Electric Bike Tour, Picasso Musuem and La Boqueria Market

I had pre-booked an electric bike riding tour for 2 1/2 hours, and luck would have it, the meeting place was less than 5 minutes away. I thought I could cover a lot of ground, and not get tired pedaling if I had a little help. 

Since we just did the "La Familia" and "Park Guell" we skipped those 2 places and rode through neighborhoods, the park, the beach , the landmarks, Gaudi's other houses and plenty of stops for some history about Barcelona. You have to be a little adventurous and aggressive getting through a few tight places and traffic, but overall was a great way to see the city. We covered such a large area and I really didn't use the motor too much because it was mostly level, all though it was fun to get that extra fast power every now and then. 

The park was beautiful off the beaten path and the huge landmark fountain was amazing. The beach was scenic and easy and I would definitely do that again. Taking the teens back to let them rest as usual we impromptu decided to check out the Picasso museum. Luck would have it this was also only about 15 minute walk from our hotel. We didn't get there till about 4:00 but they said they were sold out for that time, but we could buy our tickets and come back at 4:45 . So we browsed a few stores, came back to pick up our "audio guides" and laughed about the old school way we would have to use them. It looked like an old big land line phone that you hold up to your ear to listen to. It was a little awkward as it looked like you were talking on the phone, but actually you were listening to it. So instead of ear buds or head sets, you had to hold up to your ear the whole time.  Not only that but it wasn't always in order. There were 1-53 numbers and you would go from room to room. Sometimes they were missing some because they would be somewhere else and sometimes it would be 5-10 in one room but you couldn't find #8 only to find out it would be in the next room of 11-15. We were constantly asking the people there, where was this or that? They could really use some improvement on that. Otherwise it was very interesting to learn about the history of this famous painter and actually see his original paintings.

 On the way back we went to the famous food market and bought fresh fruit and juices, but just gagged at the stinky, disgusting animal parts everywhere. It's almost like you know it's going to be gross and you want to be shocked, so I will skip the part where I tell you what I actually saw. I picked out a few fudge pieces (asking for the ones underneath that the flies did not land on) and have to tell you it's not like the American fudge that melts in your mouth. But I will tell you the fresh fruit that is only 1.5 € is so ripe and sweet I could eat it all day.