{"id":1130,"date":"2025-07-12T21:18:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T21:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/travel\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2025-07-12T21:18:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T21:18:42","slug":"adios-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/travel\/2025\/07\/12\/adios-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Adi\u00f3s Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p1\">Today was a farewell to Barcelona. Our train was only to leave late in the afternoon so we spent the morning down at Barcelonetta beach getting every last minute of our time in this fantastic city.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2\">Our train trip to Madrid literally whizzed by, at times at 300km\/h.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2\">Straight away Madrid felt very different and we look forward to exploring it over the next few days.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"1129\" src=\"https:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/img_3548-1-300x300.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1129\" srcset=\"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/img_3548-1-300x300.jpg 300w, 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