Barcelona Day 3 Continued

We had another good day in Barcelona.  We did a nice run in the morning, several miles out to the beach and back.  There are lots of runners and bikers here, so it's a really good environment for running.  Once we headed out for coffee we stumbled into a local festival.  Lots of fresh bread and sandwhiches, we had a great fresh crepe with Nutella and bananas.  We even spotted a young couple who are fellow Pointers, what are the odds of that?  After a good start with fresh, local food and not too much coffee we found our way to the funicular, a train that went right up the side of the mountain.  We still had a short, steep walk up to the top of the mountain.  Up on top is an old Spanish fort, really cool spot overlooking the city and the harbour.  This mountain, Mt Juic, was also the heart of the Olympics as well as a key Spanish fort and art museum.   We had a great visit to the fort but then stumbled across a professional bike race on our walk down the mountain.  It was fun that kept crossing the path of the bikers as they did multiple circuits around the mountain.  It was extra interesting as these were THE pro teams, not some lower class race, but the full on top pro teams.  Every team from Sky, to Lotto to Radio Shack and everyother team was here.  We made it down the mountain and saw the finish of the race, it was unlike anything we've ever seen before.  The speed of the support cars and police escorts was fun enough but to get up close and personal to the riders and support staff was really cool.  Kelly even got 2 full water bottles right out of the team coolers at the end of the race, one from a Russian team and the other from a French team.  When we got to the Picasso museum the line was several hours long so we passed on that and had a beer.  We then took a walk for churros and chocolate followed by a stop for beer and then dinner at a tapas restaurant with cheap food and vino tinto.  We then made it back to the hotel for an early night for a change.  Tomorrow we will try to hit the trifecta of Gaudi works, we'll see how it goes.