Barcelona

Yesterday morning we were up early for our flight to Barcelona. The airport is quite a way out of town and has only five flights out a day. When we arrived in Barcelona it was overcast and humid but cooler than anywhere else we've been in Spain. We took the airport bus into town which was quick and stopped only two blocks from our hotel. After checking in we spent some time writing a list of the places we want to see. We're here for six nights but I'm sure time will fly by! 

We decided we'd spend our afternoon at the Picasso museum. It's located in the Barri Gòtic, which is an old part of town with narrow winding streets and lots of quirky looking shops, restaurants and bars. We'll definitely be returning for a closer look! 

The Picasso Museum was excellent. It groups his art into his different phases as an artist in chronological order. There were excellent descriptions with English translations too. This Mueseum has the full set of Las Meninas, which are studies, interpretations and interpolations of Velázquez's painting (that we saw in the Prado).

The building housing the museum was awesome too. It's set up in five conjoined medieval stone mansions.