{"id":14646,"date":"2025-05-18T11:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T19:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/?p=14646"},"modified":"2025-07-07T23:20:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T07:20:38","slug":"barcelona-and-then-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/?p=14646","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona, and then home&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Granada was terrific, but the next day it was time to move on to Barcelona.  I had one afternoon there to see the city (and of course&#8230;more paella) as well as the morning before heading to the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dinner was fantastic!  And then I spent the evening wandering around the city, saw the Sagrada Cathedral (some say one of the ugliest, but I thought it was quite pretty at night with the lights), and then in the morning wandered La Rambla looking at the shops as well as an excavation in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then it was time for the airport, a short flight to Amsterdam, and an overnight at the airport before flying home in the morning.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve never been to Spain, and despite the power outage, I really enjoyed it.  Good paella, and very friendly and welcoming people.  Definitely a great trip!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250430_175249284-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250430_175249284-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250430_175249284-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250430_175249284-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250430_175249284-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250430_175249284-2048x1542.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" 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