Slept in a bit after lots of wine with paella for dinner. Out of the hotel to find food – decided to take the metro today and head straight to Palau Guell, Gaudi’s early building. So off the metro and Joe spotted the Mercat de la Boqueria – large colourful, well stocked market – and he headed straight for it. We wandered about until we found a place to sit and have breakfast. I had an omelette, but Joe got Catalonya sausage and haricot beans, which was lovely if a bit garlicy. Then back around the market so Joe could get photos and finally off down La Ramblas to the Palau.<\/p>\n
The Palau Guell is lovely. Really beautiful rooms, but very little furniture or decoration. Very focused on \u00a0the architecture and Gaudi’s design and work. I loved it, Joe got a bit bored.<\/p>\n
Once Joe escaped from architecture tour, we headed toward Barcelonetta, which is where we spent most of our time when we were here before. We wanted to sit and have a drink, so we found a really nice little place. Cost a bit more due to the fact that it was a boat cruise which took us out of the harbour and along the coast for about an hour and a half. Very nice and a place to sit and have a cold drink.<\/p>\n
Then the metro to the Segrada – we didn’t go in as it was packed, but walked around the outside noting the differences. I need to come back to see the work inside!<\/p>\n
Now back at the hotel getting ready to head back out to La Ramblas to meet up with people and have dinner (tapas!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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