Barcelona Day 2

Mandy:

We were hopeful that a room change further away from the elevator would result in better sleep. Unfortunately the cleaning ladies start cleaning the rooms at 7am and woke us up :(

Because of that we slept in a little later and left the hotel at 11am. We wanted to go back to La Boqueria for brunch but it's closed on Sunday's. Actually most things are closed such as stores, malls, grocery stores, etc. Knowing this we went to Monjuic Park. We had breakfast at one of the very touristy restaurants on La Rambla. BAD IDEA. The food was gross. This was our first and last time we are eating at a tourist trap restaurant.

After brunch we headed to the park. The park is massive and the attractions are all on the peak of mountains (Norm says they are only hills but they are mountains). So off we went to the top of the first mountain to see the Military Musuem. The walk reminded me of my walk to school in Siena - a long steep hill. I swear at one point I was trying to cross the street and I was falling backwards.

Unlike the lazy people taking the gondola up, we walked all the way!

Norm trying to cool down

  

Standing on the top wall, Barcelona's coast in the background

Consulting the useless map

Our next stop was the Olympic Musuem. It took about two hours to trek there. It felt like a nature hike and there were no tourists in sight. In fact no one was in sight. Just like at the Versaille Palace we got a little lost and took the long route. But it wasn't our fault... There were no road signs and the map we had didnt have enough details. We finally made it to the Olympic Stadium for the 2012 Juniors IAAAF Olympic Stadium. I believe it was first constructed in 1992 for the Summer Olympics. We took a few pictures and made our way to the next stop - the Art Musuem. On the way there, we stopped by a fountain near the Olympic Museum to cool off before continuing the journey. By the time we got there we were so exhausted we didn't even go inside. We noticed there was an event happening on the street and went there instead. Turns out it was a Harley Davidson Biker event. We had some ribs, sausages, and a litre of mojito for Norm.

Canadian Flag!

Super refreshing water

Harley Davidson day in Barcelona

The cup looked larger in real life...

We wanted to stay at the park until 9pm for the light show at the Monjuic Magic Fountain so we went to the mall across the street. Like I said malls are closed on Sundays so no shopping for us :( The food court was open so I had a bowl of udon from a fast food joint called Udon. It was definitely not even close to my mom's udon. The waitresses had shirts that said "I <3 Udon". I want one. 

Light and water show with music playing in the background