Adios (Adeu for our Catalan friends) Barcelona

Hard to believe that it’s already Saturday evening and that we’ll be back in Cincinnati in less than 24 hours. We spent our last day simply walking the streets of neighborhoods (yes, in the sun, as always). Barcelona is a city to be savored. The locals are intensely proud of what they have and love showing it off. It helps that what they have is, not only spectacularly situated between peaks and the sea, but filled with such spectacular art. Everywhere…absolutely everywhere you look there’s something interesting and beautiful to see.

This evening, we headed back to the Magic Fountains in front of the National Museum of Art on Montjuic. Each evening, beginning at 7, these fountains (originally built for the international exposition of the 20s) come to life, synchronized to light and music (everything from Puccini to Prince…with, and this is the ABSOLUTE TRUTH, a bit of Nancy Sinatra thrown in). It was as mesmerizing as a spectacular fireworks display.



In a special nod to the Fluenz program…I felt comfortable enough walking up to a stranger and asked him to take a photo for us (in Spanish, and ever-so-politely). It was the perfect end to a perfect trip. Barcelona, we’ll be back.