Day 5: Touristing around Barcelona and then boobies (not mine…obviously…)

Day 5 started very early after the siesta fail and an epic 12 hour sleep. We had finished breakfast by 7:30am and were on our way to be tourists. First stop was the Arc de Triomf where the view was obscured by some car show that was setting up. 
  
Then we walked up to the Parc de la Ciutadella and explored. As it was so early we had to play dodge the homeless person, but we got to see the Cascada monument which was quite impressive…and a giant mammoth. The parks themselves were very pretty as well. 

cascada monument with the sun rising slowly behind it

mel and the mammoth

B and the mammoth

We then walked through the gothic quarter to check out where Picasso used to live and down to the waterfront where the aquarium is. 

gothic quarter

the aquarium is apprently the largest in europe…but nothing compared to sea world etc. So heads up that you may be disappointed with your 20€ spend

After the aquarium it was back up to the gothic quarter to find Euskal Etxe which is a tapas bar where you pay by the toothpick omnomnom. 

A short metro trip brought us back to the hotel where I had a rest for awhile as I seem to have hurt my back from walking all the hills yesterday. Yay for arthritis in my spine making itself known at inopportune moments. Grrr. 

After our rest it was off to the cabaret show at El Molino! We were prepared with what we had worked out from the Internet: it was naughty but interesting, it was all spoken in Spanish, they were likely to include us once they realised we didn’t know Spanish and it was in the middle of the party district of L’Eixample. 
We got there early and found dinner in a local restaurant…first time trying paella and it was tasty. The half a litre of cava sangria certainly topped it off haha.
   
 
After dinner at Bar Stage we walked 2 mins up the road to the show. It’s well worth being early as it determines your seat! While lining up for the show we had the brief intro performance (yes, that is ladies dancing under the windmill) and then we were able to go in. Showing our sms ticket which we bought 2 days ago for 50€ (that got us 2 entry tickets + a bottle of cava) was enough to get in where we were targeted straight away as non spanish speaking and sat in the very front row. The show was fabulous and even though the MC spoke in Spanish, she included us. I had a half naked guy on my lap for a kiss and B had a lady in lingerie use him as a seat so we were both happy at the end! The agreed highlight was the aerial performance with silks. That lady was amazing. 

El Molino as we left at 8pm

Steps today: 24102

Kilometres: 16.9km

Tomorrow: I have no idea, I drank 1/2 a litre of sangria and then shared a bottle of cava (sort of a mix between champagne and passion pop). Sooooo tomorrow is for sleeping as far as I am concerned right now!