Starbucks!

(taken 11:41)

Probably a little difficult to see, but this is our first trip to Starbucks in Barcelona. They are nearly everywhere, though not in our neighborhood. Our choice for coffee has been the little café at the end of the street. He makes café con leche. No cappuccino. The coffee is excellent and reminds us of the coffee we got in Italy.

At any rate, our day has started out slowly as we seem to be adapting to the Spanish lifestyle: late to bed, late to rise. We are not taking a siesta, however, so we are very tired by the end of the day.

We started our day out by picking up the Bus Turistic, which has a stop very close to our condo. We picked up the blue line, which took us past the Olympic beach area, and within proximity of the Picasso Museum, the Cathedral and Gothic Quarter and finally at Placa Cataluyna. This is where we got off, to switch to the red line, which will take us through the Eixample area and much of the Gauidi stuff.

Before hopping the red bus, however, we had to run down to Starbucks and get a “real” coffee, and more importantly, on we could take with us in a cup. I did not try to pay with my Starbucks card this time. It was too crowded. But I will before we leave.