Hi Everyone,
Another beautiful sunny week in Barcelona. Al got a lot of outdoor
varnishing done but we still found time to sight see and ride our
bikes. Sunday we went to Palau Nacional to the Museu Nacional d'Art
de Catalunya "Home of Catalan Art". Great facility and
collection. We especially enjoyed the Modernistic art. It took us
over 4 hours to do the audio tour and it was well worth out time.
We found a little neighborhood restaurant on our walk back to Port
Vell for lunch. Refreshed we decided to visit the Maritime Museum
(free on Sun) and then check out the Nativity at Town Hall and the
Christmas Market at the cathedral. We still haven't gone walking
at night to see all the Christmas lights so plan to this next week.
We've ridden our bikes every day this week. Yesterday we went to
a World Heritage site, Hospital de Sant Pau complex designed by
Montaner,who also designed Palau de la Musica de Catalunya. The
complex includes 16 unique pavilions and gardens meant to cheer
up the pati ents. Mantaner uses a lot of colorful ceramic tiles
to decorate his buildings. We could only ride our bikes around some
parts as it's under restoration. So today we went back with friends
to take a guided tour. First time we've paid half price because
we are retired! Usually they ask for age 65 or as in Turkey a special
card. We went to a nice Japanese Restaurant "MIU" for
sushi. Lots of people off work as yesterday was National Day and
tomorrow is Immaculate Conception so the streets and restaurants
are busy busy with locals on vacation. We plan to work on the teak
toe rail tomorrow so we can get some new varnish on before we come
home. Mont Tibidabo and Collserola park are high on our list of
things to do before we come home. Maybe Friday:-) Hope all is well
and everyone is keeping warm. That's the part we don't look forward
to when we come home! Home by this time next week:-)Love and God
Bless Sally and Al
