2015 Volleyball Tour Blog Day 9 Barcelona Hop on Hop off tour
This morning everyone was excited to have a free day and to do the Hop on Hop off tour of Barcelona. We started our tour at about 10:00am with the first of our group boarding the first bus and then 5 minutes later the next group and finally the last group after than… The day was a hot one…. this is Barcelona in July and it is normal…. John had reminded us to put on sunblock as we would be outside all day… and to drink lots of water…. It did not take long to see why…. The air was about 90 degrees and the hot sun seemed even hotter when you are sitting on the top of the open air bus…. Everyone was free to explore various parts of the city … the hop on hop off bus had 3 separate lines that explored 3 separate areas of Barcelona… and over lapped slightly to allow us to transfer from one line to the other… We liked the broad streets and the open feeling that
Barcelona had… There wre so many interesting architectural designs (some were pretty weird)… but also cool at the same time. Many of us went to the very TOP of the hills behind Barcelona for a breathtaking view over the city and out to the water. We saw the FC Barcelona stadium, the Olympic stadium and various buildings from the 1992 Olympics…. And some people (the more adventurous ones …) took a hanging gondola ride from the top on the hill down to the marina… Tomorrow morning is a free day to re-visit some of the sights that we did not get to yesterday and we are going to the beach in the afternoon for a couple of hours.
This morning everyone was excited to have a free day and to do the Hop on Hop off tour of Barcelona. We started our tour at about 10:00am with the first of our group boarding the first bus and then 5 minutes later the next group and finally the last group after than… The day was a hot one…. this is Barcelona in July and it is normal…. John had reminded us to put on sunblock as we would be outside all day… and to drink lots of water…. It did not take long to see why…. The air was about 90 degrees and the hot sun seemed even hotter when you are sitting on the top of the open air bus…. Everyone was free to explore various parts of the city … the hop on hop off bus had 3 separate lines that explored 3 separate areas of Barcelona… and over lapped slightly to allow us to transfer from one line to the other… We liked the broad streets and the open feeling that
Barcelona had… There wre so many interesting architectural designs (some were pretty weird)… but also cool at the same time. Many of us went to the very TOP of the hills behind Barcelona for a breathtaking view over the city and out to the water. We saw the FC Barcelona stadium, the Olympic stadium and various buildings from the 1992 Olympics…. And some people (the more adventurous ones …) took a hanging gondola ride from the top on the hill down to the marina… Tomorrow morning is a free day to re-visit some of the sights that we did not get to yesterday and we are going to the beach in the afternoon for a couple of hours. 
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