We could have waited in a long, long queue to get on a bus that would take us in to Barcelona city, but Scamp said she knew the way to the city on foot. After a wee while I did think we might be heading in the wrong direction, so we stopped to ask directions from three police. Unfortunately we spoke almost no Spanish and they spoke no English, however using sign language we did find that we were indeed heading in the right direction.
We seemed to walk for miles, but then I began to remember taking photos of our ship, the last time we’d visited Barcelona and the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle began to slot into place.
Lots to remember about Barcelona like:
- Those polis who showed us the way in to Barcelona city.
- Walking for miles up and over a high bridge that took us into Barcelona proper.
- The red cable cars over our heads.
- Counting six ships in the dock area and ours was the smallest
- Only one ‘Monster’ on La Rambla. There are usually dozens of them eager to frighten passers by.
- Maybe the reason is that La Rambla is presently being dug up. It’s not just Glasgow that’s under reconstruction!
- We visited La Boqueria market on La Rambla. An absolutely enormous open market selling just about everything you could imagine and a few things you couldn’t.
- We had a beer each in a small square and watched a street juggler.
- I bought myself a Cagner – A good luck charm.
- Mine was a standard Cagner. It’s a model of a boy with his pants down defecating with a little jobby under his bum! Lots of other Cagners were available!
- I found a guitar maker’s shop down a side street. I dread to think how much a hand-made guitar would cost.
- We had an ice cream lolly sitting by the harbour.
- We didn’t have a ticket for the return bus, having walked to Barcelona from the ship.
- The queue to get back to the ship was really long, but help appeared.
- A very kind lady from the ship grabbed Scamp as she was passing and hauled her into the queue next to her, saying “Come here, I thought I’d lost you.”
- It wasn’t until she whispered to Scamp “We watched you dancing last night, you were great. I didn’t want you to have to go to the end of the queue. I like to do a good turn every day. You’re my good turn for today.”
Tomorrow it will all be over and we’ll be heading back home.