Boulevard Lascrosses

The view from the patio at dinner.
Airbus museum

Nice museum, but I suspect it was just a holding area for us while our passports were checked against a database. We had to turn them in for the duration of the museum visit before being givenBaca lagi
Airbus A380 Final Assembly Center

Final assembly and testing center for the A380. No pictures allowed and access was tightly controlled. Pretty amazing to see.
Carcassonne canal cruise

Carcassonne, Languedoc-Roussillon

The immense castle & town of Carcassonne. A little touristy but the castle and town inside the old city walls were cool. Huge- our guide said the city walls were 5 km long with over 50 towers.
Toulouse

Barcelona

Arrival in Barcelona after 5.5 hours on the bus
Hotel Yurrban

Rooftop pool, lounge, and bar. The view's not bad...
FC Barcelona Victory Parade

Crowds are out lining the parade route to celebrate Barca's 3-1 Champions League victory over Juventus last night in Berlin
Montserrat

Train ride out of town to visit the cliffside abbey, cave of St. Mary, and the Black Madonna. The cable car was built in 1930...but it was the Germans, so we could trust it.
Barcelona bus tour

Full-on tourist mode. Headphones and audio track in English. They seem to like some old architect named Gaudi here...the cathedral is La Sagrada Familia, it's a very famous Barcelona landmark forBaca lagi
Camp Nou

Home of FC Barcelona and Messi. Some consider it the second-most famous cathedral in the city. It was awesome standing in the tunnel and then coming out on the pitch like the players do.
Casa Batlló

One of Gaudi's masterpieces, designed in 1904, it was a renovation of an existing residence. It was hard to get good pictures but it was really nice- a very clever structural design and layout, evenBaca lagi
Pronovias

Company visit...apparently they are a world famous maker of wedding dresses? I've never heard of them but the girls in the group are very excited.
La Rambla to the beach

A nice walk down from the hotel to the beach, via the famous (infamous?) La Rambla. The beach was packed and the sand was rough and funky. Someone said it was all brought over from the African coast;Baca lagi
Hotel rooftop

Post-dinner session on the roof after another really tough day.
La Roca Village

This was a company visit for a "luxury outlet shopping" operator. They have multiple villages around Europe and now in China. It looked like a fancy outdoor mall but it was all outlet. It's apparentlyBaca lagi
Iberico Ham!!!!

Look it up...and if you're ever in Barcelona, find Cafe Alfonso. You won't regret it.
Final exam

I haven't handwritten that much in a long time. Apparently the norm over here is still basically the blue book, which I think is actually better at testing whether you can get your thoughts togetherBaca lagi
Futbol

It's no surprise the Spanish are good at it. Here's the rooftop playground of a school that I can see from our hotel roof.
Sitges

One last group excursion before dinner tonight and departure tomorrow. Sitges is a very nice little beach town where we plan to eat lunch and sit in the sun for a while. My new friends think they'reBaca lagi
Hotel Yurrban

One last rooftop session before a birthday dinner and a long trip home tomorrow. Contemplating all I've learned here? It's a beautiful evening.
Barcelona airport

Heading home
Atlanta airport

Back in the US after a 10 hour flight. 4.5 hours until the flight to Phoenix. Customs and immigration, luggage pickup and drop off, and the decision to walk from E terminal to A only wasted 1.5 ofBaca lagi
You seem to be working hard....RB