Around Barcelona

We’ve spent the last 3 days around the much walkable and enjoyable city of Barcelona. We also decided to try out the “hop on, hop off “ bus but we found that we can easily walk anywhere we want to in half the time the full bus cycle takes. Highlights so far have been plenty of outdoor tapas and sangrias, great people watching at the overcrowded beach and a lot of walking to work off the previously mentioned food and drink.

The highlight of our visit to the city so far has been our tour to Sagrada Familia, the largest unfinished Catholic Church in the world. The building of the church began in 1882. The cathedral is an unbelievable sight with each spire, tower, and/or buttress designed to represent a symbolic meaning all thought out by the deceased architect. Think “Pillars of The Earth” as to the engineering feat used to build this gothic building.

I was totally amazed with the wonderment of the structure and how Gaudi could envision it and follow through on his plans (still 140 years later but with 3D imaging). Compared to the like of St Peters in Rome, think Stradivarius versus Les Paul, Robin Hood versus White Walkers, or Batman versus Superman…very different styles but fantastic in their own way.

Heading to the pool on the top of our hotel for the day, these feetsies need some rest.