Mara de Déu de la Merce

Barcelona is easy accessible by public transport, that said you should first find the station in Terrassa! After a short search through the city the station turned out to be under the ground (not very easy to spot.)

But it was worth the 30 minutes search for the station, Steve and I took some picknick stuff and the moment we stepped outside the metro we found a good spot to have our lunch. 24 of September is a holiday in Barcelona, they celebrate Mara de Déu de la Merce. That means people party, get entertained, fireworks, get a day of work, faires all over the city and all shops are closed. And to top all this the weather was great, in the afternoon some clouds but apart from that sunny :)

As Steve and I are bad tourist (we just walk around until we recognize something from the travel guide) we had lunch and wandered around La Rambla, the most touristy street of Barcelona. We saw a small exposition about Giant Dolls, no idea why they were there and what the story behind them was. Later that day we saw in the news that the were specially shipped here for this holiday. Still doesn't really explain what giants have to do with the day a city celebrate the life of their patron saint.

After sitting at the harbor for a bit looking at expensive yachts, we wanted to go up to Montjüic, the best way to get up there is by cable car! The only 'problem' was that to get to the cable cars we had to walk around the whole harbor and since we already walked around for quite a lot we decided to that next time and catch a metro to the Olympic village.

Who ever want to come to Barcelona, please do not go see the Olympic village! There is nothing there, the only reason you might want to go down there is because there is quite a nice boulevard which has a nice view over the sea (and according to my travel guide, they also have nice fish restaurants....but since it was only late in the afternoon it was a bit to early to find out if the authors were right)

To end the day in Barcelona we walked through the old part of the city over some really nice squares. And then we headed back to Terrassa, walked some more, did some grocery shopping, cooked some food, and then my second favorit part of the day: went to sleep!