Trixie Traveler in Catalonia: Touring the City of Barcelona

We all had a good sleep last night and feel ready to start exploring Barcelona. We decide to take the Hop On Hop Off bus to get an overview of the city and to be able to stop where we want to. It goes by the main train station, Sants Estacion, where we want to see about getting tickets to Girona on Wednesday. This is a huge train station and it takes us awhile to figure what is what but eventually we find the correct window. Turns out that we must just buy tickets on the day we want to go. It is about an hour and half by slow train. The fast train is 45 minutes and costs a lot more. We also search around for the Tourist Information office in the train station where we buy ArtTickets. These are passes for six museums and allow us to avoid long lines. Most, if not all, of the museums are closed on Mondays so we will have to wait to another day to start using them.

Back on the HOHO bus to go to the top of Montjuik. This was the site of some of the 1992 Olympic venues. There is a castle on top which requires a ride in a cable car up to the top. The castle is empty but the views spectacular. We plan to get lunch up there but the restaurant is closed on Mondays so we end up at a snack stand where sandwiches give sustenance but are less than satisfying.

Returned home and took a nap. To dinner in the Barri Gotíc in a little square at a restaurant called Cheese Me. Got the fixed price menu for 10 Euros. A few minutes after we arrived, the price changed to 15 Euros! Walked around some of the narrow streets in the area. Many interesting shops and restaurants.

Back to the apartment to relax and get ready for tomorrow's adventures.