Spain Day Three: Futbol, Food and a Church

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Day 3: August 10, 2013 - Barcelona

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BARCELONA, Spain – After finally getting real sleep, the group was rejuvenated for day three, one packed with more sightseeing in the beautiful town of Barcelona.

We kicked the day off with a visit to Nou Camp, the home of F.C. Barcelona, one of the worlds premier Futbol clubs. Nou Camp seats over 100,000 fans, and is the biggest Futbol stadium in Spain, and top ten in the world.

It was a walking tour, so the team was free to go at their own pace, which for some was much quicker than others. The tour swept through two different museums, showcasing the history of the Futbol Club, and their other sports clubs such as basketball, handball and field hockey.

After Nou Camp we went and got lunch in the same city center as yesterday. We were given two and a half hours to eat lunch, and explore the city a bit.

Naturally, the entire team ate at Burger King before taking off and exploring the city. While exploring we ran into members of both LSU and Georgia Tech women's basketball programs…so everybody got their fix of talkin' Cajun.

The two and a half hour expedition led to a tour of the World's most famous unfinished church, Sagrada Familia. Sagrada Familia, formerly known in English as Basilica and Expiatory Church, is a 130-year old church, which has yet to be finished. Original architect Antoni Guadi died in 1926, while the basilica was between 15-25 percent complete. They plan the completion to be in 2026, the 100-year anniversary of Gaudi's death.

We then had a few more hours of free time back at the hotel, so for me and some more of the staff, it was back to the pool before dinner.

We left for dinner, which was much like last nights. Random assortments of "Tapas" and then another great steak, the tapas were once again not the favorites of some of the players.

There was a Flamenco show after the meal, which turned out to not be the first show we got to see. One the walk from the restaurant to the theater we ran into, what we think, was a flash mob. It consisted of two groups of adolescence on separate sides of the street yelling back and fourth in an intimidating, but not negative tone. Even our interpreter could not make out the shouts. Surely, junior Elfrid Payton was the first to join in, dancing along in the street, I'll try and get a video up of that soon.

Our tour guide, Allie, was finally able to gain control and get the group to the Flamenco Show. It was a very fun show, displaying some of the quickest feet most of the group has ever seen, possibly starting a new warm-up routine for your Cajuns.

That spelt the end of the night for the team, as we all will now go to bed and get ready for a travel day tomorrow to Valencia. Though we will miss Barcelona, tomorrow shows a beach in the forecast, which is sure to make everyone happy.

Until tomorrow.

Nick Ross

Please feel free to let me know if you are following the Cajuns' trip to Spain, where you are following from, and if you have any questions. The email you can reach me at is NickRoss@louisiana.edu.

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Spain Day Three: Futbol, Food and a Church

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