Where do I begin?

Barcelona!!!! What a wonderful place! The main parts we have explored have been to do with Gaudi and still I have not had my fill.
When we arrived here yesterday, all five of us, we needed a larger car than one would normally so we found a company with larger cabs. I wasn't going to travel by train or bus again to get to our apartment. We had be on the go for 12 hours after a days work and as far as I was concerned we didn't need to use public transport- get me there the fastest way possible. So eventually Sergio arrived- charming and Spanish- sorry Catalan and absolutely chuffed to be driving Julia Roberts! (That's another story).
He was wonderful drove us to where our apartment is in the middle of the old district (where no cars can regularly go but cabs can) and then found the apartment in the middle of the Sant de Josep Oriel Placa (the Spanish sorta doesn't translate here). When I say in the middle it's actually above a Tapas bar which has become our local tapas. I digress.... our cab driver was wonderful... he not only worked out where the place is but rang the bell and schlepped our luggage and arranged to be our personal tour guide tomorrow to take us out to Montserrat and other locales.

We spent the remainder of the day seeking our equilibrium- that is trying to work out who and where we were. We made the most of our local Tapas place and then walked around the local shopping area. Of course we got lost as it got dark and shops shut and shutters cam down and things looked different but we made our way back through the windy narrow streets to our square and our apartment on the first (2nd for USA) floor apartment. Oh our apartment! It is a 5 bedroom place with three bathrooms and an enormous kitchen and a smaller lounge room.
And so to today- it is Sue's birthday and she has had a grand day as have we. She chose to try on all her birthday gifts at one time including the funny hat Judy had me bring for her
Breakfast was late and a feast of scrambled eggs and the grand idea of getting coffee from our tapas bar. It was great coffee and they actually had home delivery!


Once we were finally organized we headed for the subway and for our first Gaudi locale. La Pedrera, the Gaudi apartments, another having first spent time working out the train system and watching the amazing street performances.
A late lunch (3pm) at ....Yes a tapas bar ... and onto the next Gaudi gorgeous environment Casa Batillo. Talk about photographers heaven we snapped and snapped and then departed from the building and headed back to the Ramblas and walking toward home but first a stop in the market for some food for dinner (9pm) and an evening at home.
The day has been one glorious vista after another.