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Caught the 8.34 train headed for Barcelona. Upon arrival into Barcelona we caught a taxi to our hotel which wasn't far however turned out to be a 20 Euro cab fare due to a luggage surcharge they have. Went and grabbed some lunch and boarded yet another hop on hop off bus tour. There are 3 different routes in Barcelona to catch so as there was line for the red route we caught the blue one. We jumped off the bus at La Rambla (Spain's version of a mall). There were little street markets through the centre where we bought a few things. La Rambla meets the water which had cruises, restaurants, another aquarium (we didn't go to this one) and an IMAX cinema. We sat by a tree and enjoyed the views while slurping on an ice block. We headed back to where we got off the bus to finish off the circuit we were doing which took us past Barcelona FC (which was even bigger than Real Madrid) plus a few other sites and then back to the hotel. We freshened up for dinner taking the other circuit of the bus tour, we did the full circuit going past the Olympic Stadium, panoramic views of the city, World Trade Centre, finally we got off at Port Vell where we had dinner at Tapa Tapa, food was very good! We had about 8 different tapas including salad, seafood and chicken. We walked back through La Rambla on the way home. As we were walking through (we had a few Barcelona moments) when a large group of street sellers came running past us towards the subway, we didn't see any cops but presume they were running from someone. We then stopped to watch some street dancing which was entertaining while it lasted. It was interrupted by some commotion on the other side from us and the police arrived moments later, we couldn't see exactly what happened but thought it could be someone caught pick pocketing. Funnily enough the street dancers did the bolt and were nowhere to be seen. The walk back was longer than we thought as it took nearly an hour, we were a bit weary when we got in. Overall was a great day in Barcelona, wish we had more time!
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