Barcelona day 2
December 1, 2009 on 4:18 pm | In Cruises, travel | No CommentsIDONDE ESTA LORENZO? Our second day in Barcelona was completely free and so we decided to explore. We learned that when traveling in foregin areas you need to be specific about what you are looking for. We headed off on the Metro, which is superb and so easy to use just watch you pockets and purses and ended up at what were the Olympic Village when we really wanted the Olympic stadium sites. We finally made it there and saw the entrance to the Olympic area very impressive and now put to wonderful use as musuems, and convention centers. We then decide we wanted to see another building by Antoni Gaudi so headed off on the metro fo Casa Mila. We had to change from one line of the metro to another and as we were heading off we suddenly turned around and Idonde esta lorenzo? (where is Larry?) We had lost him. After some discussion we headed off for our original destination and since we were extremely hungry we stopped for lunch and then as we were approaching the Casa Mila there was Lorenzo – he had gotten on the wrong metro. We did indeed see the building and then headed back to our hotel for a rest before we went to a Flamingo show. this was fantastic there were times when the feet were moving so fast you could barely see them. After this we had our ‘thanksgiving’ dinner paella at a sidewalk cafe. It was a wonderful end to an adventure filled trip. This was a superb trip with many ports of call as well as our two land stays. I was very pleased with the Oceania Cruise, Shore Trips, and Comtours in Spain they all did a wonderful job that enhanced our trip.
Barcelona Day 1
December 1, 2009 on 3:59 pm | In Cruises, travel | No CommentsI would be remiss if I did not finish our trip and our adventures with our stay in Barcelona. Again we were so very impressed with this beautiful city filled with impressive buildings. On Wednesday morning we bid farewell and Happy Thanksgiving to those who were on their way home to Cleveland and departed the cruise ship early in the morning. After checking into our hotel we set off to explore the city seeing a market that was filled with so many things to eat that we headed off for lunch which we had at a tapas sidewalk restaurant. We then had an afternoon tour of a portion of the city. This tour included the public gardens first started by Gaudi as a residential development then donated to the city. We had an overview of the city before going the Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) church that has been under construction since 1882 and is not expected to be completed until 2020 or 2030. This church is called a temple and is said to be the masterpiece of architect Antoni Gaudi. Truly a magnificent structure even with all the cranes and construction going on. We dined at a local restaurant specializing in seafood.
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