Barcelona

Barcelona

Dry at last and 27 degrees.  Barcelona is bustling with tourists and littered with many sunny outside bars.  The old buildings are interesting but the Gaudi architecture is by far the most outrageous. Few straight lines, random wrought shapes, organic looking arches and buttresses, with brightly coloured mosiac.  His aim was to out-do any other architect in the street and it appears he has succeeded. Brilliant.

We are fairly knackered after walking around the town,  including up the hill to the Park Guell, to see Gaudi’s attempt at landscaping. Rehydration by way of a litre of sangria.

The Sagrada Familia is wonderful, and well worth the visit. Designed over a 120 years ago, building started about 110 years ago, and it won’t be finished for at least 10-30 years.

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