Spanish F1 trip to Barcelona
Well, Chris (ex-housemate) and I travelled after work on Thursday to Barcelona to check out the city and go to the F1 on the weekend. While London had showed some promising weather for 2 weeks, the few days before we left was back in the low teens and rainy.
We got off the plane at 10:30 to 25 degrees.......mmmmm bring on the warm weather. So we found a place to stay on La Rumbla, which is the main street in the middle of the old section of the city which has lots of markets, clubs, cafes etc. Once we got somewhere to stay, we went out for a couple of drinks and a snack before heading to bed.
View from our room
Someone took my boat without asking!!!!
On the Friday, we did a bike tour of Barcelona which was a really good way to see the city. Also it was a lovely day, so it was a lot of fun. It consisted of a 4 hour guided ride throught the city, dodging some busses and cars on the road and seeing some really cool stuff. Met some fun people, had a few drinks on the beach which of course led to the other Chris wandering off in a crowd (while I had his wallet, passport and phone) so there was a few worrying hours, but it all worked out.
The next day, we headed to the track which was about 1/2 hour out of Barcelona. We sat in the sun for around 4-5 hours, got a good tan and watched a bit of the GP2, Porsche cup and then the F1 qualitying. Massa 1, Alonso 2, Raikkonen 3, Hamilton 4.
Saturday night we took it fairly easy, since we were sunburnt and worn out, so we went out for a nice BBQ Seafood dinner and a drink on the La Rumbla again.
Sunday morning, we thought we would try and beat the crowd to the track, which opened at 7:30. We got there at 8:30 and I think there must have already been about 80,000 there. Found a few square feet of dirt/grass and sat there from 9am - 3:30....a long day. Headed back into the city after the race, had some dinner and flew home.
We got off the plane at 10:30 to 25 degrees.......mmmmm bring on the warm weather. So we found a place to stay on La Rumbla, which is the main street in the middle of the old section of the city which has lots of markets, clubs, cafes etc. Once we got somewhere to stay, we went out for a couple of drinks and a snack before heading to bed.
View from our room
Someone took my boat without asking!!!!
On the Friday, we did a bike tour of Barcelona which was a really good way to see the city. Also it was a lovely day, so it was a lot of fun. It consisted of a 4 hour guided ride throught the city, dodging some busses and cars on the road and seeing some really cool stuff. Met some fun people, had a few drinks on the beach which of course led to the other Chris wandering off in a crowd (while I had his wallet, passport and phone) so there was a few worrying hours, but it all worked out.
The next day, we headed to the track which was about 1/2 hour out of Barcelona. We sat in the sun for around 4-5 hours, got a good tan and watched a bit of the GP2, Porsche cup and then the F1 qualitying. Massa 1, Alonso 2, Raikkonen 3, Hamilton 4.
Saturday night we took it fairly easy, since we were sunburnt and worn out, so we went out for a nice BBQ Seafood dinner and a drink on the La Rumbla again.
Sunday morning, we thought we would try and beat the crowd to the track, which opened at 7:30. We got there at 8:30 and I think there must have already been about 80,000 there. Found a few square feet of dirt/grass and sat there from 9am - 3:30....a long day. Headed back into the city after the race, had some dinner and flew home.
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