Greetings again from Barcelona,
Today Cathy and I slept in and did some wash as the four others adventured out without us. They took a 4 mile round trip walk to the Magic Fountain of Montjuic. Sadly it was not operating but we hope to see it tonight.
This Afternoon we walked to one of the most famous churches in the world, Sagrada Familia. Sagrada Familia is the tallest church in the world and the one of largest Catholic churches in the world. The architecture is credited to Antoni Gaudí who died in 1926 when the church was only 25% completed. He is buried in the crypt of the church. The pope is due to visit in a couple of weeks. It has been under construction for 146 years.
There are no words that can describe this church but these come close, luminous, transcendental, kaleidoscope-like, gothic and art nouveau. Even pictures don’t do it justice but here are a few that we took.
We got back to the apartment just in time to welcome Kathleen! It’s great to have her join our little band.
After regrouping we took a packed city bus to Park Güell. It’s a large city park up in the hills of Barcelona. It offered great panoramic views also unique and whimsical architecture featuring a great deal of mosaic tiles. The tiles were on homes, benches, walls and art installations.
We stopped at an outdoor cafe for tapas and decided we wanted to see the Magic Light Show at Montjuic. It was fairy long cab driver but a pretty good deal in that all 7 oof us get into one group cab.
The fountain show was tremendous! It was a coordinated show with lights and music and lasted for 30 minutes. Several thousand people were watching, many of them on a grand hill leading up to the Catalan Museum which look like it was built as a castle.
We got home, exhausted but we still had enough energy to seek out a late night gelato shop. Jon won the walking contest today for the most steps with 25,769, only slightly more than Jean, Ali and Emily.
Today was a good day and thanks to Ali for some of these photos.
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