29 August 2018

My friend Peggy and her partner, Dirk flew into Barcelona from Tenerife late last night. This morning Lolz and I met up with them and travelled with them on the hop on hop off bus. This proved to be a great way of seeing the city.

The city screams out Guardian architecture and design. Guardi had a passion for architecture, nature and religion which is expressed in his ceramic, stained glass, wrought iron and architectural art. His work is very detailed and intricate and instantly recognizable.

At lunchtime we got off and had some lunch before taking another bus on a different route. Lolz did not join us as she had arranged to meet up with friends who were also touring in Spain.

We hopped on and off a few times to see things of interest and to take photographs.

We explored Poble Espanyol, a Spanish village where there was a museum exhibiting Picasso’s art -no photographs allowed – we enjoyed looking in at the shops and seeing a glass blower at work. There was also a multimedia show about the Spanish festivals and way of life. It was like getting a mini tour of Spain.

A medieval Camino Pilgrim

It is hot and humid in Barcelona but today we had a shower of rain which cooled things down a bit. After our sight seeing, Dirk was tired and decided to have an early night. Peggy and I stayed out and met up with Lolz and had a tapas dinner which was lovely.

To be continued …..