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Published: February 20th 2009
When asked about the long construction time of his masterpiece, La Sagrada Familia church, Antoni Gaudi is said to have stated that his "client was in no hurry." Yet, Keith and I were. We were in Barcelona only a couple of days, so we enlisted the help of Jose, and concentrated on the area of the city nearest our hotel. This included the Barri Gotic, whose Roman ruins are tucked round corners and...
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liliram
liliram
You have to go back!
Don't you just love Gaudi, the jamon jabugo, manchego and Barcelona? Like you, we just "drove through" Barcelona - just 2 nights - and from there, drove up to Arles, Nimes, Avignon area. We were taken away by Gaudi's works --- truly one of a kind. I will go back, for sure. Despite an unfortunate incident (my friend lost bag with passport, cash, cards, plane tickets), we still want to go back.......esp after seeing your great photos! You say Hola.......we say Ole! Good blog.