It’s our final day in Barcelona. We are taking it super easy as we are pretty much exhausted. Tonight we pack up and we take a 4+ hour train ride back to Madrid where it all began.
Today we got up, got dressed and headed over to the Boqueria for breakfast. We’ve come to love our little cafe there for a cafe con leche and a Spanish omelette.
After breakfast we walked over to the Museu Maritim De Barcelona.
I’ve been to a number of nautical and military museums in my life. This is, by far, the best one I have ever seen. The building itself is the restored Drassanes Reials (Royal Shipyards of Barcelona) and at it’s center is a Full sized reproduction of the galley from which Don Juan d’Austria oversaw the defeat of the Turkish Navy at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 to give Spain mastery of the Mediterranean.
We specifically got there early so I could make sure I got this particular shot of the replica
You really should click to see the full size….especially you, Joe Linbeck!
We’re back in the Hotel resting a bit. We’re going to head out here shortly for another walk around the city.
We’re going to miss Barcelona
By golly, that’s a glamourous gallant galley you have glimmering in your gallery, I say with glee!
Holy Hannah, he has heaped high the humor upon the heretic’s head!