Sunday morning continues where Saturday ended and so we opened our brolly and walked to pick up Anja in her flat and continued to Cafe Olivia, an extremely nice and cosy cafe for breakfast. After breakfast the clouds cleared and we headed on the underground towards Badalona where we watched the ACB league game DKV Joventut Badalona vs. Iurbentia Bilbao Basket in the Palau Municipal D'Esports.
As we had to queue quite long at the ticket desk we just got to our seats on time for tip-off and Markus had to buy the team jersey only at halftime. Verd-i-negra had to make up for the most recent loss at Tau Ceramica Vitoria, currently leading the ACB, by a huge margin of 34 points and they played very solid and concentrated all game long. Only in the second half the crowd got really going as "La Penya" came up with great combinations and when Ricky Rubio, the 19 year old super talent scored 12 points within 4 minutes to secure a clear 98-77 victory and crown himself game top scorer (coming from the bench) with 15 points.
"Forca Penya" - our support helped today
Once the game was over we headed to Park Guell in the west of the city and from that point on it were only our legs that carried us for the rest of the day. The walk through the park, designed by - guess who - Antonio Gaudi was followed by a stroll down Carrer de Verdi on which we had some refreshments and chilled out in cafe-restaurant Sol i Lluna. We then continued along Passeig de Gran Gracia toward Placa de Catalunya and onwards though the hip quarter "Born" through Barceloneta to the sea. By the time we got there it was 2000 and rather windy and the restaurant we were aiming at - Sal Cafe was already closed. Apart from joggers and people walking their dogs we watched a few surfers waiting for the perfect wave to ride and we then made our way back towards Born and Anja's workplace, the Casa Camper. A few drinks concluded the active Sunday - which was shorter by one hour due to the change to summertime.
Kerstin & Markus
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