Our ship sailed into Barcelona around 5 a.m. on Sunday. We took our time disembarking from the ship, sleeping in, eating breakfast, then finally saying goodbye around 9:30. Kristal was able to pull out some impressive Spanish to get us a taxi ride to our hotel. We left our bags there and hopped a bus to the city center. We had a map and our walking shoes, so we took off toward the famous Las Ramblas, a "vibrant and lively promenade." It was on Las Ramblas that we stopped in a cafe and ordered (from the menu) two hot chocolates (it was chilly that day). They served us two steaming cups of melted chocolate, with a side packet of sugar. As a dare, we both drank (?) the chocolate. It gave us the energy we needed for the miles we had ahead of us.
Our walking tour of Barcelona showed us several other famous landmarks, including a bullfighting arena and Sagrada Familia. We had a late lunch in an Italian restaurant (we're weird like that; I guess we were already missing Italy), and the pizza was excellent. Arguably the best we've ever had.We walked by a lot of great shops, but unfortunately almost everything was closed because it was Sunday.
We got back to the hotel around 5:30 p.m. and were so exhausted from walking all over the city that we took a three-hour nap, woke up and watched some TV in a foreign language and ordered room service, and then went back to sleep.
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