We will see if we can get this blog started again.

This is it.

We leave for the airport in one hour. I cannot begin to tell you how much I have LOVED traveling with your children. Each and everyone of them has grown and matured. It has been amazing watching their transormation. So many times I have walked behind them in the halls of YHS and now I have walked behind them in Madrid, a capital city of over 5 million people. So many times I have asked them to be quiet in class and now I have heard them in absolut silence and awe look at Roman columns that were standing since the time of Christ. I have seen them walk along the beaches of Lewis and Clark and now I have watched them walk along the Mediterranean. They are wonderful children. This trip has been a magical experience. They will return to you EXHAUSTED and they may need a bit of time to process all that they have experienced, but I hope I give them back to you a little better for the experience that we have shared. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing them with me.

Today we got the full taste of Barcelona.  We started with a walking tour and then we took a two hour bike tour.

After the bike tour the majority of us went to the beach and had a blast.

Soon we're off to eat our final supper in Spain. 

Arrived at our hotel in Barcelona a while ago. 

We found the pool on the roof of the hotel. 

A little siesta and then suppertime at 7:45 (12:45 your time)

 The Crystal Palace in Retiro Park. It was the greenhouse of an old castle that was where the park is now. This was the only building that was left when Napoleon Bonaparte ordered the rest destroyed.

The lake where you can rent boats

This morning we had a later wake up call which was nice. We first went to the Reina Sofia museum which was cool because it had more modern and Picasso like art. After that a group went to the fútbol stadium (which I did not do so I have no pictures, sorry) which is one of the largest in the world. Another group was going to go to the arts and crafts show but as we were leaving it started down pouring so we decided to just go shopping instead. Afterwards we all met up at the hotel and headed to Retiro Park which is Madrid's equivalent to central park in New York city. It was very beautiful and there was a lake where you could rent boats and go out in it. Tomorrow we're going on a bullet train to Barcelona and visiting the Sagrada Familia. I'll probably update again tomorrow. See you in a few days!

Here's a link to the Prado museum's webpage:
https://www.museodelprado.es