Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Barcelona

Tuesday May 5 2009 - I love Barcelona, it‘s such a civilised cosmopolitan city, we were here for almost a week about a year ago so I hadn‘t planned anything other than a walk about the Gothic Quarter and a few hours people watching.

Sitting at the South end of Las Ramblas



We took the port shuttle (3 euros return) to the bottom of La Rambla, the main shopping pedestrian street, since the ship was docked about 3 or 4 miles from town (same place as we were docked last time).

Plaza Real viewed from the restaurant













Just couldn't drag myself away:)



A large beer on La Rambla could cost you 12 euros, so we sat in Plaza Real just off the main strip, I think the place was called ‘Canarias’, we had 2 cappuccinos, 2 large beers, ½ a bottle of wine and 2 plates of fried potatoes for 23.50 euros, quite reasonable.


Jim and Sue



We were due back on the ship by 03.30pm so around 02.00pm we headed back, it was a beautiful day, warm but not hot and clear blue sunny skies and once on board we watched the sail away then made our way to the casino.

The casino staff and their best customer:)



We received an invite along with about 20 other losers, I mean regular patrons, from the casino manager to come for an informal photograph with the casino staff whom we’ve gotten to know quite well over our 3½ months together. It was a fun filled event where in addition to a group picture, we got to sit behind the tables in the dealer position with lots of chips and surrounded by our favourite dealers. After dinner I watched the evening show starring Karen Grainger, Canada’s foremost female impersonator and vocalist, she was very good.
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