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Barcelona continues to be sunny and if not quite warm, at least it's not freezing. Yesterday we walked what seemed for miles around an old fort and the Olympic Park area. Then we spent what seemed like hours inside the Catalonia National Museum. It was the 1000 years of art from this region, which was really fascinating and unique until I hit hour 3 and then my brain just said No. I tried an Iberian beer - Estrella Damm. It wasn't that good so I switched to Spanish wine which was a huge improvement.

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