I liked the bike-ride city-tour concept, and we certainly saw a lot of sights all in a few short hours!
For example, the Sagrada Familia. I remember watching a video about the building of this church back in high school Spanish class -- as Ian says, I'm easily swayed by advertising. I'm pretty sure that video was the sole reason I wanted to visit Barcelona at some point in my lifetime -- to see this church that had been under construction for over a century... and yet still had no estimated completion date.
We also passed by the bullfighting stadium, a nudist beach, and a street festival.
We spent the next two days driving out in search of some bubbly and some more scuba-ing. Ian was VERY happy about the ride he snagged from the car rental company. Apparently, this is what happens when you only drive automatics.
The Penedes wine region is mostly known for its cava, which is essentially champagne, but requires a different name since it's not actually from Champagne, France. We thought it tasted just as good as, if not better, than the various actual "champagnes" we've had over the years.
We took a cellar tour at Codorniu -- one of the BIG cava producers.
We think those are the Pyrenees in the background -- snow-capped even in June!
The Costa Brava had much superior diving as compared to Mallorca. We went with a boat out of L'estartit -- visiting the Iles Medes.
We finished the evening (our last of the trip!!) at the Magic Fountain. I kid you not, that is the name of the fountain. I must admit, though, it's definitely the coolest fountain show I've ever seen. Beats anything Vegas or Disney has done by far.
And with that, our trip is complete. Ian has now officially been to Europe. Only Australia and Antarctica left!
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