Casa Marti Coma Ruga

... are too!! So while show was thus occupied Kim and I punished ourselves by doing an exercise circuit along the esplanade before a well earned scrambled eggs breaky.

After much searching we found the local Aire de Servicio to top up water before heading further south…

... i muri esterni un po' sporchi e le macchine che arrivano fin lì, parcheggiano e ripartono. E' il limite massimo fino a cui si può arrivare con un mezzo proprio. Attorno a una torre di ferro che tiene i cavi elettrici sono incatenate decine di biciclette arroventate dal sole. La vista del mare si fa sempre più bella perché qui la sabbia lascia lo spazio alle rocce, e il promontorio si fa alto e calcareo, di conche bianche inframezzate da bella vegetazione ...

... my eyes look like a road map, with main roads in red and secondary roads in black going everywhere. I meet Ana and Anja, who visited Melbourne last year, and Maya who I met in Buenos Aires in April. It's wonderful to catch up with people you've met in a different place. The Sitges tango festival is very international - there are lots of Italians as well as Swedish, Swiss, Germans, Norwegians, and Argentinians living in Spain. I meet Stefania and Claudia from Verona and we ...

... Thurs. i was so tired so i jumped on the tourista bus (which i have calculated that that business probably funds the entire city of Barcelona based on the rate and number of people) and had an audio guided tour of the museums, beaches, etc. jumping on and off the bus where i saw fit! I got off at the top of a hill and stopped for a sangria and a great panoramic of the city. There i met a 50 year old woman from California who escaped her ...

... The cathedral was quiet...the lighting was dim and came mostly from the colourful candles strewn about the outer edge of the room...and then Manuel got up on stage, dressed simply in white and holding his precious guitar. The concert lasted 2 hours, with two encores, and I have not seen such passionate guitar strumming and fingerpicking since my days working at the "REV" in the Valley of Brisbane :) This man absolutely captivated his ...

... is something everyone should see. When I'm back in Barcelona I will visit here again. The museum under the cathedral is interesting if just for the drawings of the sculptures and the final design. A must see if it is ever finished, planned for 2026. After spending more time here then expected and misinterpreting a map, walked along way to Casa Mila (found out after that the metro would have been easier). Casa ...

... then walked back to Las Ramblas and looked at all the shops and stalls that were selling jewelry and crafts. For dinner, we stopped and had amazing falafel sandwiches and gelato, then came back to our hostel for another early night. This morning, we had to leave by 8am to get back to the airport for our 11am flight - which we just barely made. We were at the airport in plenty of time, but the check-in lines for EasyJet were insanely long and we had to wait ...

... scary because I don't really like heights. After the church, we walked to Parque Guell. It was uphill the whole...and my thighs and butt are sore now! But this park is pretty much the coolest one ever. There is so much mosaic work from Gaudí and cool statues and stuff. The way I just described it makes it sound just like the church but it's not. (look at the pics) That night, we went to a bar for a ...

... The Sacred Family... which confuses me really. In spanish it should be La Familia Sagrada (noun first), but whatever, they didn't ask me before naming it. Anyway, its not done yet and was started early in the 1900s! Apparently it will take 100 years. Gotta say, its definitely the most unique cathedral I've ever seen. Not worth the 8 Euros they want for touring though! Thats not all, but the main things. Next on to Madrid.

... and public art. A lot of important modern artists, like Picasso, and architects, like Gaudi, came from the city. By Gaudi. For some reason it reminds me of the Flintstones. After the erratic weather of England, the sun was ...