Day 22 Barcelona

Being so close to Barcelona, we decided it was a “must see” so used one of our travel days.

It was well worth the the trip. Barcelona is huge, the train station itself is overwhelming. You can’t even exit it without showing your ticket / QR code.

The frustrating part was there’s no tourist office there or anywhere nearby, so we had to Google map the closest one. What did we do before cell phones?? When we finally found one, it was nothing but a booth selling tickets for the hop on hop off bus. When we asked, she said there were no tourist buildings per say just these booths - seriously . . . . 🤨.

Having limited time, and wanting to get an overview of the city we hopped on the bus. The red & blue routes took us to all the key landmarks - all 30 of them.
The highlight for me was Sagrada Familia, the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world. It was designed by Antoni Gaudi, and at the time of his death in 1926 was only 1/4 finished. Funded through private donations, it continues to be built and is expected to be completed by 2026, complete with 18 spirals.

Heading back “home” the Cathedral & Basilica near our place were lit up beautifully. Being late, we popped into the restaurant in “our” courtyard - Somia Vins I Llibres. It’s charming - a combo of wine shop, book store and tapas. Will definitely be going back.Read more