Barcelona - Mac Industries

An early rising saw McCarthy and Rumble finally get on the Camp Nou ground tour. This involved seeing the changing rooms, the tunnel, the dugouts, the board room and all the other off-access areas, as well as the excellent museum. Joy did once again turn to confussion though within the museum, as the opportunity to have a photo with the replica that Barca recieved for their Champions League win in 2006 saw McCarthy and Rumble attempt to make off with the trophy, only for Rumble to drop it on his head. Luckily, the woman in charge of photography saw the funny side of the incident.

After completing the tour, we headed back into the city centre for several pints and a couple of sausages, before completing souvenier buying and catching the train back to the airport. The boredom that came with us arriving there 3 hours early, coupled with an hour delay on the flight, was alleviated with the genius purchasing of a football. This saw McCarthy and Rumble use various sign poles as goals to practice free kicks and penalties in the busy departures lounge, as well as a passing exercise down the moving walkway, that very nearly ended in disaster when a wayward drive from McCarthy came inches away from making contact with a woman.

We eventually arrived home at around midnight English time, after an exciting weekend of football. Attending Shrewsbury v Brighton for the next Crocs on Tour outing is going to feel quite poor in comparison


McCarthy takes a seat in the away changing room of Camp Nou	The bathing area

Rumble imagines the prospect of David Silva showering in here a mere 48 hours ago	The changing room even includes a state of the art fridge

A chapel is in one of the rooms that is adjacent to the players tunnel	The home dugout

The view from the tunnel	McCarthy enters Camp Nou in a similar style to Gary Lineker

The view from pitch level	Rumble admires the playing surface

McCarthy poses in the technical area	The only time a Brighton shirt is likely to get this close to the pitch

A Valencia and Barca shirt from Saturdays match	McCarthy gives the Barcelona founder a cheeky kiss

The view of Camp Nou from the directors box

McCarthy pulls the Bruce	The view from the press area

It was good to see a tribute to Rory Delap in the museum	McCarthy with the shirt of one of his favourite players of all time, Hristov Stoichkov

The Champions League trophy Barca won in the early 90s	McCarthy with the replica given to them for winning the Champions League in 2006

An excellent way to round off the trip was by using this Christmas tree to shout at people as they walked past in the departures lounge of the airport