Sunday Feb 10

Today we went to a huge park called Ciutadella and then walked along the waterfront all the way to the Christopher Columbus monument and then up Las Ramblas back to our hostel, grabbed our luggage and walked to the bus stop to catch a bus back to El Prat. Cuitadella was really beautiful – tons of open space, lots of grassy areas, paved pathways for bikes and skating, monuments and cool buildings aplenty, plus a cool little pond where you can rent boats and paddle around. Plus there’s a giant zoo attached to the park. There were lots of families and kids out because it was Sunday. If I were a barcelonesa, I’d go there all the time.

Cool pond at Parque Cuitadella:
Statue and fountain surrounded by grass at the park. Palm trees in the background, tons of people with little kids and nothing but open space.
This is a traffic signal that caught my eye while we walked from the park to the waterfront. In Barcelona, bikes get their own symbol.

Even though all you can really see is cars, this is the one waterfront photo I took. If you look pretty closely you can see there are tons of masts and nautical flags. There are a bunch of better photos on Sarah's camera...