Montjuic

With the 2-hour delay, we arrived later than expected.  We took a taxi to the hotel and the taxi driver was friendly even though we weren't able to communicate much as he speaks little English.  We then walked to the Montjuic park.  It was a longer walk than we had anticipated, and a hike uphill!  We were grateful to have ran into some tourists who were pointing at the map discussing about taking the cable car up to the Montjuic Castle.  The view was fantastic going up on the cable car and on the Castle, but the castle itself was quite a yawn.  There was also no shade in the area, so we were tired and dehydrated.  It took us about 2 hours to tour around the castle just becase it was so big.

National Art Museum of Catalonia

The place was really grand!  It was on the itinerary, but we kinda stumbled upon it as we took a detour through Fundacio Joan Miro and Joan Maragall Gardens.  We were thankful that we finally found some escalators on the way up.  The entry way and the front of the building resembles that of a palace, with the Magic Fountain in front of the entry way.  A lot of tourists were taking pictures there.  We didn't get to go in because they were closing by the time we got there.  We did however get to go inside and check out the lobby and the great hall as those places are free.  It was a really lovely building.