title Barcelona and Parc Montjuïc, Catalonia, Spain - 21st October 2017 intro As part of Isobel's 40th birthday celebrations, we head out to Barcelona in Catalonia for a few days, with Isobel staying on a bit longer. We're staying in the El Poble-Sec area of the city, not far from the foothills of Parc Montjuïc, in a nice two-bedroom apartment. It's all certainly less frantic than being on or near La Rambla. There's also a contingent of Isobel's Dublin massive - family and friends - with whom we meet up at various times for beers and food. On day two, we explore the aforementioned Parc Montjuïc and visit the Museu de archaeologica. But first, we have to get there, and for a change Ruinair is flying to the actual Barcelona El Prat airport, instead of Girona, which is actually 60 miles to the north-east. imgc8490 Isobel and the boys head down to the departure gate imgc8491 Fred hauls his wheelie suitcase imgc8493 Our plane - a bog-standard 737-800 - awaits imgc8494 There's lots of dead time at an airport imgc8495 A Ruinair flight is turned around imgc8496 Hanging around at Stansted imgc8497 More waiting around imgc8498 Harry does a maze in his magazine imgc8499 Fred reads the instructions for his Lego AT-AT imgc8502 Harry peers out of the plane's window imgc8507 The Lego model is complete imgc8512 Interesting clouds imgc8513 The oil tanks of Barcelona imgc8514 The plane's final approach is over the docks imgc8515 There's no luggage as we're by the wrong belt imgc8517 We meet up with the family at Restaurant El Sortidor imgc8520 Fred models his Bugs Bunny teeth imgc8521 The Sortidor's bar imgc8523 After pudding imgc8524 Fred's AT-AT is now being an old man imgc8525 The boys in Plaça Sortidor imgc8526 El Sortidor imgc8528 We pass an artwork made of PET bottles and lights imgc8532 Fred in Plaça Reial, just off La Rambla imgc8535 Fred, Harry and Louise imgc8551 The gang in Plaça Reial imgc8559 Fred lets fly one of his helicopter spinney things imgc8563 Fred pings off another shot imgc8564 Arched walkways off Plaça Reial imgc8566 The gang crosses La Rambla imgc8568 Stickers and graffiti imgc8569 We spot the most absurd wedding dress ever imgc8570 Evelyn can't comprehend the marshmallow dress imgc8571 Yellow alley off Carrer Blai, and a Barcelona dog imgc8576 At the bar of the Taco bar "Redrum" imgc8578 Time for dinner imgc8579 Evelyn and Harry imgc8580 Tapas for dinner imgc8581 Evelyn gets a Marguerita imgc8583 Louise is outside for a ciggy imgc8585 Louise chats to Fred imgp8143 The first morning view out of our apartment imgp8145 On the apartment block stairs imgp8146 A dude with a beard imgp8147 We walk through El Poble Sec imgp8148 Street art on the shuttered door of Redrum imgp8149 More door art at L'Atelier de Blai imgp8150 Carrer de Blai imgp8151 A fruit shop opens early imgp8152 Funky apartment block from 1900 imgp8154 We find a café for breakfast imgp8155 Overblown street art imgp8157 Evelyn, Harry and Louise with a grump imgp8161 Strolling down Carrer de Blai imgp8162 Graffiti van imgp8163 Another apartment block imgp8164 Graffiti and decaying paint on a door imgp8167 Graffiti up in the hills imgp8171 A Montjuïc sports centre imgp8172 A view of La Sagrada Familia imgp8174 People are doing safety-plus archery imgp8177 Louise looks like a Chad imgp8179 More graffiti imgp8180 We walk back down to Passeig de L'Exposició imgp8182 The Museum of Art imgp8183 Yoga in an amphitheatre imgp8188 Saxophone in the woods imgp8190 A naked statue imgp8193 Nice fountains and statues imgp8200 The boys find a massive fountain imgp8206 We spot a rainbow in the fountain spray imgp8214 A lizard legs it into a crack in the stones imgp8224 Fred peers over a wall imgp8229 In the gardens imgp8231 The boys run around imgp8232 Walking around the collonades imgp8236 Interesting bark that looks more like stone imgp8237 The gang looks out over Barcelona imgp8244 Harry looks stern imgp8247 A collection of skulls in the museum of archaeology imgp8248 Roaming around in the museum imgp8249 An exhibition of neanderthals imgp8253 Fred has a go of the virtual reality setup imgp8255 Isobel, Harry and Fred imgp8258 Harry on VR goggles imgp8259 People roam around with VR headsets on imgp8265 A collection of Greek stuff imgp8266 The Teatre Lliure imgp8270 Graffiti on a shutter door imgp8272 Fred and Isobel on a zebra crossing imgp8276 Another zebra crossing imgp8278 Fanta Limón at Can Eusebio imgp8280 A dude at the bar imgp8283 A musical act works the tables imgp8286 More tapas at Can Eusebio imgp8289 On Carrer Nou de la Rambla imgp8290 More migrants! Fewer tourists! Thanks, Air BnB imgp8291 Evelyn looks at graffiti imgp8293 A solitary original old house, surrounded imgp8295 Fred in Da Gorls' apartment imgp8297 A cooling air space imgp8298 We head out of the apartment block imgp8300 The boys look at avegetables imgp8301 We get some over-ripe fruit and veg imgp8302 Mannequin legs stick out from behind a shutter imgp8304 Harry roams around the "Super meerkat" Supermercat imgp8305 We haul the shopping back to the apartment