To Spain

Friday  2-10-15 

Today we left Avignon heading for Barcelona. After about half an hour we stopped at a beautiful place where the Romans had built a very impressive aqua duct across a ravine about 2,000 years ago. We had plenty of time here to take photos and explore the area. From here we continued on for a few hours to Spain and the city of Barcelona. We arrived here with plenty of time to do

a tour of the city before checking in to our hotel. Barcelona is a lovely city and has been modeled on Paris. It has gardens and buildings similar to Paris as well as the symmetry. We stopped and visited the amazing Basilica de La Sagrada Familia. This cathedral is like a mix of Disneyland and church. It was started in the 1880's and has yet to be completed. The architect died in the 1920's but other architects have continued with his work. It is predicted to be completed in 2026. We continued on our drive taking in the sites. We saw a large bull-fighting ring that had been converted into a shopping mall as bull-fighting is frowned upon now. We stopped and looked at the Olympic stadium from the 1992 Olympics. It is now used for soccer and we thought that Adelaide oval looks better. From here we went to an area high up that gave us a great view of Barcelona including the port and mariner area. We saw several large cruise ships in the harbour. Our coach took us to our accommodation for the night and we checked in. We freshened up and then went out for  a group dinner at 8pm. This was considered early for Spain. We had a lovely 3 course meal including paella and it was

delicious. Sangria and beer was also consumed.