The Alex & The Eleanor + 1

Well, definitely a rough morning. Far too much cheap cava last night and an early rise from Penny – not a good combination. I struggled through the morning a bit while Eleanor slept in, and then we swapped off and she very kindly let me get a much needed nap.

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Well, Eleanor was kind enough to let me sleep in after my absurdly late draft (Thank You!), so while the girls went to the zoo in the park across the street, I slept, caught up on the trip blogging and had a nice long shower.
After they returned, we headed out to grab some lunch at [...]

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Well, not such a late morning for penny (9am) but we managed to up and get ourselves some coffee (eventually, as they take Sunday way too seriously here, with most shops closed), as we headed out to an artists market Eleanor had read about (pintorspibarcelona.com).
After browsing for a bit, we were both drawn to one [...]

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Today we decided to remember that Barcelona in addition to being a great cosmopolitan city is also a beach town, and conveniently enough our apartment was about a 10 minute walk from the beach district, called Barcelonetta.

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An earlier rise for penny today, although still a civilized 9:30. We decided that rather than tourist around to the sights we’d spend the day wandering the Born shopping. First thing first, we headed out for some coffee, returning to the coffee shop we hit when we landed on day 1. On the way there, [...]

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Well, apparently Penny was ready to catch up on some sleep. She may not have gone to bed before 11:30, but she didn’t wake up before 12:30 the next day either. A bit of a late start I suppose, but a good nights sleep for all of us was well warranted.
We quickly wandered out to [...]

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Photos to be inputted later today/tomorrow.
Before I start in with the bitching, let me preface this by saying Day 1 ends on a fantastic note. That said…
WTF is it with airlines?! So you plan a direct flight to Barcelona that’s an overnight 7 hour flight. Leaves at 7pm (ok, we were delayed an hour and [...]

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