We have come to the end of this wonderful trip. With the U2 concert behind us, the tour of the city and the visit to Girona and Figueres now in the past we had one last day in Barcelona.. (well really one last morning).

We decided to wake up early and go to the Picasso Museum in the gothic part of town.. We didn’t have much time because we had to catch a train back to Alicante. We did a sort of  “Chevy Chase” moment inside but it was well worth it..Barcelona is a beautiful city with a lot to offer, I highly recomended to everyone..

The train ride home was long but unforgettable..Thanks AnaMarie for a wonderful trip, I’m sure we will do it again soon..

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And so we are on to part III of my awesome Barcelona trip. In part one I talked about the U2 concert which was awesome and part two explains our tour of the city of Barcelona.. so on to this part and the tale of Girona and Figueres.

Girona is a beautiful city north of Barcelona which is really enchanting.  It is a small town but full of history.. We took a tour bus from Barcelona and in a couple of hours we were there. We had a guided walking tour of the city and its sites. the Cathedral, Arab baths, the Wall, Jewish town… I feel in love with this city and would love to go back.. It was extremely hot and had to do a lot of walking must uphill.. but it was worth every minute and every site..

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From there we jumped on the bus and headed to Figueres Dali’s home town.  Another very quaint town that offers the wonderful Dali museum with its very strange architecture and very interesting sites…. One of my favorite was the exhibition of Dali’s jewlelry.. awesome..

On the way back to Barcelona just leaving Figueres a motorcycle that decided to pass us hit head on an incoming car and we witnessed everything.. A young man and a woman were splattered on the cement while we watched how the paramedics tried to save their lives….We watched in horror as they finally placed a white sheet over the girl..It was very sad and made us realize how fragile life is..

The bus finally was allowed to continue but 10 kilometers from Barcelona we got a flat tire!! (we think it might have been from the debree left over from the motorcycle accident). We had to wait over an hour for another bus to come and pick us up..Overall, it was a very interesting experience..

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to be continued…..

As I told you in Part One of this series of posts I spent 3 days in Barcelona with my friend Ana Marie. On our second day there we decided to go take the tour bus and visit the city.. There is so much to see in Barcelona that it is important to plan ahead (something we didn’t do). That is why the double decker tour bus is the best option.

You buy a ticket for one or two days and you can hop on and off at any stop you like. We decided to first do the entire tour and see what we liked to see and then started stopping at all the great sites.. We stoped by the Museum of Catalunia,then  took the cable cars up to the Castle Montjuïc then off to the port and the Ice Bar... very very cool.. and very very cold….

Once we had completed the tour we decided to get changed and go out to the gothic part of Barcelona for a nice dinner and drinks.. We went to a great tapas restaurant and had a great meal, then off to a couple local bars in which we found they make great mojitos!! then off to sleep because the next morning we were off to see the Dali museum…

To be continued…….

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My very great friend Ana Marie otherwise known to some as “Muffy” flew from Miami to visit me in Alicante and invited me to the U2 concert in Barcelona... We decided to stay a couple of days in the city of Barcelona since neither of us had ever been. We left by train on the morning of June 30th and arrived to our hotel to find out that there was a problem with our rooms and had to be transfered to another hotel room..

Once settled in we got ready for the concert and our adventure began on the metro full of thousands of fans who also headed to the Camp Nou stadium. Once there the excitement was obious and there were more people than you would think would fit in this stadium.. We finally got in and sat down with beer in hand to watch the concert.

The last time I had seen U2 in concert was about 20 years ago in Madrid when it was my brother who was supposed to go with my cousin but got sick at the last minute and gave me his ticket..And let me tell you they rocked this time as much as back then. They played a lot of their new songs and many of their oldies..

The stadium was completely sold out and there were people everywhere. On the way out we had to find our way to the metro with a million people trying to get in.. a great adventure I will never forget.. Thanks Ana Marie!!!!

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To be continued………..

We are happy to have Matt home if at least for a month because he will be gone again in May, June, September and October..He is really getting busy and not only in the states, here is Spain he is working with a new singer who promises to be the next big Diva! They have received support from a sponsor to finish the demo CD so we will see what happens.. As soon as it is released I will let you all know about it.

For now, the kids and I are glad to have him home and take advantage to the fullest.. I could stop cooking for a while because all of you know how much I just love to cook.

Matt left this morning bright and early to go to Canada to work on a David Foster Show . I hear Halifax the city the show is in is below 0 right now….burrr. too cold for me…but its a show he loves to do and enjoys seeing all his music friends..

Then he is off to work on Fight Night Muhammad Ali’s charity another great charity event that brings together many artists..

He will be gone for a couples of weeks while I’m here with the kids who are still in Spring Break and want to just have fun!! and fun we will have..

I can’t believe it we are finally home! We are very jetlagged, tired and confused..hahahah..we had a great trip but now its back to reality.. I don’t have much energy to write much today so I will leave you with the pictures of our trip..

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Don´t know where to even begin with this one.. It all started last Thursday the day before we were to leave for Madrid, I realized that Marco´s American passport was expired and freaked out but thought ok, no problem I will renew well not really re new but get the new digital Spanish passport needed to travel..We all had to get up extra early to go to the passport office to renew and when our turn comes around (after a couple of hours waiting) I´m told I need his original birth certificate from Spain, I explain I have the American original since that is where he was born!! I did have a photo copy of a literal paper from Madrid stating he was a legal Spanish citizen but they said that was not valid!! After arguing for a while the very nice man let it slide!! Thank God right…

WRONG… when we get to the airport on Monday morning (I will write another post about the Madrid weekend) We were right on time, everything was going soo smoothly that for a second I thought.. everything is going way to smooth, something will happen.. and as we are being interrogated by the little robots of American Airlines, I´m told that Marco and Isabella need to fly with their American Passports because they are American..When I explain Marco´s passport is expired.. they are not to happy and call the American Embassy, which tells them to tell me that I must renew before flying!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, so Im, having a heart attack and thinking this can´t be happening to me..but there was nothing they could do, they kindly booked us on the flight for the next day and said I should go to the American Embassy right away… I decided I should call them to find out what I needed.. Thank God I had brought Marco´s original birth certificate, because I was planning to re new his passport in the states.. they tell me all I needed was the old passport, the original birth certificate, 2 pictures and my husband!! ok, wait a minute my husband is in Alicante.. hahahahaa.. well, they said his choice is to either get to Madrid or to Valencia before 2 pm.. Lets just say Matt was not very happy when I woke him up and told him to get his ass out of bed and drive all the way to Valencia to sign some sort of authorization paper..

At the American embassy, entering is entering the freaking white house, they take all electronics away from you and literally search every part of you.. I didn´t have a phone to contact Matt, so I filled out all the necessary paperwork and had to just sit there looking at the clock and hope that Matt would make it before 2 pm… at 1 50 I was given the passport!!!

WE are in Miami right now.. safe and sound.. we are leaving for Disney in a little while so I will write more when we get back..

A mis amigos de habla española, nos vamos a disney en unos minutos y no me da tiempo de traducir.. podeis usar un traductor online come ESTE para que os ayude.. os prometo que cuando tenga mas tiempo escribire en español..

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Ok, this is the last post from Spain. We are leaving tomorrow morning to Madrid then on Monday off to Miami!! packing almost done..check…tickets in hand..check..passports…check…kids medicine to knock them out in the plane…check!!!!!

Once in the U.S I will write a couple of blogs in Spanish for my Spain friends we leave behind and want to hear all about our trip..

Nothing left to say here..

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