Enrico's Travel Blog

Wednesday Le Méridien Hotel, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain We started the day by having breakfast with Mike & Maddie here in the hotel in the breakfast room. They were going to see Sagrada Família this morning with their friends from New Jersey. We will connect up with them again at the Tauck welcome party and dinner. There are twenty-six people, including us, on the tour. We decided to ride the Barcelona Bus Turístic. After breakfast we headed back to the room to get ready

October 6, 2026 Tuesday Le Méridien Hotel, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain We have the entire day off before we start our Tauck Tour with Mike & Maddie. We usually plan an extra day into our travels just in case something goes awry. While yesterday’s flight was quite literally the flight from hell, we did still manage to get to Barcelona on our scheduled day. Having that extra day allows us to relax and, possibly, recover from the travel day. We got going later than usual thi

Monday – Travel Day Malpensa Airport, Ferno, Lombardia, Italia > Barcelona El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport, between the municipalities of El Prat de Llobregat, Viladecans and Sant Boi > Le Méridien Hotel, Barcelona, Spain That was a mouthful. Wednesday, we start our first Tauck Tour. We are going today because there is no flight on Tuesday. We are going to take a tour of La Sagrada Família on Tuesday. Mike and Maddie arrive late on Tuesday and have a dinner planned with f