After touring La Sagrada Familia my brother and I met up with our sisters to walk La Ramblas. We took the metro to get closer to Plaza Cataluyna. Instead of transferring to another line that would drop us right at the plaza, we got off at the closest L2 stop and got a bit lost … [Read more...] about Barcelona: La Ramblas
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Barcelona: La Sagrada Familia
Its our third day in Barcelona and we were up early as usual. Today's plans include visiting the Sagrada Familia. After coffee in the apartment, I went across the street to the coffee shop for an americano and ham and cheese croissant. It was incredibly flaky and both … [Read more...] about Barcelona: La Sagrada Familia
Barcelona: Cava Winery
It was a scenic hour drive from Monserrat to the cava winery tour and tasting. Cava is Spain's version of champagne; a sparkling wine. When we arrived at Artcava, Peter introduced us to Ramon, one of the owners and our host for today before leaving. We had just a few … [Read more...] about Barcelona: Cava Winery
Barcelona: Montserrat
After a good night's sleep we all were looking forward to our full day tour to Montserrat and a Cava winery. Sister M organized a private tour for us from Barcelona Day Tours. First order of business was figuring out the coffee machine in the apartment (a de longhi) so we … [Read more...] about Barcelona: Montserrat
Barcelona: We’ve Arrived!
After a successful landing in Barcelona, all the passengers were looking forward to deplaning. It was disappointing to find we had to carry our roller bags down old-fashioned stairs. There were several buses waiting once we got off to take us to passport control. That line … [Read more...] about Barcelona: We’ve Arrived!