April 30 - Fifth Cruise Day - A Slow Start but A Phenomenal Finish

The day started slowly. Carol was a bit sick overnight and really tired first thing. Good thing we could have a slow start (we had no formal excursion, thinking to just go into Barcelona for a stroll on our own). Which we did around 10:30. We had coffee and snacks at our favourite cafe in Palm Square just off La Rambla and then wandered around in the Old Town, getting lost on purpose twice. We had wanted to see the Fish Market but it was closed, just like the last time we were here. Rule no. 1: don't come to Barcelona on a Sunday. Then back to the ship and a nap before dinner at the same nice sit down restaurant. We both had pappardelle pasta with duck about which Carol said: "this tastes like something I could make at home with an Oxo cube. (It had a funny tasting gravy - not a nice Italian sauce - which was yucky).
What do you get when three guys, two pianos, drums, a fiddle and a guitar get together? The most phenomenal bar show you've ever heard called "Howl at the Moon".  They make up their play list on the fly from audience requests. Mostly rock, pop and modern stuff that really jumps. You have to go see them if they're in town. Run, drive over someone and leave tire tracks on their a-- if you have to but go see them! Wow. I have never seen Carol boogie in her seat like she did tonite. The show is also wildly funny, with audience participation, in an adult kind of way. Example song lines:
Band: "I lived next door to Alice for twenty years,
Audience: "Alice, Alice, Who the f--- is Alice?"