last day in Barcelona and Piano recitial

After my last meeting on Friday ended, I had 2 hours to see the city before I needed to be back at the hotel in order to get sleep before my flight.  A friend and I headed down to La Rumbla to take the city bus tour thru the eastern part of Barcelona.

 

It was a nice evening, and we sat on the upper section of the double decker bus as we enjoyed the sights and sun in Barcelona.  We started in the Catalyuna plaza at the north end of La Rumbla.

Thru the Gothic quarter, or the old town. 

heading down to the beach and the Olympic village area of Barcelona.  The Olympic village is from the Olympics in 1992.

We saw some interesting architecture - the water tower that looks like a cucumber

 

The National Theater

The Familia Sagrura (the sacred Family church) - still under construction.

We saw the varied balconies around town, saw more works of art by Guadi

And ended up back at La Rumbla for some shopping.  We strolled along the street, taking in the sights and sounds and the people of Barcelona.  After finishing our shopping, we headed back to the hotel to try and sleep before our 4 am wake up call.  Saturday was travel day, 6:50 am flight to Paris  to catch the 10:55 am plane home to Bug.  While it would seem the trip was easy, by the time I got home at 2:20 pm, it was actually 8:20 pm in Barcelona, so 14 hours of traveling for me.  I slept some on the plane, sent time with Bug and then we both went to bed at 8 pm.

 

Sunday started earlier than usual as the US changed time on Saturday night-  we sprang forward, meaning we lost an hour of sleep. Bug and I needed a nap on Sunday afternoon.  Bug had his piano recital today.  He played a song called "the rainbow".  He did a great job.

 

 

Bug and his piano teacher, Mrs. Starla.

 

We had some cookies.  Bug liked that they were shaped like musical notes.

 

We are back to normal starting tonight.  Tomorrow starts school and work, the usual routine.  Bug seems to be fine so far, but I know it will be a matter of days before his behavior deteriorates because he is happy I am home, but angry that I left on my business trip.  I am hopeful we can get thru this week without a melt down, but I am planning for it to happen so I am prepared.

 

Love and hugs,

Deb

Thursday night and visitng the roof top- again no words

Salad at dinner, pineapple, honey dew melon and shrimp salad.  So yummy

The local area from the terrace of the hotel

Me on the terrace

A better picture

stark white hotel room, with lots of hidden storage- blogger will not let me write descriptions in the post. words coming when I get back

This is the long hallway in the hotel room,  the right side is actuall closets and the left side has the WC and the shower area

Looking back down the hallway, you can now see the shower area and the door to the WC

The beds, 2 twins pushed together.  Typical European set up

The window- yes it is shaped like a palm tree.  There is an inner screen and a night shae that be pulled down

With the night shade down

With the inner screen shade and the night shade up.  I can see the local area.

walking around Barcelona

This is is one of the side streets off La Rumbla- the pesdestrian area.  I has some time to explorer and headed downtown.  The cab ride was 10 euros and then I walked for about 2-3 hours.

Living statue- these people are staged and you can get your picture with them for a price.

The statue of Christopher Columbus, pointing to the new world

Really cool wooden bridge near the harbor, it raises and lowere for the boats to get thru. The buildings behind it are a mall and aquarium 

The gondolas over the harbor

The marina- the boats made me think of the Disney movie " finding Nemo"

I had to get my picture with Christopher Columbus

Pointing to the new world

The old arena for the Barcelona football team