Barcelona

Barcelona was a very interesting city.
Of course it is famous for hosting the 1992 Olympic games and also for the Sagrada Familiar,  but also for it very old history.

This a street view of the Degrada Famillia. 

An example of the old history were the Roman excavations below the centre of old Barcelona.
You descend below street level where archeaologists have unearthed the old Roman town.
Full displays of streets, houses, places of work and places of worship are all there. Lots of ceramics and relics. Unreal to be down there.

This photo comes from Google as photography was difficult.

We managed to do  city bike tour which was great.

Got around a lot of the "must see" stuff and gave us a sense of what we would come back for the next day. Travelling through the maze of streets in the Gothic centre was really nice. All sorts of shops and curious places.

Barcelona has its own Arch of Triumph.

Similar to the Paris arch.

The next day..we did the Roman underground. Like I mentioned earlier this was something else.

We had wine and beers along the way and shared the day with Caroline and Mike, who we met on the bike tour.

Seeing the city with others is an enriching experience as more is discussed and more ideas are exchanged.

View while walking along the waterfront.

From the end of the cable car we walked up to a castle who's history had been long, with rebuilds on rebuilds. Such is the way with castles.ñ

The view of the Port of Barcelona was spectacular with a full container yard and ship docking ports.

A huge harbour surrounded by rock had been built to shelter the port from the wave action.

Full size cargo and luxury cruise liners laid on the docks. Outside the harbour lay many ships waiting to unload or be loaded.

After this we bussed down toward another grand building with majestic water features.

Here are Caroline and Mike who we spent the day with standing by a water feature outside Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

Barcelona was nice and I would encourage anyone to go there.
Sam