Heading Home

September 20, 2013

Earlier that evening, we had arranged with our daughter in the States to call us and awaken us.  In addition, I had set my alarm on my phone to go off as well.  We had to be ready to leave at 4:00 am because the concierge had arranged for a taxi to pick us up at 4:00.  We scurried around and got ourselves downstairs to await the taxi.  He was on time and we were ready.

 

The driver expeditiously got us to the airport, about a fifteen minute ride.  We went inside and began the check-in process.  When we got to the agent, it was discovered that my bag was overweight.  I had to pay about $75.00.  They sent me to the baggage desk and I paid.  Fortunately, we did not have to get back in line.  After we were checked in, we looked for food.

 

We found a food court of sorts and  got something from McDonald's.  It was not very good.  Dolly abstained from eating fast food. 

 

We left there, went through security and went to the waiting area.  Our flight to Amsterdam was departing on time.  We had a short wait and boarded the plane.  The flight was rather quick and we were in Amsterdam.  We had thought about going to the city, but our passage through immigration and customs took forever, so we decided to remain in the terminal.  Additionally, the weather was lousy. 

 

We waked around a little and bought some gifts and some chocolate  While we were shopping we went into a duty free store and found these gadgets that can charge your phone.  We had some Euros left so we bought two, one for each of us.  I went to smoke and then we waited for our trans-Atlantic flight.

Walking the Neigborhood

September 19, 2013

We had decided the night before that we would remain in the neighborhood and walk around.  We awoke and lounged a bit.  We went out to have breakfast and found a great little place not far from the apartment that had nice al fresco seating.  We ordered and just sat and enjoyed the ambience of a business day in Barcelona.  It was quite lively.

 

We ate and left and walked down a very busy avenue.  Somehow Dolly knew where we were and our relationship to the apartment.  We did a little window shopping and went into a few stores to browse.  The walk was quite enjoyable

 

We checked email and just relaxed for a while.  Since our flight was quite early in the morning, 6am,  we felt it would be a good idea to pack most of our items.  We did that and then just chilled.  A nice lazy afternoon of sorts. 

 

We had seen a Chinese restaurant while we were walking that was not far from the apartment.  We checked the menu and it appeared adequate.  That was where we would eat dinner.

 

After relaxing and packing, we got dressed and went out to dinner.  As it turned out, we were the only customers.  The service was quite good.  We got lots of attention.  The food was also quite good.  We dined well and left to go back to the apartment.  It was a balmy evening and we had a nice walk.  We got back and put the finishing touches on packing and went to bed.