July 22nd - Barcelona Olympic Village

Today Roger wanted to walk to the Olympic Village and along the way we stopped at a huge mall called the Barcelona Arena (Placa de Toros les Arenes).  The escalator would go up two floors at a time.

We had great views of the Plaza Espanya.

Today we found the escalators,

although we did have to climb some stairs, that took us up to the Museu Nacional D'art de Catalunya Palau Nacional.

Then we continued on our journey to the Olympic Village.

We peeked in the window and saw the swimming pool.

We were ready for a nap or some food or both as it was 3:00 and we hadn't eaten anything for what seemed like forever.  All that we're dreaming about is the around the clock food on the ship.  That way Roger can't starve us anymore.

We also got to peek into the track and field stadium.

We also got to see their "Olympic Walk of Fame" with Michael Jordan, Lance Armstrong, Michael Johnson & Jack Nicklaus.

We also got a peek at the diving area that had a jr. multi-national diving event getting ready to start.  They were carrying their country's flag as they paraded around the pool.

We had a pretty walk back down the hill.

Roger and Mike found a woman's lap that they could crawl up on which was better than a bench.

We saw some Quaker Parrots.

We also saw some very interesting trees.