All the flights so far between the cities have been on Aegean Air. I would compare them to our Spirit Air, but they are nicer planes and you get snacks still included. All the seats are leather and your knees don’t hit the seat in front of you. Better yet they run on time and in all the flights we have had on them, none have been late or delayed. Waiting for our baggage, I read a sign and within the European Union countries, you are entitled to monetary compensation if your flight is changed within 14 days of your travel, canceled or delayed for more than six hours. I thought it was interesting that the airlines have someone watching out for the consumer and they are therefore encourage to service the passengers better.
Arriving in Barcelona, we hoped on the bus to the city center and then got the subway to our hotel. Well it really didn’t got that smoothly. We got on the first subway, but ended up at a stop that connected to the tram not the right line we needed and then finally got to the right line and to our stop. What isn’t cool about these metro stops is that they don’t often have escalators or elevators, so luggage gets hauled up and down stairs and this gets old really fast. The afternoon we headed to Sagrada Familia, the work of the great architect Gaudi. The church has been in the works for more than 100 years and is not expected to be completed until 2030, but many here believe it will never be finished. The design is unlike anything you have ever seen for a church. Shapes and forms of nature mixed with religious scenes are depicted through the columns, ceilings and facades of the building. To get a view from the church and a little closer look at the spears, we took the lift up the bell tower and then climbed down the spiral stairs, seeing out through the windows and balconies on the way down. The spiral stairs were extremely steep and they had a hole through the middle, just big enough to fall through. Needless to say, everyone stayed close the wall and held tight to the railing. The views were great, but it was nice to be back to the ground floor. Our journey of the city continued as we wandered toward La Rambla, the big street with everything from restaurants, food markets, shopping, street vendors and street performers, not to mention tons of people. It is such a lively and exciting place. Like many of the other cities thus far, Barcelona has a great metro system that makes it easy to explore the city.
Arriving in Barcelona, we hoped on the bus to the city center and then got the subway to our hotel. Well it really didn’t got that smoothly. We got on the first subway, but ended up at a stop that connected to the tram not the right line we needed and then finally got to the right line and to our stop. What isn’t cool about these metro stops is that they don’t often have escalators or elevators, so luggage gets hauled up and down stairs and this gets old really fast. The afternoon we headed to Sagrada Familia, the work of the great architect Gaudi. The church has been in the works for more than 100 years and is not expected to be completed until 2030, but many here believe it will never be finished. The design is unlike anything you have ever seen for a church. Shapes and forms of nature mixed with religious scenes are depicted through the columns, ceilings and facades of the building. To get a view from the church and a little closer look at the spears, we took the lift up the bell tower and then climbed down the spiral stairs, seeing out through the windows and balconies on the way down. The spiral stairs were extremely steep and they had a hole through the middle, just big enough to fall through. Needless to say, everyone stayed close the wall and held tight to the railing. The views were great, but it was nice to be back to the ground floor. Our journey of the city continued as we wandered toward La Rambla, the big street with everything from restaurants, food markets, shopping, street vendors and street performers, not to mention tons of people. It is such a lively and exciting place. Like many of the other cities thus far, Barcelona has a great metro system that makes it easy to explore the city.
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