FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX: Family Photos & Seafood Dinner

Our starting point, Barcelona Cathedral

We thought we'd take the opportunity for some casual family photos as we'd seen all the main sights. We found a reasonably priced photo taking walk on viator. Note that this is a group tour with a maximum number of 10. As our original travelling group was one of 9, we were happy to take a single stray tag-along. As it turned out, we were lucky enough to be a private tour as no one else booked it today. It is worth noting that they were very flexible and understanding when we had to cancel Mal's parents, and then to reschedule when we had to pivot and change cruises.

Our photographer was Lola from Argentina! Young and friendly, she made the session fun. We walked around the Gothic quarter, El Born area and finished up at the Ciutadella Park. We had time along the way to buy and eat cinnamon rolls as well as for my mother to do some shopping...

Pont del Bisbe, a favourite for instagrammers. Strut your stuff Oma!

Umm...how can you not stop when you see this?!

One of each thanks!

I wonder why I'm never hungry

Pistachio latter

Very happy children

Our last stop - Gaudi's fountain at Parc Ciutadella

Empanadas for dinner. They had so many flavours! One of each please!

We had to be careful not to eat too much as dinner was at Botafumeiro, a high end seafood restaurant. This was another of the Amex fine dining promotions. The children put on their newly purchased "nice" clothes, which also had the honour of double duties for photos earlier in the day. The restaurant was in a beautiful building and the interior was a warm oldy worldly setting. The waiters were surprising super friendly and spoke English very well! The food was tasty and the servings generous. I would say the meal was more "hearty" then "refined" but didn't really matter as it was delicious especially the sauces which were all cleaned up by the end of the evening.