As achy as my legs were, I had to go out anyway to use my Bus Turistic ticket for the second day.
I walked over to the Columbus monument to catch the bus there, but I decided to first take a cruise, which was free with the Barcelona Card. The cruise was only for 40 minutes, but ended up to about 2 hours with the long wait before and after boarding.
Then I took the red line to Casa Batllo (pronounced bat-YO). The place was crowded and many of the people were very inconsiderate. They would look at my camera but they would stand right in front of me anyway. In most cases, it was unavoidable, because there was something to photograph whichever way you turned. In the end, it was a very nice tour. As I overheard a woman tell her companion as I made my way to the roof, "It gets better and better!"
Afterwards, I crossed the street again and stopped by good ole McD for a pineapple and mango smoothie and a bottle of water, because I was very thirsty and my legs were ready to collapse.
After a little rest, I hobbled back to take pictures of the facade of Casa Batllo's neighbor, which is also a modernistic building.
Then, back on the Bus Turistic for the next stop: La Pedrera. I had already taken pictures of the side facade (the front facade was covered up for repairs) the previous day when I walked about 12 blocks back because I wasn't looking at the map and I couldn't decide where to get off, so I missed the last connecting bus stop from the blue line to the red line.
Unlike Casa Battllo, the La Pedrera tour starts with an elevator ride to the roof, then down to the most beautiful attic I've ever seen, then down again to an apartment, which is really an entire floor. Then I took the elevator back down.
There was some sort of small fair on the little street outside and I bought a couple of empanadas for a snack while I rested. It drizzled a little and it was getting dark. Then I got on the Bus Turistic and stayed on it. I'm glad I did, because I got to see the wonderfully vibrant Friday night views.
I got off at Columbus's feet and yielded to the temptation of a big plate of tapas for 15€ in a restaurant on my way to the pension. The food wasn't worth it, but the conversation with the waiter was. He was in Miami for some years and he talked about eating alligator meat cooked Cajun-style.
I walked over to the Columbus monument to catch the bus there, but I decided to first take a cruise, which was free with the Barcelona Card. The cruise was only for 40 minutes, but ended up to about 2 hours with the long wait before and after boarding.
Then I took the red line to Casa Batllo (pronounced bat-YO). The place was crowded and many of the people were very inconsiderate. They would look at my camera but they would stand right in front of me anyway. In most cases, it was unavoidable, because there was something to photograph whichever way you turned. In the end, it was a very nice tour. As I overheard a woman tell her companion as I made my way to the roof, "It gets better and better!"
Afterwards, I crossed the street again and stopped by good ole McD for a pineapple and mango smoothie and a bottle of water, because I was very thirsty and my legs were ready to collapse.
After a little rest, I hobbled back to take pictures of the facade of Casa Batllo's neighbor, which is also a modernistic building.
Then, back on the Bus Turistic for the next stop: La Pedrera. I had already taken pictures of the side facade (the front facade was covered up for repairs) the previous day when I walked about 12 blocks back because I wasn't looking at the map and I couldn't decide where to get off, so I missed the last connecting bus stop from the blue line to the red line.
Unlike Casa Battllo, the La Pedrera tour starts with an elevator ride to the roof, then down to the most beautiful attic I've ever seen, then down again to an apartment, which is really an entire floor. Then I took the elevator back down.
There was some sort of small fair on the little street outside and I bought a couple of empanadas for a snack while I rested. It drizzled a little and it was getting dark. Then I got on the Bus Turistic and stayed on it. I'm glad I did, because I got to see the wonderfully vibrant Friday night views.
I got off at Columbus's feet and yielded to the temptation of a big plate of tapas for 15€ in a restaurant on my way to the pension. The food wasn't worth it, but the conversation with the waiter was. He was in Miami for some years and he talked about eating alligator meat cooked Cajun-style.
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