Maurice's quote of the day "What is the difference between a realist & an optimist? Realist is our taxi driver who brought a trailer for our luggage an optimist is me & Kev thinking we are going to fit it all on 2 motorbikes."

To start this entry I have had to work out how to get the page from reverting to Spanish! Which is a bit difficult when the instructions to do so are in, you guessed it, Spanish!  Anyway Maurice & Kev have caught a taxi to pick up the babies so I thought I would take the chance to fill you in on the trip over and our first couple of days in Barcelona.  


All our flights were on time and A380 was pretty comfortable although I don't think they have created an economy seat that remains comfortable for 20+ hours.  Waiting around Heathrow for half a day was a bit of a chore but we managed to fill in the time with coffee, food and wine.  

The Airport hotel is quite pleasant & we have managed to make use of the public buses into La Rambla (the tourist area) on several occasions.  Kev managed to upset one of the drivers by producing a 20 euro note which was obviously not the right thing to do.  Oh well at least he didn't kick us off the bus.

We have tried several of the local delights including, Paella, Sangria, Spanish Omelet, Churros, some Tapas, Wine and Beer.  We have seen what has to be the worlds most unusual church designed by Gaudi and walked around most of the central tourist area.  








The jet lag really caught up with us yesterday and we came back to the room relatively early for Nanna naps.  Today has started off much more lively with the boys already on their way.  We are in Barcelona until Thursday morning when we will head south along the coast to Valencia.  I'll write more from there.