Because we had spent a number of days in Barcelona, and had seen most of the major sites, we decided to take the ship shuttle to town and walk around La Rambles. It is still Easter week and there were a lot of people in Barcelona. We walked the length of La Rambles and had coffee at Cafe Zurich, one of the older restaurants in Barcelona that is located next to Placa de Catalunya.
La Rambles with a small portion of the crowds
Placa de Catalunya
After coffee we returned back down La Rambles and looked for a place to have tapas and a sangria. We stopped at the Seventy Tapas Bar and had plates of cheese and meats, plus two punch bowls of Sangria. We drank about half of the Sangria as it is very strong.
Linda at the Seventy Tapas Bar, look at the size of the Sangria!!
After our lunch we walked down La Rambles toward the World Trade Center where we could catch the shuttle back to the ship. At the foot of La Rambles is the Columbus Monument.
Columbus Monument (minus Columbus at the top, sorry)
Got back to the Sun Princess and unfortunately they were still refueling. This meant we could not go out on our balcony and take pictures. We were docked very near one of the container ports and we enjoyed watching the dance of loading and unloading the containers.
We are on the way to Marseille. We are taking the shuttle to the Old Port and will tour around that area.