7. Barcelona

A lovely sunny day in Barcelona and upon arrival we had an outline of a plan for our time ashore.

First off was a stroll along the harbourfront and viewing the innumerable superyachts tied up alongside. Unfortunately I was looking for one with a helipad but couldn’t find exactly what I wanted so will have to wait for another day to buy one. A number of them were being refitted or were still wrapped in their factory protective sheeting….but there is obviously a colossal amount of money on display.

A little further around we reached our first destination, the first station for the cable car which runs across the city. Thankfully the queue was short, but with only a few people being allowed to ascend the lift and enter the car itself, it took a little while. It goes without saying that the ten minute ride across to the other side was spectacular. Once across it was just a question of taking in and photographing all the city views, wandering through the botanical gardens and stopping for a little bit of lunch before retracing our steps back all the way to the cable car starting point.

We then walked back towards what is arguably the centre of Barcelona, the main drag, Las Ramblas. Heading northwards we went as far as Gaudi’s Casa Batlo, an amazing building full of intricate designs (and probably a nightmare to actually build). We probably had time to find one or two more of Gaudi’s buildings but didn’t want to take a chance either getting lost or missing the shuttle back to the ship, so decided that that was enough of Barcelona for one day.

As I write we’ve just sailed out of the port and we’re resting tired feet before getting changed and heading down for tonight’s dinner.