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9 hours ago, Jax said:

I totally missed the fact that you were flying in the daytime. Yikes, that makes for a hard adjustment. The original flight I had booked didn’t leave until 9 pm ish making sleep a bit more likely. 

 

6 hours ago, Ampurp85 said:

I always do international night flights. It seems to work better for the subsequent jetlag. 

There were two flights from JFK-BCN. One was at 4:15pm, the other was at 9pm. We went with our rule to take the earlier flight (in case of cancellations) but that meant that we landed in Barcelona just before 6am, making it a pretty full day yesterday. Just woke up from sleeping a solid 9.5 hours. Hopefully that’s enough to reset! 

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Blogging while travelling Europe is also not for the tired and weary, which is pretty much a given whether you are recovering from jet lag, or wiped out from a full day excursion. That sums up me on both those fronts 🙃

Anyhow, we all feel a bit more like humans (instead of walking zombies) today after we all went to bed early last night. Our day began with breakfast at the hotel. This can be included with your stay, or you can skip it. I don’t remember the exact cost, but it was not a big difference like the crazy cost some hotels choose so we chose to have it included. 

It was so worth it! This was no Holiday Inn Express breakfast. The food quality was excellent, everything was so fresh, even the juices, and they had Cava included if you wanted to make yourself a mimosa! All the continental items were buffet style, they had hot items like crepes, waffles, pancakes, omelettes, eggs, etc. that you can order (also included) and they cook and bring out. We were in a hurry to meet our LivTours guide so we did not order hot items today. D15 and I will try to go earlier tomorrow so we have time to try the hot items. 
 

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From here our guide took us to Sagrada Familia. This church was so breathtaking. Hubby and the girls were fascinated by the inside, but I loved the outside facades. One side shows the nativity (the life of Christ) the other side was called the passion (the crucifixion and ascension of Christ). The detail from scriptures in the art and sculptures were just amazing! Apologies for the photo dump. 

 

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By the time this was done, we were wiped out! Truly. We all told Hubby we were done. He was the only one with energy still. Our guide recommended good authentic paella place to us and this is where we said goodbye to her. 
 

Dinner was house salad, cannelloni, and chicken & vegetable paella. All yummy after a long day. Last pic is us calling it quits and catching a cab back to the hotel. Off to bed now for another busy day tomorrow! 
 

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14 minutes ago, CravingaCruise said:

I FINALLY got all caught up!  It took our entire train ride from Orlando to Ft Lauderdale to do it but I was determined!!

Your pics are great!  I hope you enjoy every moment!  Before you know it you’ll be doing your trips without the freeloaders and wishing they were there!   Fill the mom heart while you can!! 🥰

Thank you! We are trying to soak it all in! Have a great cruise! 

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4 hours ago, Ampurp85 said:

That church was breathtaking in pictures, I can only imagine the beauty in person.

It’s so true. I watched one or two YouTube videos before but when you are there in person, the colours are nothing like the images. 

4 hours ago, CravingaCruise said:

Wow!  That is a magnificently beautiful church!  What an experience that must have been!!

In the words of D15, “Best day ever!” lol

20 minutes ago, Sweety said:

What a graduation cruise for your daughter! The smiles and awe on your faces.

The girls are definitely getting a chance to experience something out of the ordinary here! 

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So going backwards today. Before we ended up at McDonald’s, we had lunch. After Casa Mila (Hubby still sorting through those photos), we were pretty hungry.

Casa Mila is located on Passeig de Gràcia, which is basically the 5th Ave. of Barcelona. It was a much more pleasant walk than 5th Avenue though because it is much wider.

Anyhow, after leaving Casa Mila, we just decided to stop by another Tapas place to grab some lunch. Hubby really likes Tapas, and while the girls and I don’t hate it, it is feeling a bit repetitive at this point, so we just ordered a few things to share, and ended up a block down at McDonald’s afterwards. 
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Some more different menu items from McDonald’s. I could never eat this. I would feel terrible afterwards. 

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This is what we ended up with 😁

Coffee with Ice cream and super satisfying fries lol

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1 hour ago, Ampurp85 said:

I will admit in every country I go I have to try something from their Mcdonalds. In Egypt they had falafel and chicken big macs......but triple chicken mayo sounds horrible. 

Chicken mayo is just what other countries call the McChicken... but a triple seems a bit much, oof. 

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Ok so this morning after breakfast, we had a 10am tour of Casa Mila booked again with LivTours. We got a really good guide today. She gave us a ton of info and we were really able to appreciate the history and work of Gaudi more because of her. 

It’s about a 15 min walk from our hotel to Casa Mila so we decided to walk it. Most of the walk is down Passeig de Gràcia. Along the way, we passed by another Gaudi creation, Casa Batlló so of course, Hubby needed some pics. 
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The tour ends on the rooftop. Apparently, Gaudi thought this would be a great gathering place for tenants, but society at the time didn’t agree. It was never used by them. Such a shame. But now, in 2024, it is used for outdoor concerts on the weekend (that is what our guide told us). This rooftop was Hubby’s favourite part. Can you all guess why?

In fact, we stayed here so long that our guide left us here because her time was up 😂

 

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7 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

You know, while I was there I thought of you and wondered if Mike could eat a triple. I should have known…😂

You should see the burger challenge at a local place by us I’ve been meaning to try. It’s much more than 3 patties & I am very confident I would complete it. 😋🤣

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