It's a sunny day with temperature up to 28°C so we takes precautions. The Red Route takes us for 2 hour...

Tuesday 27 August We are off on the move again today, with a 10.30am taxi ride to Luton Airport for our Easyjet service to Barcelona. Luton Airport is a basket case, a very long walk to get to the departures hall from the drop-off point, and security had a queue miles long. Then we had to stand on the tarmac while they got the plane ready, instead of in the A/C in the terminal. We knew the flight was delayed 20 minutes before we left St. Albans, but they still...