On Wednesday April 25 I took a day trip to Barecelona. I took the high speed train, which reached a top speed of 301 km/hr (187 mph). It really didn't seem like it until we passed another train, which would go by with a "woosh" and it was then you realized how fast you were going. I finally got to see the movie Dolphin Tales with Spanish subtitles.
Barcelona was a beautiful city except for the cajillion people there from the four HUGE cruise ships in port and the busloads of kids who came in waves to the center of town (Plaza de Catalonia).
Below are some pictures from my day trip.
1 High speed train
2 City History Museum. It traces the history of Barcelona from its beginning to later middle ages.
3 View of the city from Montjuic, which means Mountain of the Jews. It was home to the 1929 World Exhibition and the 1992 Olympics
4 Artwork meant to represent the waves of the ocean in front of the "World Trade Center", which really is one big receiving area for cruise ships.
5 La Ramba - Barcelona's most famous street. It connects the Plaza de Catalonia (center of town) with Port Vell along the Mediterranean.
6 Plaza de Catalonia. It was surrounded by stores, banks, Hard Rock Cafe and of course several Starbucks. I think there seems to be a Starbucks and a bank (or 2) on every block here too.
7 Hard Rock Cafe raspberry mojito. I have a good friend who collects pins from HR so I have tried to find one in every city, buy the pins and have a raspberry mojito.
8 National Palace built on Montjuic for the 1929 Internationl Exhibition. Now home to the National Art Museum of Cartalonia.
9 Customs Building. I just thought it was a beautiful building
10 Entrance to the Olympic Stadium on Montjuic. We also got to see the pool where the diving competiiton was held, but my pictures didn't turn out.
11 Base of Columbus Monument. There is a monument very similar to the monument in Madrid
12 Street view of Barcelona I thought the arch was beautiful
13 Full view of Columbus Monument. The one in Madrid looks very similar to this one.
14 and 15 Plaza del Rey. It is believed that it was on the steps of this building that King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella greeted Columbus when he returned from his first trip to the New World.
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