Up at 2:45 am makes an early start for a long travel day. Who knew the airport was open at 4:20 am when we arrived? Check in was easy as there weren't many travelers at that hour - the Starbucks line was only one person. After a 3 hour layover in Atlanta, we were off to Barcelona. The 9 hour flight was easy enough and getting a taxi in Barcelona was surprisingly easy. The Hotel Montecarlo was very accommodating and had a room available for us well before check in time. CJ and I both decided to take short nap but when the alarm went off we voted for additional time. Four hours later, we got up to explore the area around our hotel. A stroll along La Rambla put us in the middle of a pedestrian walkway filled with people exiting the subway in waves. The small vendor stands on either side of the pathway provided sweets, trinkets, news, and tourist trinkets. We spotted the Font de Canaletes as we wandered up to Placa de Cataluna where there were lots of people enjoying the evening.

Hotel Montecarlo

Font de Canaletes

Looking for trinkets

Children enjoy the soap bubbles in the plaza

Placa de Catalunya

Do statues take showers?

Resting at a fountains edge.