Saturday 23rd July

Saturday 23^rd July – Barcelona

We had a leisurely lie-in and the boys slept until past 8am, which was a first and proved just how tired they were.  We eventually left for Barcelona at 10ish and arrived about 45 mins later.  The journey was pretty straightforward and was by bus.  There is not a massive amount to see in Barcelona and given the sights of Rome anything there was to see was rather overshadowed.

In order to start the day on a cultural high we went off to see Camp Nou, which is the home ground of Barcelona football club.  It is a large stadium (it can seat 120,000 – twice the size of the Emirates) but I for one found the tour pretty disappointing.  The Spanish were under the impression that the stadium would speak for itself but I couldn’t hear anything!  However the boys loved it which was the only reason we were there.

lunch

The rest of the day was spent seeing the one or two sights, doing a bit of shopping and having lunch.  Given the sights of Rome anything Barcelona had to offer wasn’t really going to compare and we were not going to drag the boys around the Picasso Gallery!

After lunch we headed back to the campsite for a well earned swim and then supper.  We have a long drive ahead tomorrow towards St Emillion and so an early night is in order…..

the boys off for a swim with C in the background