We wnt straight to the Sagrada Familia when we left the boat. This is a church that has been worked on since 1882 and is still not completed. It is truly stunning and will be incredible once finished. We saw it three years ago and can see the progress they have made since then. This time, we went up inside of the towers and were able to see the construction.
From there, we took the subway to Montjuic, which is the mountain overlooking Barcelona. We went to two museums up there, the Joan Miro and the National Art Musuem.
We also got to see the Olympic stadiums and the Olympic parks. Rachael was humming the Olympic theme the entire time!
After the museums, we took the subway to Las Ramblas, which is the main pedestian road and is full of markets, shops and tapas bars. We went into the local market where you can find any kind of fruit, flower, meat or cheese you want. We then ate some Tapas and headed back for the bus to the docks.
We were supposed to be back on the ship by 4:30. Our plan was to be back to catch the bus by 4:00 since it only takes 10 minutes to get to the ship via bus. We got there at 4:02. We then proceeded to wat over 20 minutes for the bus and none showed up. Since we were slightly panicking (as much as we love Barcelona, we weren't planning on staying there!), we asked another couple from the ship if they wanted to share a taxi back to the docks. They did so we grabbed a taxi and headed out. As we were pulling away, the bus did finally show up, but we don't think everyone fit on it.
The taxi ran into EVERY red light that he could have. We didn't get back to the dock till right at 4:30 (just ahead of the bus) and we got on board at 4:35. There were a lot of people after us as well.
We heard later that the ship had a problem with a lifeboat and we didn't leave till after 7:00-so all that rushing for nothing! Well, better safe than sorry.
It was a great day and we look forward to Monaco!
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