The first morning on the ship we had breakfast delivered to our room so we could get up early and go out for one last day in Barcelona. On this last day we took a bus up to the Olympic site which sits on a huge hill overlooking the Mediterranean. There is also an old fortress at the very top as well.
The Olympic stadium was really nothing great...just looked like any other stadium...I was unimpressed.
The sculpture outside the stadium
The fortress at the top of the hill, on the other hand quite interesting, it looked like a medieval castle complete with a draw bridge!
The chain and pulley for the draw bridge
The inside of the fortress was a maze of these brick lined caverns....we got very turned around and eventually ended up coming out the other side
One of the more"picturesque" views of the Mediterranean :)
One of the many cannons aimed out over the sea....there were cannons all around the fortress, some very old, and some more modern looking like this one.
There is a gondola that goes from the top of the hill right next to the fortress, all the way down...
to a loading station just over our ship, in the harbor...(that is in the last post where David is turned around looking at it).
David said that he would enjoy going on it...I respectfully declined...
Pictures over looking the city....here is the La Sagrada FamÃlia 
View of the ship's wake from our balcony....
It was cool to watch us pull out of port each evening and see the sun set over the horizon.
The Olympic stadium was really nothing great...just looked like any other stadium...I was unimpressed.The sculpture outside the stadiumThe fortress at the top of the hill, on the other hand quite interesting, it looked like a medieval castle complete with a draw bridge!The chain and pulley for the draw bridgeThe inside of the fortress was a maze of these brick lined caverns....we got very turned around and eventually ended up coming out the other sideOne of the more"picturesque" views of the Mediterranean :)
One of the many cannons aimed out over the sea....there were cannons all around the fortress, some very old, and some more modern looking like this one.
There is a gondola that goes from the top of the hill right next to the fortress, all the way down...
to a loading station just over our ship, in the harbor...(that is in the last post where David is turned around looking at it).
David said that he would enjoy going on it...I respectfully declined...Pictures over looking the city....here is the La Sagrada FamÃlia View of the ship's wake from our balcony....
It was cool to watch us pull out of port each evening and see the sun set over the horizon. 
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