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Work & Play in Barcelona
... We were fortunate though to have found a park guidebook at our apartment.
From there we walked to see the exteriors of Sagrada Familia (still under construction), La Padrera and Casa Battlo. The lines to go inside were insanely long, despite it being mid-October. Gaudi is so daring with his curvaceous forms. The thing I like most is his integration of familiar elements in unfamiliar ways - fruit crowning the top ...
Final stop, Barcelona
Barcelona is an example of a city that has managed to transform itself and just got it done under courageous and brilliant leadership. Okay, they ran up a few bills, but consider this. Before the 1992 Olympics, many parts of the City were downtrodden and the sea and beach areas were avoided by most people - it was just not the place to live. Through massive effort, the Olympics were used as an opportunity to revamp the city and market it to the world. What a ...
Barcelona day 2
Barcelona is so amazing! This morning we went to La Sagradda Familia- a huge catedral designed by Antonio Gaudí. It has been beig built for 129 years and they think it should be done in two decades. It has three seporate facades-2 of which are almost done and a third that will be completed eventually. The detail is astounding as there are statues and figures all over ...
One month!
Today we woke up in Collioure, got some breakfast and gelato and caught the train to Barcelona. Today officially marks us traveling for one month and what better way to celebrate than a Friday night in Barcelona!? So we are very excited today. One month traveling AND our first ...
Dar un camino
I worked on my Catalan project with Laura.
We went to mass at Santa Maria.
My conversation with my host parents is starting to get better.
I took Tor on a walk after dinner- it was really great. I was only about 5 minutes but Torr appreciated it and it was fun for me. ...