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Transatlantic Cruise – Adventure of the Seas

This update will continue with our two-month trip to Europe and the cruise back to Florida. In the last post, we moved out of our Barcelona apartment and moved onto the cruise ship ultimately bound for the USA. This is by far the longest that we have ever been out of the country. It will be good to get back home to see family during the Christmas holiday. Why take a cruise back home instead of fly?

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Barcelona Spain – Moving Day

Our eight days here are over and we are excited about the next phase of our bucket list trip. We left home on October 16 for our 31 days in Florence Italy with a few side trips. From there we flew to Barcelona to explore this historic Spanish coastal city. Now it is time for our travel back to the USA on a transatlantic cruise. We have heard great things about these long cruises, but still a little concerned about life on the wide open Atlantic!

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Barcelona Spain – Walking About

The following day after the seven-mile walk, we recovered and decided to take it easy. We ventured out by 10am with no real agenda. Let’s just walk, find a place for lunch, and see what we run into. And then maybe Uber back home. There were some fine restaurants that we noticed in the Gothic Quarter. Let’s see if we can find one that matches up to at least a basic one in Florence….

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Barcelona – The Gothic District & Picasso Museum

As we continue to explore Barcelona Spain, we selected a museum in the Gothic District that is dedicated to all things Pablo Picasso. I like much of his work, but mostly prior to the Cubism period. Our apartment is located in the L’Eixample district that is a 48 minute walk to the museum. After some research we decided to walk it and maybe take a taxi back home. We had just arrived from Florence Italy where everywhere in the older historic area is walkable and have found that Barcelona is much larger and is beginning to dampen our desire to walk everywhere. So, let’s see how it went…

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Barcelona – Casa Batllo

It has been a couple of weeks since my last post, due to travel and a lack of good internet at times. I have much to write about in the next week or two. So, I plan to get caught back up on our exploring and adventures from Italy, to Spain, to the Atlantic cruise, then Florida and finally back home to Virginia. Actually, we are back home now and having very cold, rainy, snow, sleet, and a whole lot of dreary. But that is December in Virginia! We are looking forward to soon having all the family together for Christmas. Back to Spain…

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Barcelona Spain

Pat and I are now on the second leg of our journey this fall. For one month we explored Italy from a home base in Florence. Then we flew to Spain where we have a week until we board our cruise ship to sail back to the USA. The first couple of days were getting our bearings and figuring out the lay of the land. Planning what things to see and do. And do a lot of walking!

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Last Day in Florence and Travel Day

We have been busy. Lots of sightseeing plus a long travel day from Florence Italy to Barcelona Spain. I’ve neglected the blog updates as Pat and I have been enjoying the daily travel life. I will get caught up before the upcoming cruise though. In this update, we walk uphill to the outskirts of Florence, then up to the top of Michelangelo’s Plaza. What a view!

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