Well today, I decided to take a city bus tour; a double decker bus. I have never done that before so I decided why not. I bought a one day ticket on the web and headed straight to the bus after breakfast. The buses start running at 9:00 am, so I was there before 9 and managed to miss the first bus!! because I did not know where they stopped. I eventually figured it out and got on the next one at 9:20 am. I found out they have two lines covering the whole city and I can take both the same day, using the same ticket so guess what, that is exactly what I did. Each loop takes two and half hours for a total of five hours so I sat on the upper deck for that long today. It was great though, I am glad I did that because I was able to get a general idea about the city and the sights and now I can target few places for further exploration.
One thing is for sure: Barcelona is beautiful!!! All of it... there is history, culture, food, fun just name it Barcelona has it... I learned so much today again from all the sites the bus took us to...
After the bus tour, I showed up to the conference again and listened to a couple of talks and had coffee.. now I am taking some well deserved rest in my room until the next activity: the dinner banquet!!! I always look forward to dinner banquets, it is a great social event. We talk, we laugh, and most of all we enjoy the food ... from my prior experiences in Europe, this one should be another great banquet, I hope!! Lyon, two years ago, put on a show for us in terms of food and fun.. so Barcelona has to top that .... Well it did not, Lyon remains top on my list of banquets so I will have to wait until next year... but it was fun none the less! At this conference, they have the tradition of asking people to sing or dance or speak in their mother language ... I stayed out of that one.. but a male and female student from Argentina treated up to an awesome dance... the night finished with the announcement of the next meeting location in two years: it will be Maui, Hawaï !! Well time will tell if I will be attending or not..
Beautiful buildings are everywhere
One more...
One of Gaudi buildings
Another awesome building..
Loved the street views from the bus
At first the top of the bus was empty but..
A collosium
A wide street with towers as a gate
More street views from the top of the bus..
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