After the art museum we headed out on a Gaudí tour. We went straight to La Sagrada Família which is Gaudí's most famous building and he dedicated more than 4 decades of his life to building this beautifully huge church... and it is still not finished. They are expecting to complete it by 2026!
Both sides are so very different... one side is more modern and angular and the other side shows the birth of Christ and is has way more going on... almost drippy candle like.
We then headed to La Pedrera which is an apartment building! It was super pricey to get in so we just took some photos from the outside. It was very interesting and they say there is not one straight line in the whole building (so much for pushing the couch against the wall!)
We then headed down the road to check Casa Batlló. They say Gaudí modeled it out of the patron saint of Catalonia and the roof of the house looks like a dragon and the balconies look like skulls. Very cool! We also checked out a few of the other Modernista buildings down the road.
We met this nice tourist at La Sagrada Família who asked us if we were planning on going to the fireworks. As I mentioned in the previous post, this past weekend was the celebration of the Patron Saint of Barcelona and they have had fireworks Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We headed down to Plaça Espanya and we were surprised to see the number of people, like thousands packed into the square. Up on the monuments, wall to wall people. The fireworks were amazing! We realized we needed to leave before the fireworks were over (in order to grab the subway back without having to fight with the thousands) but we easily watched 30 minutes of fireworks set to music. By the time we got to the subway entrance the fireworks were over... like 40 minutes of fireworks. It was crazy! Hearts, smiles, stars, it was very impressive!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment