As some of you know, Barcelona is all about Gaudi. For those that don't, Gaudi was a brilliant architect who had his own style, was very hands-on with the actual buildings and who had a huge impact on every aspect of life in Barcelona today. Everywhere you go and whatever you do, Gaudi is there - churches, museums, private houses, bus stops, public seating, stairs and steps, walls, fountains - he had fingers in all those pies. We visited lots of buildings and the park especially to see his work, but found many examples just wandering around.
We adored the Casa Battlo and were there for a while on the first night, photographing and marvelling at the outside, alnd then spent several more hours there another day touring the inside. We wandered along Las Ramblas, as you do, but didn't spend any money or too much time there, as it was very touristy.
We had a great hotel with yet another rooftop pool and some of our favourite photos were taken from up here. We had a lovely 4 days here, but were happy to leave the hustle and bustle behind as we headed to the airport for our flight over the Pyrenees to Bordeaux.
La Rambla is also full of nasty thieving gangs - mainly good looking girls who will just brush past you, or talk to you, while their accomplice steals your prized possessions! went on a hen weekend a few years ago, with a load of policewomen, and they lost lots of things lol!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely adore Barcelona though, lovely to see the mosaics again. And I love the one with Richard in the rooftop pool - adorable!
Can't wait to see you - in one week!!!!!
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ngatapa enjoyed looking at your photos.
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