Barcelona by day, Sevilla by night

Metro station

Escalators up to Parc Guell

Obligatory shot with Iguana

Intense game of boliche on the way back from Parc Guell

Mont Juic

Paella at Port Olimpic

Arroz negro (squid ink)

Mr. Collier organized an impressive day for us to cover as much ground as possible before our 7pm flight to Sevilla.  We started by checking out, storing our bags, and having a typically light Spanish breakfast.  We were then off to Parc Guell, which was intended to be a residential community designed by Gaudi but was never completed and now has some very interesting remnants like the long, serpentine bench (if a bench could be famous. this one is it,) and, of course, the iguana, which is one of the symbols of Barcelona.  We then took some gondolas up to the castle on Mont Juic and then down to the port were we headed for a big paella lunch.   We picked up our bags and headed to the airport where we caught our plane with time to spare.  We surely could have used another day in Barcelona as we had to cut out two museums (one for Picasso and the other for Joan Miro) as well as a great tour of the Palau de Musica Catalana.  We got to Sevilla without much of a hitch (save for one taxi breaking down) and met the families at our usual meeting spot.  As what happens every year, I forgot to take pictures of the handoff of the boys to their new Spanish mothers.  It's a sight to see as you can feel how ready the  mothers are to spoil their new sons.