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| Sagrada Familia |
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| View from Park Guell |
On May 29,2016 I boarded my first flight to Europe. My family and I were headed to Barcelona,Spain for a 2 week cruise around the Mediterranean! The flight left around 7pm at night so it was an overnight flight. We had our airplane food dinner. I chose the pasta. Nothing too special but it was a hot full meal. During this long flight I watched the movie "Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot" and listened to my iPod in between trying to sleep. I might have slept for a half hour every now and then, but I didn't get much rest. We arrived around 8am the next day in Barcelona. When we got off the plane we took a bus to the terminal then another coach bus to our hotel. We stowed our bags in their holding area then set out to explore the city. Before we started our trip we found there was a city sightseeing bus hop on hop off bus tour we could take! This showed us a lot of famous sights around the city including Park Guell and the Sagrada Familia, two sights I definitely wanted to see in Barcelona. After driving around the first route we went back to our hotel and brought our bags to our room, relaxed and refreshed for an hour or two then headed to the Hard Rock Cafe to eat our first full meal since our meal on the plane. After dinner we rode the other route on the bus tour which took us closer to the beach and past the old olympic stadium. Once we finished both routes we headed back to our hotel for an early night after our long day.
The next day we woke up fairly early and had a spanish breakfast of fruit and pastries in the hotel. We then sat around in the lobby and played cards until it was time for our shuttle to the cruise terminal where we boarded our cruise ship. Once we boarded we dropped our bags off in our room and then went out to explore the ship where we got drinks by the pool and ate some food at the buffet. For dinner we ate in one of the sit down restaurants.
Overall it was a great time in Barcelona and a great start to our trip! Our adventure was just beginning. We had already seen so much from our first time in Europe and we had so much more still to explore, experience and do!
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| On the cruise ship before we set off |
The next day we woke up fairly early and had a spanish breakfast of fruit and pastries in the hotel. We then sat around in the lobby and played cards until it was time for our shuttle to the cruise terminal where we boarded our cruise ship. Once we boarded we dropped our bags off in our room and then went out to explore the ship where we got drinks by the pool and ate some food at the buffet. For dinner we ate in one of the sit down restaurants.
