Day 58: cirqu du soliel

Sleep in was vital as we didn't get home until 5 am. Therefore we missed breakfast. But not to worry kebabs are just next door.  Then we hit the Picasso exhibition because on Sundays all the museums are free. The exhibition displayed his very early work and also some of the later stuff. And the contrast is striking. At first he painted landscape and then lifelike portraits. But some 20 years later his style changed to that of the weird misshaped or distorted figures. The colours changed too to more bright and less subtle.  I left the girls at the museum and headed up to Montjuik. It is an area of hills and gardens. It took a good 45 minutes to make my way up through the gardens- stopping to capture snaps of the city views. At the top of the hill is a castle where I strolled around, witnessed a drug deal and snapped some more.  Later that night we headed to Cirque du soliel. Oh my gosh it was absolutely fantastic. The acrobatics, the acts, the strength, their bodies- spectacular all of it. I was sitting by myself because we couldn't get 3 seats together and the whole time I was either gasping, laughing or saying "oh my gosh" or "ahh what are you doing?" out loud- very loud. I couldn't help it. I also happened to have a very good seat and right at the beginning a clown did a flip in front of me, I was sprayed with water and a 2-person donkey sat in my lap. It was all super entertaining and I just want to see it again and again.