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On this day, I fought myself to get up as early as I did. But I was so glad I got up. I took a tour of the city by bike. This is, no exaggeration, the only way to see the city. We went where cars and buses couldn’t go. We saw things the average tourist wouldn’t have seen, unless they knew to seek it out. The pictures do it no justice…

This company was great and very professional.

My “I can’t believe I’m about to ride a bike through a city I’ve never been in” face.

This tour was Veronica’s idea. Kelley and I couldn’t thank her enough.

Just gorgeous.

I mean…just breathtaking. This fountain was designed by Gaudi, if I heard the tour guide correctly.

The gate built to welcome people to the world fair in Barcelona.

An amazing thing to walk bike under.

Sagrada Familia. Enough said.

Tried to get you a little bit closer.

There. That’s better.

I rewarded myself with paella at La Poma, a restaurant with the worst service on La Rambla in Barcelona. Not only did we sit for two hours waiting for our food, the meal cost more than any other we’d had since vacation started. The paella was good, but didn’t really make up for it.