Category: Barcelona

Saturday was boarding day, time to head out to the port and start our cruise. Its always exciting when you get the first glimpse of the ship and the Royal Princess did not disappoint – it is just huge!  Boarding was really quick and easy, they had nice, air-conditioned area…

Just a few more quick pics of our last day in Barcelona and random thoughts. Internet access is more limited now we’re on board so not as much time to write and post as before. Barcelona is a really clean city and the people here are friendly, much more patient…

We made our way to the oldest part of the city, the Gothic quarter, which was originally built by the Romans. Its just an amazing place to walk about and so much of the old buildings remain. The streets are narrow and there are lots of little forums and places…

Time to do some touring round the city on our own. We made our way down to Las Ramblas, this is the main street where people/ tourists gather, its 1.2kms  of tree lined pedestrian shops and stalls and set off on a hop on, hop off bus. Sitting up on…

After leaving Montserrat we had a nice relaxing drive back to Barcelona and stopped off to visit Park Guell – basically a high end real estate development gone wrong. Park Guell was developed by one of the wealthiest men in Barcelona to be a luxurious housing estate of 60 blocks…