Pre-Cruise Barcelona

Luckily we were almost instantaneously rewarded because after a crazy long day of moving, we hopped on a flight to Barcelona the next morning! Blake’s mom generously gave us this cruise package (thanks again!) and we decided this was the best time to use it because Blake is ending his Valle scholarship and I am starting mine. (Like the passing of the torch or something. Go USA!)

Tamer let us stay at his place there, which is even better in the summertime, because we got to use the beach this time! We had already seen most of the main attractions when we were in Barcelona in January, when it was pleasant and not scorching hot outside, and we knew we would do plenty of sightseeing on the cruise, so we mainly just relaxed on the beach.

Since I am not good at relaxing (and Blake isn’t exactly designed for sunbathing) we did take a couple of hours to go downtown and see Tibidabo, which is a church/amusement park on top of a mountain. The views were amazing, but I was a little confused by the message they were sending.

Both Friday and Saturday night Tamer and I said we were going to go out to the clubs just after our power nap at 10 pm, and every night, neither of us woke up and Blake watched bad Egyptian TV by himself. Don’t ask.

If you want to fast forward through my long blog post about the cruise, click on the following link to see all the pics:

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