I really like this city. The grand avenues and the buildings are magnificent. Walking is a pleasure here. There is also a massive Metro underground system - I think I read somewhere that there are 1000km of track under the city. Ok, I'm wrong ...
The vast network is made up of 180 stations and 12 lines that cover 90 miles (146 km) ...
My numbers were more impressive.
This is an incredibly vibrant city. There are a lot of tourists here. The biggest challenge of the city is finding restaurants that aren't catering to tourists. Don't bother ordering sangria as it seems to mostly be some crappy sweet American recipe using 7-UP.
The first thing we did was go find churros. We found a place that made them to order and got a bunch with thick chocolate. We ate them sitting on a bench on a walking street a few doors away.
Next we headed to the Gothic Quarter, wandered around, had cafe con leche and generally blended in with all the other tourists. We made a stop at Decathlon to get a duffle bag for the flight home. I headed back to the hotel for a little rest while Laurie went shopping at Zara and Mango which seems to have stores on every corner in this area.
It is hard to tell from reviews which restaurants are good and which restaurants have good reviews from tourists who really only like the food they are used to. I found a nice place and we were the only English speakers there. It was good. Most of the dishes were very good but my chicken was a little disappointing.
We had to have a bit of a rest after lunch and didn't venture out until about 8 when we could fit in a little more tapas. Much of the afternoon was taken up getting Aidan to Barcelona. His first train was late and he was going to miss his Paris connection. The best way to get him here was to fly him. Fortunately, airfare is a lot cheaper here than in the US. He arrived just at midnight.
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