Day 2: European Vacation 2011

Sent: Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:18 PM

Day 2:

We went to bed early (930) then we all woke up at midnight, then we slept again. I woke up at 4am, while the other two slept. I finally fell asleep again at 430. We all woke up at 1030 and missed the free breakfast. Jet lag is a pain. :(

We casually walked down to the lobby and had croissants and coffee/tea/water for breakfast.

10 Points: Name who had which drink w/ breakfast. I'll make it easy for you. I don't drink caffeine.

Being the tourists we are, we paid for the 2 day pass on Barcelona bus turistic, so we can see the sights of Barcelona.

We stopped at the MNAC. Where my bro and I almost put the smack down on some bitches who were stealing money from my mom's purse. They have this scam where they want you to sign a petition for handicap access. Then they ask for a donation. My mom reaches into her purse and they started grabbing money out of it. They had grabbed a 50€ bill and some $1 bills I shoved them out of the way and grabbed the cash back. My bro hunted them down to get the initial 5€ she gave. There were three of them swarming her. Thank god we were there and we got everything back. Note to self: Don't stop for anything and the nice/generous gene gets taken advantage of here!

10 Points: What does MNAC stand for? Hint: it's a national museum in Barcelona

We also visited a lot of the stadiums and arenas that housed World class athletes participating in a Major World Sporting Event held here in Barcelona.

10 Points: Name the Major World Sporting Event and the year it was held.

We ate at Port Olimpic at Marina Moncho's Restarante, where we had sangria, steamed mussels and grilled swordfish. It was so yummy!

10 points: We also ate a spanish rice dish usually prepared w/ seafood and gets it wonderful yellowish color from saffron. Name this dish.


The last stop of the day I bought a shot glass at a worldwide restaurant chain that has a logo of a guitar and is named after a music genre. It has 150 locations in 53 countries. Some chains are in Las Vegas, Chicago, San Francisco, St. Louis, Sacramento, Hollywood, Berlin, Beijing, Melbourne and Bangkok. The largest is in Orlando and I think the first was in London in 1971.

10 points: Name the Restaurant Chain I bought a shot glass from!

Good luck! Tomorrow we go on the cruise boat! Whooo!