Got to See

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Geo: 41.3879, 2.16992

Hola,

Our morning began with the typical European breakfast and some good conversation with Steve and Bonnie again. We were sharing stories of our experiences yesterday and what we still needed to see today.

Our first stop of the day was La Sagrada Familia which is a medieval cathedral designed by Gaudi. It has been under construction for over 100 hundred years and still is not complete. It is the most visited monument in all of Spain. At the present rate of construction , hopefully, the church will be completed in the 2020's.

Park Guell was visited next. This was a tree covered hillside which Gaudi was supposed to create a miniature city of houses for the wealthy, in landscaped grounds. The project was not successful and the city bought the estate in 1922 to use as a public park. Gaudi built a house here where he lived for the last 20 years of his life. Much of the park is still wooded but it is full of pathways almost maze like where visitors can see views overlooking the city of Barcelona. We saw many rock sculpted arches and caves, plam trees, plants, cacti, and parrots. We weren't quite sure where we were at any time because all the signs were in Spanish and we had no map. Finally we came across a road half way down the mountain where we were able to catch a bus back to our familiar dwelling. This is a popular destination for school groups as we came across several preschoolers and other age groups of children. We were even interviewed by a group of young boys asking where we were from and about our visit. They needed our signatures to go along with their sheet of our answers to their questions.Kids are kids wherever you go. They were asking us the basketball experts about the Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe Bryant. We did our best to satisfy their curiosity.

After a relaxing lunch on our patio we set out for the train station since we are leaving Barcelona in the morning. We already have our rail passes but certain trains require a reservation and tomorrow is one of those times. Mission was accomplished and we moved on with our agenda.

This evening we went to the light and music show of La Font Magica. It's a water fountain display set to music and lights and is quite spectacular. It's become a very popular attraction in Barcelona and a huge crowd of people gathered to experience this event.



Buenas noches,
Rich and Linda

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Photos

Pinacles Close Up
La Sagrada familia

Gables
La Sagrada familia

Nativtia Scene
La Sagrada Familia

Cypress Tree Symbolizes Tree of life
La Sagrada Familia

Annunciation
La Sagrada Familia

Jesus in The Temple
La Sagrada Familia

Entrance from Public square
Park Guell

Garden View
Park Quell

Comments

[Amy cabe]

You attempted to answer basketball questions? That is funny... Poor kids!

[Carol Hayduk]

Hola tio Rich y Linda tia. Espero que estes des frutando de su viaje Espana. I look forward to your next set of pictures. They are all so beautiful. That was too funny about the children questioning you about the Lakers and Kobe Bryant!!

[Kathy Nichols]

How confused did you leave those poor children about the Lakers or basketball at all? Actually, though, you probably know more than I do 'cuz of the State team. Hope you got pictures of the light and music show; love that stuff!!