Barcelona

After such an amazing day yesterday, today might feel a bit boring to some but I thoroughly enjoyed myself. I started the day with an awesome Spanish breakfast! Their fresh squeezed orange juice and cafe con leche is to die for!

I walked to my new hotel today which was about a 3.5 mile walk along the marina to be closer to my friend who is also going to be going to the Springsteen concert tomorrow. The sun was shining, there was blue skies and it was gorgeous out. There were so many locals enjoying the outdoors and beach. I passed a CrossFit bootcamp, a yoga class, a man teaching his son how to fight, a dance instructor teaching a woman how to dance, roller skaters performing tons of tricks and a guy (I wish I took a picture …it just didn’t feel appropriate) who had a tennis ball tied to a string, connected to a headband and trying to hit the ball with different parts of his body, all while balancing on two 5inch pieces of pipe. I could have stayed there for hours watching.

I checked into my new hotel and then went out exploring. I needed to buy walking sticks but found plenty of other interesting things along the way!

and my personal favorite…

I found a Decathlon (Similar to Dicks Sporting Goods) and got walking sticks and a few other things. They had the best check out system I have ever seen. Simply put everything in the box and the system identifies everything that you have put in. Why hasn’t this made it to the US yet?

I found an outdoor cafe and enjoyed a glass of wine. Albariño is my wine of choice these days. I also had a great FaceTime call with Caitlyn and caught up on the last 2 days!

Next I met up with Brais and his friend. Brais and I met in line to buy Bruce Springsteen tickets 20 years ago for the Barcelona concert when we used to live here. We have kept in touch all of these years and now get to do it again! Super excited to see him! He looks exactly the same! We met up at the Olympic Stadium to figure out some logistics for the show and then agreed to meet up in the morning. The views of the city from the park were beautiful but it started raining so I headed home after a few pictures for an early night in.

The only bad thing of the day is that I walked 12 miles, half of which was in regular boots instead of my trail runners and I got my first big blister underneath my big toe. Let’s hope it doesn’t last long and the location isn’t too painful as I didn’t feel it forming during the day.