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Off to Barcelona
... though it was scheduled for the late afternoon so we made our way down to Las Ramblas, detouring to the Palau de la Virreina to pick up a programme (the newsprint one again) and then finding a better folded brochure-type programme in a nearby coffee shop - this has the imprint of the Ajuntament de Barcelona on it so is clearly official so why it is not available at the desk in La Virreina I have no idea.
The Xambanga was fun, noisy and colourful as ever and unlike last ...
A bit of wildlife
... we reached the entrance to the reserve to discover that it closed at 15:00 - it was 15:05. Spanish nature reserves seem to have strange opening hours. Common Waxbills, an African species that has been introduced to the Iberian peninsular were abundant in the reeds near the entrance and we saw more later on.
A path stretched off towards the coast along the edge of the reserve so we followed this and eventually found a mirador that gave us a view of part of ...
BA-C-LONA!
... He even designed an organ! mirrors were used with windows to bring more natural light.
My favourite part was the roof! I love the chimneys. They have been restored and some of the colours i believe are not as the originals but i think they look great. I love the glass covered ones especially the green one and the rainbow one.
Later we walked down to the port to view the boats ...
Departing Barcelona
... to my smartphone. I want to be able to track my voyage’s progress, so I downloaded maps for all the countries we’ll be sailing near – which is quite a long list including Spain, Italy, Malta, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Yemen, Somalia, Oman, and United Arab Emirates.
Downloads complete, I finally left the hotel at 1:45. The taxi to the pier took 13 minutes. The meter read 9.35 euros ($12.16), which was perfect ...
Barcelona
... had my iPod in my pocket so I didn't lose that. I still have my music and stories.
One problem that cannot be resolved is data missing that is required for maintaining and updating my web site. That material is backed up but is in Carson City. I am looking into setting up a temporary blog or some such so I can post. (In the meantime I'll be stuffing your mailbox with my verbiage until you tell me to stop. The pictures will have to wait.) I ...
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