Here we go again!

A few pictures are here

4:00 or so Spain time: Well, here we go again.... Currently most of the way through a 12 hour direct flight from LA to Barcelona to start another journey. It seems Google did not update the Blogger app to new iOS standards so this will be a little challenging, but we’ll make it work.

In case it wasn’t clear already, this adventure will start in Barcelona, where I first went in 2007 and basically did all wrong. Did not research enough food, skipped all the Gaudi interiors (what?!), no day trips, etc. This time we are staying in the Gothic Quarter and things will be different. From there, we move on to a couple of days in Girona, then a train into Provence, France, where we will rent a car and gorge on Roman ruins, markets, olive oil, and rose for 8 days before a couple of final days in Marseille. 

The flight over is on Level, which is a low-cost deal from Iberia. You only get food if you bought a more expensive fare (which, it turns out, we did), or a pillow or anything else unless you pay. I am all for low-cost but it is definitely different on a long-haul flight. Otherwise things have been uneventful. I was unble to get my traditional 800 Degrees pre-flight pizza at the airport because there was a fire/gas issue and most of the restaurants were not cooking. Oddly, this is the second time in this terminal I have seen that happen! Speaking of the terminal, which is normally like hell on earth, it was almost downright, almost eerily, quiet and we sailed through security in ten minutes. 

Since Level is a newer enterprise, it is a newer plane and there’s a fancy entertainment system on board. Naturally, what did I do? Bring Bluetooth-only headphones of course! But no matter, I tried (mostly unsuccessfully) to sleep and we made it on with all our luggage, and really, nothing else matters. 

10:30pm - back at the airbnb after an uneventful flight and trip through passport control. No one was available to let us in the airbnb for a while so we wandered, got a snack, and then checked in. The apartment location is perfectly situated in the Gothic Quarter. We wandered around a little and that is it because it will be a full day tomorrow!