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| Linton, Viv & Kev oustide the amazing Dali Museum ! |
Our GPS obviously had fond memories of Figueres as it resisted our first two attempts giving us left, left and left directions!
KH conveniently slept through most of the tollway points until we threatened to leave his bike in lieu of the 2 euro payment!
Entering Barcelona was one of those OMG moments with freeway lanes going everywhere and a vista of wall to wall buildings for as far as you could look! Somehow we made the main section the La Rambla off which our accommodation lay. We only had one small problem the La Rambla seemed a never ending street and there was no where to park. Linton negotiated a couple of laps of the area and some massive roundabouts before we parked in an underground car park that seemed about an inch wider and higher than our van!
Our apartment was in a building right over a series of small laneways just off the La Rambla. To everones delight it contained 4 bedrooms with 3 bathrooms and individual air con and for the first time a kettle!
With all our gear painstakingly moved it was time to return our hire car complete with the few extra marks and scrapes we'd added.
To Linton's horror finding the car hird return was harder than finding our apartment and after a great display of nit losing it we finally drove into the Avis depot and set about walking down the La Rambla to our apartment.
We'd arrived in time to co-incide with one of Barceloba's major festivals and the streets were absolutely teeming with people what a buzz after a few weeks in the quieter areas of France.
Dinner was in a nearby square with outdoor settings fir probably 1000 people. Our full on day ended with us listening to bands playing as part of the festival and taking in our stunning surrounds in this amazingly vibrant city!
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