2013 Volleyball Tour Blog Tour #3 – Day 11 Barcelona Final Day

2013 Volleyball Tour Blog Tour #3  – Day 11 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 9:30am with the first of our group boarding the first bus and then 5 minutes later the next group and finally the last group 5 minutes after than…  The day was a hot one…. but this is Barcelona in July…. 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 were 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 gondola ride from the top on the hill down to the marina….

In the afternoon… many of us gathered at the beach and played some beach ball, went swimming and had dinner.   Sitting on the beach

in 85 degree temperature with the sun setting, the full moon rising reflecting back on our trip…. we all said we would love to stay here a few more days…. But at the same time we were eager to go home too.

We had a brief meeting to discuss the morning transfers to the airport (we had 2 transfers…one for the early flights … and one 2 hours later for the later flights).

The early transfer was a 4:30am….. That meant we had to wake up at about 3:30am…  The second transfer was at 6:30am.

Skipping a head to our departure morning…

We all arrive to the airport on time… to check in for our various flights home…

Some parents decided to take a taxi so they could sleep in a bit longer…. And not have to go to the airport quite so early.

Everyone said their goodbyes at the airport…checked in for their flights home… and waited for their flights…

John, Russ, Chris and Haley all said that we were a GREAT group and thanked everyone for making the trip so much fun…. And FUN….. it

was….. It is truly a trip of a lifetime….