Barcelona Part 2

After 6 days in Barcelona both Andy and I feel like there is still so much more to see - we will definitely need a much longer holiday in Spain some time. Some of the things we did do include: a spanish cooking class where we went shopping for fresh ingredients at the market and then learnt to cook tapas, paella and sangria; a free walking tour of the gothic old town; a tour of the barcelona football stadium; a pub trivia night (Andy and I won free shots for coming equal third which we thought was quite impressive as there were over 12 teams, we were the only 2 person team, and we are usually fairly ordinary at trivia); and a couple of trips to the beach. We also got into the Spanish way of life - sleeping in until 10am, lunch at about 3pm, dinner at 11pm and bed at 2am, with plenty of tapas and sangria whenever we got hungry.

Beach at Barcelona. This is a man made beach and was very different to the beaches at home - far more people,  quite dirty (lots of dirt mixed with the sand i think) and cheap cocktails :)

street leading to the beach

A random street in Barcelona

Santa Eulalia, a patron saint of Barcelona (the other is saint George). She was killed when she was 13 for refusing to give up her religion and was tortured in lots of horrible ways.

candles at a church

A choir practicing in a cathedral.

The port

At Nou Camp, the soccer stadium in Barcelona. Andy said I should say it is the largest in Europe with a capacity of about 100,000. 

Fruit at the market.

"Magic Fountain" this was a free show at a big fountain. The water  changed in time with music and lights.

People watching the magic fountain show.