Barcelona

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This is the entrance to the park. Originally Gaudi had planned to build a large number of mansions within it. In the end only a couple were completed. Would you want to live in a Theme Park with visitors looking in all the time?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Salamander fountain. The park is awash with such follies. Great for photos, though!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ann unconsciously correcting the angle of the columns in this colonnade!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good views of the city from the park. I like the fairy-tale houses in the foreground. Almost edible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This church is still incomplete after over a century. Its bell towers are the modern icons of Barcelona. A very inspiring building. It is financed entirely from donations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The external decorations seem to have been squeezed out of the fabric of this facade. I kept on thinking that the statues were somehow alive and moving.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Passion sculptures were erected in 1990, over 60 years after Gaudi died. These are in marked contrast to the earlier sculptural style round the other main entrance in the previous photo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A relic of the 1929 International Exhibition, a great place to shop among all the craft shops.

 

In one of them Ann was having difficulty trying to communicate with the shopkeeper. However they got on better when Ann started speaking in French, rather than Spanish to the native Catalan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our hotel was off the busy La Rambla with this fountain nearby.

 

We loved Barcelona - but then most people do. A perfect destination for a short break away.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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