23rd April Reaching for the sky


Yesterday we woke up to an ominous grey sky and the sight of a wet pavement. The forecast had predicted the next two days were going to be rather inclement and so we hadn't really made any plans, in fact we had made even less than we usually do.

So after breakfast we pondered what to do, finally deciding on a local flea market, a stones throw away from the AirBnB. The best thing about it was the angled mirrored interior of the roof which gave some quirky reflections of the stalls below. 

Our venture also gave TOM a chance to get a close up look at one of the city's trams, and for the sky to begin to show enough blue to make if not quite a pair of trousers then certainly enough for a pair of sailor's budgie smugglers.

Seizing the break in the weather, we whizzed across the city and reached for the sky, first by way of the Monjuic funicular and then the short 5 min cable car ride that offered stunning views of the whole of Barcelona, which lay beneath what was now a brilliant blue sky. 

Sight of a lot of the venues for the 1992 Olympics including the iconic shot of divers captured in mid air against the cityscape, it was one of many 'highlights' of out trip so far. 
 In fact it was such an unexpected treat on what promised to be a grim day, even sitting with TOM watching a cargo ship come into port at the sedate speed a cargo ship comes into port was 'bearable'.
We are now hunkered down in our Airbnb watching a storm of biblical proportions unleash a delayed deluge on the city. No sitting on on a roadside terrace drinking Sangria for us tonight then.

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