The train ride was fun and most of us slept fine on the
train a few people said they did not sleep too well (but that is the same thing
they said when we flew to London) some people can sleep while moving and others
cannot.
We arrived into the Estacion de Franca train station in
Barcelona and were transported to our Hotel.
The hotel is the newest one that we have stayed in . It is a Holliday
Inn Express and has all the new up to date features it is very similar to any
in the USA. We had to wait a while to
get checked in because the previous occupants of our rooms had not check out on
time. But once the rooms were ready we
quickly got checked in. John gave us a
time to change and get ready to go to the beach (something everyone was excited
to do). We walked a short distance from
our hotel to one of the main walking streets in Barcelona Rambla del Poblenou
and down to the beach. After spending
the past 9 days in big cities it was wonderful to see the beach and the
water. John told us the rules of the
beach…. 1. Only go into the water with a buddy.
2. Only go into the water in front of a life guarded area. 3. Only go into the water up to chest deep
water. And if we could not follow those rules….
We could not go in at all.!!!
We walked along the beach a short distance looking for some
people playing volleyball and hoping to join them.
John reminded us how intense the sun is here in Barcelona
and that we needed to put on sunscreen (even if we were already tan).
We spent the afternoon at the beach relaxing and playing
some volleyball, some of the parents did some exploring on their own and walked
into the town area off of the beach.
At 6pm we left the beach to go back to our hotel cleaned up
and went out to eat on Rambla del Poblenou street where there are many restaurants
along the avenue.
We have our volleyball tournament tomorrow and john wanted
us to get some rest (as some people did not get too much on the train) … and so
we would be ready to play in the tournament.
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