We woke up Sunday morning and went to the Barcelona Cathedral. It was built in 1298 and is still the spiritual hub of the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona. What a beautiful cathedral!
Every Sunday at noon in the Place de la Seu in front of the Cathedral is the sardanes--Catalonia's regional dance. There was a band playing the music and it was so much fun watching groups of the Catalan people forming circles and dancing. We felt we got a true taste of the Catalonian people and a typical Sunday afternoon for them.
After watching the dancing we went inside the cathedral and it was amazing! Don and I are borrowing the Scherden's DVD set of "Pillars of the Earth." Reading the book helped me appreciate these cathedrals.
After the Cathedral, we walked through the Gothic Quarter past the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. It is a beautiful building and you can't really appreciate the wonderful mosaics from this picture. We didn't go inside....I'll do that on my next trip for sure!
As we were taking pictures, these two ladies came walking down the street! I think they are twins. As soon as they saw Emily taking their picture, they put their hands in front of their faces. I think they must get their picture taken often. But...who can resist? They definitely get attention in those outfits. I think the must be very interesting women!
Another photo of the Museau.
On the first Sunday of the month, the Picasso Museum is free admission. We didn't really have this on our itinerary, but thought we would check it out. Well, there were hundreds and hundreds of people in line. I would pay the admission in a heartbeat to avoid that line! We just enjoyed the sights on the street.
We spent quite a bit of time in this shop! Terrible picture of me, but the only one we have of the store. I bought some beautiful bowls and the Scherdens bought bowls, plates, and an olive dish. I know we would have bought more....but we knew we couldn't get it in our luggage! Since we were flying Ryan Air, we were sticking with only carry-on.
Here we are enjoying some mojitos and sangria on our way to the beach in Barceloneta.
I have never seen a more crowded beach! It is 2.5 miles long and was a very popular place to be on a Sunday afternoon.
Jackson and Grace didn't know they were going to swim in the ocean, so that was a fun surprise for them! They had so much fun. The waves were really big and Jackson had a blast diving into them. He is quite a swimmer and LOVES the water.
This is the apartment's kitchen. It was quite small, but had everything we needed. Emily did a great job finding the apartment on Housetrip.com. It was within walking distance to Park Guell (Day 3) and a short walk to the Metro. However, it was uphill from the Metro to the apartment and then 4 flights of stairs to our apartment! We did get some exercise there!
This was our spot every night to sit and enjoy the terrace with a glass of wine. We ate all our meals out here, too. The weather was perfect for our trip....warm and sunny days and cool nights.
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