Awesome walking tour through Barcelona

Today was absolutley beautiful - sun, sea, sand, and a lovely mediterranean breeze - all signs of a typical day in Barcelona. This morning we boarded a bus to sight see, our tour guide Francisco took us to The Guell (probounced "way") where Gaudy (architect) was commissioned to build a town on the outskirts of Barcelona for the "rich and famous" of that time (late 1800's), the Sagrad Familia (a magical church, construction is ongoing), as well as 2 apartment buildings - it took Gaudy roughly 50 years to work on all four masterpieces, the church was only 50 % completed and the town he was commisioned to build failed before he passed in 1926. We also saw the Olympic areana. After our bus tour, Francisco dropped us off at the Ramblas - the center of Barcelona where all the fabulous shopping and cafe's are. We shopped, ate, people watched, and relaxed taking in the glorious mediterranean sun and air. To end the eveining we went to dinner in the Olympic port village - located on the beach. We ate a traditional spanish meal of Tapas at Moncho's. We are excited for tomorrow's adventures!