Celebrity Summit Cruise – TransAtlantic 2008 – Barcelona, Spain – Day 1
After a long flight from Tucson through Houston and New Jersey, we arrived in Barcelona, Spain. We were very pleased with our apartment that we rented through Vacation Rentals By Owner (VRBO). The only drawback of the apartment was the stair climb (4th floor) with our luggage.
After settling into the apartment, we headed out to see our first day of planned attractions. We visited the Cathedral, the City Museum, the Ramblas, the Boqueria Market and the Christopher Columbus monument before heading back to our apartment located on a quiet street in the Borne District of Old Town.
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- Stairwell in our Barcelona Apartment Building
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- The street view from our Barcelona apartment
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- Living area in our apartment
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- The well apointed kitchen
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- The simple bedroom
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- That bathroom seemed to be recently remodeled
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- One of the carved alters at the Barcelona Cathedral
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- A side alter 3-D relief at the Barcelona Cathedral
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- A close up of the main alter at the cathedral.
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- The main alter at the Barcelona Cathedral
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- The Crypt of St. Eulalia us beneith the alter
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- Another one of the beautiful side alters
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- Old city buildings that make up the city museum
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- This is where they filmed the finale of Cheetah Girls 2
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- Medeivel city buildings
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- Human statue on the Ramblas
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- There were lots of people dressed as statues, but this was Savannah's favorite.
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- We gave her a tip and she gave Savannah a charm.
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- One section of the Ramblas is lined with flower vendors.
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- More flowers on the Ramblas
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- Seafood display at the Ramblas
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- Ham display on at the famous Bouqueria Market
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- Fruit display at the famous market in Barcelona
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- Fish market in Barcelona
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- Fresh Eggs in Barcelona
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- Meat market in Barcelona
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- Market in Barcelona
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- Exterior view of the Columbus Monument at the end of the Ramblas
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- View of the Ramblas from the top of the Columbus Monument
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- Old town Barcelona from the Columbus Monument
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- Pickle building from the top of the Columbus monument
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- Bacelona buidling
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- Barcelona Marina viewed from the Columbus Monument
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- Inside the look-out area in the Columbus monument
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- Barcelona Port viewed from the Columbus monument
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- Waterfront developement including Aquarium from the Columbus monument
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- The Barcelona Cathedral and the Sagrada Familia from the Columbus Monument
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- Inside the little elevator in the Columbus Monument
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- This is the street where they filmed "Strut" for Cheetah Girls II
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Wonderful pictures. Looks like the apartment worked out well.
The link below is taken on a side street off the Ramblas.
www.cruisemates.com/gallery/view.php?id=1149
If the link doesn’t launch maybe you could copy/paste in the address bar.
I was running the video camera and accidentally got my wife getting her fanny pack picked. Did a grab frame and made stills and posted.
Thanks for posting the link. Barcelona can be a wonderful place, but the pick pockets are notorious. When we walked down the Ramblas I wore my jacket over my purse which was across my shoulder. I held my left arm around the purse as well. I saw people that I thought appeared to be sizing us up. I tired to look focused rather than distracted. It was hard because I just wanted to enjoy the day. Who knows if they would havc decided to target us. It looks like your wife was very much trying to do the same thing by trying to shoo them off, but it looks like they are pretty quick.
We are going to Rome in November, and I know we have to be aware of the same thing there. I have heard that Barcelona is much worse.
I loved my visit to the city, but it is something of which visitors need to be aware and cautious.