My suggestion for the day was to go up the mountain to Castell (Castle) de Montjuic.
We caught the metro, which included the vehicular followed by the cable car.
The vehicular travels up through a tunnel to the top.
The cable car overlooking Barcelona.
Sagrada Familia in the background.
Entrance to the Castle.
Montjuic Castle is the result of the alterations planned by the military engineer Juan Martin Cermeno in 1751 and carried out between 1753 and 1779. The improvement, which claimed to complete the defensive structure of the fortress, involved demolishing part of the old castle, preserving the improvements made during the mandate of viceroy Velasco at the end of the 17th C.
The stonework was a welcome shade to the heat of the day.
Wildflowers growing among the stonework
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Wild geranium
Carpet roses
A form of thistle
The castle overlooked the Port of Barcelona, we spent over an hour sitting and watching the containers being unloaded, the Pilot boats and tugs escorting the ships into the harbour and the planes landing at the nearby main airport. A loaded train made it's way through looking like a long caterpillar. We visually followed a truck loaded with vans make it's way to one of the ships. We watched ships doing 3 point turns before docking. It was fascinating and there were NO mosaics!!!
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