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| Route | Date & Time | Cost | Booked via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit (DTW) → Barcelona (BCN) | Sun, Sep 27 · 6:20 PM depart | $1,200.00 | Amex Travel |
| Barcelona (BCN) → Rome | Fri, Oct 2 · 3:20 PM transfer | $315.70 | Vueling / Amex Travel |
| Rome → London | Tue, Oct 6 · 12:10 PM transfer | $228.63 | Wizz Air |
| London (LHR) → Detroit | Sun, Oct 11 · 10:45 AM depart | $1,200.00 | Amex Travel |
Exact flight numbers aren't in the trip notes — pull those from the Amex Travel, Vueling, and Wizz Air confirmation emails directly.
| City | Hotel | Address | Confirmed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | Grand Hotel Central | Via Laietana 30, Barcelona | $1,718.08 — Amex FHR |
| Rome | HT6 Rome | Via del Tempio, 6 | $1,822.62 — book.blastness.com |
| London | Me London Hotel | 336-337 The Strand, WC2R 1HA | $700.00 — Amex FHR + points |
| Route | Date & Time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Rome → Naples | Sun, Oct 4 · 9:05 AM | ~1 hr, italiatren.com |
| Naples → Rome | Sun, Oct 4 · 7:30 PM | Frecciarossa 9568, arrives 8:55 PM (rescheduled by Trenitalia) |
| London Euston → Manchester Piccadilly | Sat, Oct 10 · 7:43 AM | Avanti West Coast, Coach F, Seats F15/F16, ref 22370613 |
| Manchester Piccadilly → London Euston | Sat, Oct 10 · 7:14 PM | Avanti West Coast, Coach F, Seats F15/F16, ref 22370613, arrives 10:52 PM |
Rough estimate discussed: $1,000–$1,400/yr of value from the card, offsetting the annual fee.
Fully booked and scheduled: Day 4 (Sep 30) is the pilgrimage day, starting 9:45 AM — Spotify Camp Nou Experience (Barça Immersive Tour, CONFIRMED, 2 tickets), McDonald's, the official store, MNAC, and Montjuïc. See the Itinerary tab for the locked times. Ciutat Esportiva / Training Ground Tour and Palau Blaugrana were both explored and dropped — Ciutat Esportiva's only bookable slot that week landed on a Rome day, and Palau Blaugrana never had a matching event during the trip dates.
Design brief settled on: relaxed, more tropical feel than the rest of the trip, romantic, walkable, good food, some history/culture without museum overload.
Because of the international break, no European club had a home match during the trip dates — so football was removed as a deciding factor between cities. Considered and ranked: Madrid, Lisbon, Seville, Nice, Milan, Amsterdam, Valencia, Split, Malta. Lisbon and Nice were the strongest alternatives on atmosphere; Barcelona was kept because it already balances beach, architecture, food, and a relaxed pace better than any single alternative, and months of planning were already built around it.
Status: locked in. Barcelona is confirmed as leg 1 — no longer under consideration for a swap.
All 5 walking-map entries from Notion are slotted onto their days now (Day 2, Day 4, Day 7, Day 8, Day 14) — see the notes on each item for the exact time/duration discrepancies between the main board and the Walking Maps table. 4 of 5 now have real Google Maps links with an "Open walking map" button right on the itinerary item (Day 2, 7, 8, 14). Day 4's Montjuïc Exploration never had a link attached in Notion at all — nothing to recover there.
Decided: golf is officially cancelled and Port Aventura World is the confirmed Day 5 plan — see the itinerary tab for the updated schedule.
Full day. ~1–1.5 hrs each way by train to Salou, includes Ferrari Land (fastest coaster in Europe). Tickets booked — 2 adults, $105.24.
Still on the table for a lighter day if you want them: Flyboard at Port Olímpic (~1–2 hrs, the marina near Barceloneta) and Tibidabo (~4–5 hrs, the mountain amusement park) — both got cut from Day 5 since Port Aventura already fills it, but either could slot into a free evening or replace something lighter elsewhere in the Barcelona leg.
Decided: Galleria Borghese got dropped (one art museum was enough) and Cinecittà World never made the cut either — Day 9 is now Vatican Museums → pasta-making lunch → optional Castel Sant'Angelo/wander → the confirmed food & wine tour (3:30 PM) → a private Trevi Fountain photoshoot (8:00 PM, CONFIRMED) to cap the night. See the Itinerary tab.
Confirmed: booked as the climb only (ref QX9X347K) — the Emirates Air Line cable car add-on was dropped, not part of the plan. See Day 12 in the Itinerary tab.
~60-90 min — climb a harnessed walkway over the O2 arena's roof for skyline views.