After only getting very slightly lost, we found our way to John and Joanne’s hotel. By the way, it wasn’t our fault we got very slightly lost, as apparently in Spain, you can make a complete 90 degree turn and still be going “straight” on the same road. Luckily Michael was there to figure it out because I would probably still be puzzing on the corner!

It was really good to see John and Joanne, and of course, Joanne wanted to go to Starbucks to catch up!!! Oh Joanne and her Starbucks!

We spent about an hour chatting and then headed down la Rambla; the main street in Barcelona. We saw the Cathedral, which was cool, and then headed back to do the one thing I had been dying to do… see La Boqueria, and I got my wish.  It is this incredible market with tons of fruit, veg, eggs, meats and fish, etc. But the best part was the drinks!!! They had ever kind of fruit juice you can imagine… coconut, blackberry, coconut mixed with strawberry, watermelon, orange… EVERY KIND!!! It was a pretty good deal for 2 Euros apiece… you got a lot of juice for your dollar!

It started to rain pretty heavily while we were in the market, so we ducked into a restaurant for eating and more chatting. The rain never really let up, so we tried to go to the Picasso museum, but after a harrowing cross town adventure, which involved dodging mud people and purchasing umbrellas, we discovered it was closed every Monday.

John’s face when he learned the museum was closed.

We closed out the afternoon with another 2 hour cafe session, and then headed back to our respective hotels for a little nap. Michael and I spent the evening wandering around the neighborhoods of Barcelona.