6 May Barcelona flamenco and fountains

we got a taxi from Guell park and headed off to our flamenco show and dinner.

He knew exactly where to take us and it did not take long

getting our tickets was easy

there was a pre show with instruction on Flamenco clapping and drumming.
Margie- Dennie was a really good sport and participated in learning the beat of
flamenco.

I did take part in both and the clapping is of course much easier than the drumming

the dinner was very good
the show was very good.
Margie- I enjoyed very much  you first taste of flamenco and all the fancy footwork!

the wine was very good

the evening was very good

we took the metro back to the hotel

We got back to the hotel and she arranged a tour for us of the sagrada familia the next morning , lovely lady, and told us about the fountains just up the street at the park we were at earlier in the day.

we headed off past the traffic circle that was still very busy.

Past the venetian towers and the conference centre.
Now the pools were fountains and there were hundreds of people walking around. There were street vendors with blankets on the ground selling all kinds of little souvenirs. castanets, musical frogs. t hirts. selfie sticks.
we walked on over the little bridge and it was getting very crowded now.

working our way through the crowd we came to the stairs which I almost fell down, dark and crowded is my only excuse although I could also say I was distracted by the fountains.
The big fountain was on with music and lights and hundreds of people taking pictures of either other people the fountains or themselves. I have heard of selfie addicts.
Margie- it was a fantastic show! Half of Barcelona must have been there! A lot of young people.  I got a few souvenirs from  the street vendors.


We enjoyed the fountains very much and there were literally over 50 fountains going besides the large musical one.the crowd was a nice mix of all ages with tourists and locals and probably a few pick pockets for the unwary.

We followed our route from our walk in the morning going up the escalators to each level to see the different fountains lit up with different colours and the night views. I love outdoor escalators! then we wandered back to our hotel and said thanks to the night clerk who had told us to go and see the fountains and had arranged for our tour of the Sagrada Familia the next day.  Sleep came very quickly that night with magic fountains still playing in my minds eye.