Day 13 September 21 - At Barcelona Day 1

Good bye Celebrity Reflection

Hola Barcelona!

Well, the cruise is done and we are in Barcelona today. We took a taxi to our hotel to drop off our luggage and we are going to explore around here. A hop on hop off bus seems to be the route to go. We shall see.

We got off the boat early this morning and made it to the hotel before 9:30. Check in time is 3:00 but they would charge you for checking in early as well as taking your luggage. We opted for then latter and went for a hop on hop off bus ride around Barcelona. We wanted to go see the church La Sagrada Familia which has been under construction since 1882. It took us over 2 hours driving on one of these hot buses only to get there and there were no tickets to get into the church. It's sold out until Tuesday. There were crowds of people and not many places to get a photo. I had to take 2 to get it all in.

As well we took a little gondola ride which gave us a nice view of part of Barcelona. Even on the hop on hop off buses it was difficult to get a good photo. We arrived back at the hotel about 4:30 and we are tired now. I think I may be coming down with something too. I feel kind of sluggish today. We'll see.

Not sure what we will do tomorrow but hopefully it's not too hot. It's hard to get good directions here. I suppose it's the language barrier. But at the restaurant tonight they have 1 menu in English so that helped. We were frustrated a few times today. lol

We only have one plugin and with 4 things needed to be charged this may be my last post here until I get home. I hope you all enjoyed it and we look forward to seeing you all next week.

Cheers

Barry

Sunup in Barcelona!

My last  photos on the boat.

Gladys's last one.

Gladys in the gondola.

My selfie in the gondola.

The church photo 1.

The church photo 2.

Our hotel from across the street.

Dinner this evening at a little restaurant in the mall. Gladys had steak which was tough while I had cod with plantain & peppers which were over cooked. Ah well nobody can cook cod like a Newfoundlander.

My Cod!