For our second full day in Barcelona and on the HOHO we were up and moving by around 9.  Needed to get out there to make a stop at Mercat de Sant Josep and see our buddy at Pinotxo for a xiuxo... ok 1 1/2 each, and some cafe.  At first the girl didn't get it, but by the second bite her eyes were opened and she understood fully why we waited to get a spot at this crowded little joint.  From there we again walked back up to Catalunya and got back on the blue bus loop.

This time we stopped at Casa Batllo and La Pedrera, going into each.  Casa Batllo had a reasonably short line, so no worries there that we hadn't pre-booked.  Lots of interesting woodwork and neat design elements here to be seen.  Again a bit steep, but I'd still say worth the entry fee to enjoy.  La Pedrera on the other hand I think was way over priced.  The roof is way cool, but the rest doesn't compensate and the views of La Sagrada some folks out there posted that you get were a let down.  For those trying to plan a day in Barcelona, my advice is to take in Casa Batllo inside and out and stop for some photos outside of La Pedrera only.  Back on blue again to take in even more Gaudi at Parc Guell.  I have to admit I wasn't sure what to expect here and it was more than I had anticipated, I'm VERY glad we stopped.  We didn't explore every path, but did take in a good bit - best part, it's free :)

We opted to skip everything else on blue, including Barca (futbol stadium), and changed back over to the red at the Francesa Macio Diagonal stop, riding the whooooole way back around to Barri Gotic and back to the church area as I had heard there might be Sardana dancing there Saturday evenings ... sure enough a band was set up playing and several circles (large and small) were going at it.  [Note this is not my video, but it gives you an idea of what we saw/heard.]

From there we took a similar stroll back to the hotel, but the whole way to the bottom of Las Ramblas first, and then I fought to keep Dani awake.  We noticed outside there was some type of street festival on Paral*lel, including stages/bands, but some things were already closing down.  We walked up Paral*lel for some dinner around 9 - the typical meal time there - and ended up, of all places, in a chinese restaurant.  It wasn't awful, but it wasn't Szechuan either.

Out of my own curiosity, to use up more of our metro cards, and to have some photos of it all lit up to share w/ Doug, who was so intrigued by it, we took the metro (after dinner) to Torre Agbar.  From there we came back, got cleaned up and packed up, and hit the hay.