Barcelona Day Three

Or Gaudi...

After a sluggish wake up we headed out to buy some food. Andrea was not feeling that great so Scooter stayed with her while Jules, Peter, Suzie and I headed up to Parc Guell, a park designed by Gaudi, a Barcelonan architect.

The park was pretty impressive (as you will see from the photos), it was full of people out enjoying the lovely Spanish weather.

We headed back to pick up Andrea and Scooter before heading up to La Sagrada Familia. Another of Gaudi's works, the place was overwhelming. Building had been going on for 120 years and it was still not finished. We climbed the tower (along with everyone else in Barcelona I think), before looking around the half completed inside.

Suzie was not all that impressed so she, Andrea and Scooter headed over to the markets, while Jules, Peter and I went to see some more of Gaudi's buildings. On the walk back we saw the Casa Mila and the Casa Batllo. Both were very impressive, but unfortunately we did not really have time to go inside.

We headed back to the hostel before going out for dinner. Afterwards we headed to an Absynthe Bar which was pretty cool. It was down the dodgy looking side street (in Peter's words the street was worse then it looked). The bar looked like it was from the 1930's (and not cleaned since). The drink was absolutely disgusting, but very strong. So we all walked back to the hostel rather merry!

An early start tomorrow for our 7:30 flight back to Heathrow!



The entrance to Parc Guell


Pineapples in the Park?


More Park


The view from the park


More view


More Park


Me!


Funky Seats


More me. is that a pineapple growing out of my head?


More Park


The front of La Segrada Familia


The view from the top of the tower.


Jules walking the stairs.


One of the Towers


The back door.


The crucifixion


Casa Mila


The square from the hostel.