Where Am I in Barcelona?

Barcelona's Museum of Contemporary Art and renovated Santa Caterina Market

Barcelona must be experienced to be understood. Under rainy skies, the group first fortified themselves at a historical cafe and then took a 4 hr. orientation tour of the city's neighborhoods on bicycles. The clouds parted as we left the Gothic Quarter and Old City and rode along a series of the city's seafront parks to and through the newest parts of Barcelona's redevelopment projects. We then toured a series of neighborhoods and wound back for lunch in the city's main food market (more about that Cathedral of Food later). A walking tour of segments of the Old City's public spaces left us eager for more explorations.