Barcelona

This is the inside of the Segrada Familia. The pillars are tree branches ans the roof is the canapy of a forest. All Goudi design. We want to come back here when the church is finished because the archetecture is so original and interesting.

Here is a picturte ot two spires viewed from another spire across the church.

At Park Guell sitting on the longest park bench in the world over looking the rest of the park with it´s ¨gingerbread-like¨ buildings.

The pillars are holding up the bench we were sitting on it that makes sense. It was originally designed so that underneith the upper park would be a covered market but now it´s just a cool empty space filled with kids. This mosaic lizard is in every souviner shop.

Here´s a more complete view of Park Guell- only the coolest park we have ever seen!

A good view of La Sagreda Familia (The Sacred Family) Church. The spires on teh left and right are the two sides of the church, the left side being the oldest and most famous. They haven´t even buit the center ones (5 more I think and the front and back of the church ´don´t exist yet. There is supposed to be a total of 18 spires upon completion ( construction started 1882 I think!)

It is late and we are tired of blogging. Sorry. Here are a few pix to wet the appetite. You´ll just have to hang in suspense for the stories.

Here is the older, most photographed side of La Sagrada Familia. The facade is the nativity scene.


Barcelona´s beautiful beach.

This is a common site inside any place you go to get groceries. So much meat, hanging from everywhere and anything.

Barcelona is a very lively city, there is always something going on and always people walking around. We stayed in a very central area called Catalonya Square. We were about 1.5 km from the beach, and to get there we would have to walk down La Rambla.

La Rambla is the main road that eveyone walks up to orient themselves when they come to Barcelona. It is filled with strollers, newspaper stands, road side entertrainers, pick-pocketers, and Three card Monti scamers. We would frequent this street a lot not only because it was our road home but because there was always something going on.

Heidi was starting to feel pretty sick when we arrived, but we managed and were able to see everything we came to see. We visited Park Guell, which was supposed to be a nice neighborhood where the wealthy and well to do could live. It was designed in the usual Goudi fasion, he was the architech chosen by Guell. The neighborhood never came about but a cool park did. The only house that was actually finished was Goudi´s. Go figure.

We ate lunch there while sitting on the world´s longest park bench. Then looked around the park for while.

To Be Continued...