Friday October 12, 2012

 After a 6 hour flight we finally landed in Barcelona at 2am. I couldn't sleep on the plane because I was too excited and every time I did close my eyes we'd hit a patch of turbulence and I'd be WIDE awake again. Oh well.

After meandering around the Barcelona airport for a bit Jill and I caught a taxi to our hotel. We couldn't understand her and she couldn't understand us. Luckily she understood where we needed to go and she taught us how to say 'Good day' in Catalonian [bon-dia].

Unfortunately we arrived at our hotel too early to check in so we dropped our bags off and decided to start site-seeing. We jumped on the touring bus and took our quick tour of Barcelona. We got off the bus and did our own tour of La Familia Sangrata and Parc Guell, both were incredible. Barcelona is definitely not afraid to experiment with its architecture. You can see everything from old gothic style to modern all within a few blocks.

The streets here are crazy. Taxis might outnumber automobiles as most people in Barcelona have mopeds, walk, take public transportation or even rent bikes.

After site-seeing for about 9 hours lack of sleep finally caught up with me and we checked into our hotel for a fast nap and shower before dinner.

We left our hotel and walked up La Ramble and found a nice tapas restaurant. Jill and I each has 7 tapas and we washed them down with a pitcher of sangria. So good!

After dinner we walked up and down La Ramble some more and we realized that in order to fit in women need to dress like they're working the corner and guys need long hair, tight jeans, and a black 'Members Only' jacket (with or without a scarf).

It's now 1:30am and we're back in our hotel. Jill's asleep and I'm trying to find something to watch on tv. Our plan for tomorrow is to grab breakfast and check in to our boat before 2pm. Time for some sleep.