Barcelona; Friday, 14 March, 2014

Despite having stayed overnight in an airport hotel it was still a horrific time of the morning when I had to get up, check out of the hotel and walk the short distance to the North Terminal.

Having dropped my bags off I headed through into Departures to grab a light breakfast before wandering down to the gate.

Despite a bit of delay on departure due to a thick blanket of fog lying over southern England we still arrived in Barcelona about 10 minutes early and a short while later I was sitting on the train into the city centre.

Having dropped my bags into the left luggage locker at Sants station I wandered over to Plaça de Catalunya to pick up the open-top sightseeing tour bus and took it once round the red route of the Southern half of the city.

Back at Plaça de Catalunya I headed over to the Cathedral to have a look around and take in the views from the roof, before it was time to head over to the station, pick up my luggage and head over to the hotel to check in.

Checked in I headed back into the city centre for a bit of a wander before catching the last open-top tour of the evening to get the views of the city at sunset.

Back at Plaça de Catalunya just after 9pm and starving I decided I couldn’t be completely local and I had to eat, so I headed down towards the cathedra to find a bit to eat and located a very nice tapas restaurant.

Stuffed and sated I waddled back to the metro and caught the train back to the hotel and bed.