Barcelona Day 3

Here's last night's blog - was far too tired to post last night.

The day started with more touring of the city, getting off the bus at Parc Guell; another of Gaudi's famous works. It's another one that I studied a lot at school so being there was incredible. It was much bigger than I thought and except for the ridiculous amount of tourists, it was a really nice place. After Parc Guell we headed for an older part of Barcelona called Sarria. It was much quieter and we came across an amazing victorian style ice cream shop. It wasn't tacky, it was genuinely awesome. The evening was spent at the Olympic Stadium where we saw Manowar and Holyhell. First was Holyhell who were incredible. They were equally as good as any band I've seen, and the (female) lead singer was extremely hot. Their second encore was Holy Diver in Tribute to Dio: they played it amazingly. Once their set was over (and everyone had waited ages, screaming at any movement on stage in case it was the band), Manowar started. It was incredible. The set lasted two and a half hours and they were brilliant. Eric Adams and Joey Demaio had amazing presence, and Joey Demaio's bass solos were far beyond anything I've seen. An amazing gig, by the end of which I felt like I was going to die from the heat and exhaustion. Nonetheless we were forced to walk through Barcelona aimlessly in search of a taxi. Luckily a Travelodge receptionist was kind enough to phone us one and on return to the hotel we collaped onto our beds and that was the end of the day.