Barcelona - Even better!!

At the markets!!
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Well here we are in Barcelona - wow what a place!! Everything - the people, places, sites, restaurants are all fantastic... The apartment is beautiful and we are in the best spot - right in the heart of El Born, the old gothic region, with tapas bars, restaurants, shopping, and heaps to see all around the corner. Mark took off to the Barcelona v Getafe soccer (fotebol) match on Saturday night and sat in the largest stadium in Europe - it holds 120,000 people and he said the sound the crowd made was awesome. Unfortunately the best player and his favourite (Ronaldhino) got sent off a third the way into the match - now there is big controversy but at least he scored - the Europeans are very passionate about their sport and he got to see it first hand.

Beautiful Tossa del Mar...
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We have already travelled 1700 kms in the car. The GPS is proving its worth as Jagger isn´t too keen on his new seat yet so Angie is entertaining him while the GPS tells Mark where to go. We took off to see Girona and then found a lovely town on the coast, Tossa del Mar and had a great dinner overlooking an ancient town and the sea...

Barcelona is certainly a place we could re-visit, and even live...

We also went to Montserrat, an amazing place built into a wild mountain above Barcelona, and Sitges, a beautiful seaside town popular with the gay community so had excellent restaurants, shops and services. Here we met a lovely English waitress in a restaurant and was able to have a full "English" conversation.

At Goudi´s Sagrada Familia - incredible place!!
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Jagger loved the hop-on hop-off bus tour, the beach and all the pidgeons. And he certainly loves all the attention he gets from the locals and other tourists.

Barcelona is certainly a place we could re-visit, and even live. Could see Ben would love it here.

By the way, we have a phone number - +44 7924 072 124 - but only call after 7 pm EST (remember we have a baby and don´t want to be woken up even though we know we deserve it, especially Mark!!) Mark would love to hear from you Leroy & Koz...

Off to see Goudi´s Sagrada Familia today.

Off to Moraira near Benitachell and Alicante tomorrow.

Will upload photos as soon as we can. Have heaps of goodies!!

Love to everyone.. miss you-love you Bianc!!

Angie, Mark & Jagger xxx