Family Sabbatical TravelSpain Now that we were settled in Barcelona, it was time to start exploring which meant taking a lot of pictures of Gaudi ( gentle viewer be warned that we were set off on a photography orgy because we were so impressed ) but first we made our way down the Ramblas where there was a new statue (the guy in uniform) ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120001 and a protest march ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120002 before we got to the Palau Guell ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120003 This is one of the first building Gaudi designed. The facade was very impressive ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120004 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120005 as was the interior where photography was not allowed. We were allowed to take pictures on the roof where there are numerous chimneys that we recorded ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120006 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120007 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120008 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120009 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120010 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120011 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120012 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120013 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120014 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120015 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120016 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120017 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120018 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120019 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120020 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120021 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120022 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120023 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120024 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120025 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120029 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120030 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120031 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120032 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120033 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120034 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120035 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120036 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120037 including a few with us in them ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120026 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120027 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120028 and one abstraction ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120038

We stopped for a small bite for the kids here ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120039 which was a better alternative than this ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120040 and then headed for the Picasso museum (also no photography) and on to the cathedral where we could only see the outside ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120041 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120042 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120043 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120044 along with King Tut ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120045 who must have followed us from Rome.

Our late lunch was at a cafe where the waiters ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120046 took good care of the 3 of us ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120047 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120048 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120049 We then broke for siesta.

After siesta, we started off to see more Gaudi. En route, we stopped in the Placa Cataluyna to take pictures of the pigeons (memories of Venice) and famous fountains (memories of Rome) ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120050 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120051 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120052 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120053 and the statue of Barcelona ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120054 We stopped at this cafe ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120055 where this waiter ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120062 brought some tapas to Jane ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120056 who had just woken up, Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120057 who was tired from swimming, Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120058 who was happy, Sarah ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120059 who ordered for us (en Espanol) and David with ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120060 and without ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120061 flash. Then we started walking and saw rooftops ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120063 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120064 begin to appear before we hit this facade ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120065 and then this more remarkable one ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120066 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120067 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120070 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120073 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120077 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120079 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120081 with great windows ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120068 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120069 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120076 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120078 and chimneys ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120071 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120072 and tourists ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120074 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120075 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120080

We walked on and Benjamin was excited by spirals on the sidewalk ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120082 as we added to our collections of pictures of European Haagen Dazs ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120083 Jane in front of Armani stores ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120084 and phone booth pictures ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120085 until we saw it ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120086 in the distance. We still had to navigate some directions ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120087 see spires ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120088 and architecture ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120089 that were not the real thing and cross a last street ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120090 before we got there. Everything about the place, the facade, ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120092 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120095 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120097 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120101 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120102 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120103 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120104 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120105 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120106 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120107 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120108 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120109 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120111 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120112 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120113 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120114 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120120 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120121 the spires ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120096 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120099 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120100 the ongoing construction ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120091 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120098 the ceiling ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120110 and the spare parts ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120093 was impressive so that we didn't mind that he ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120094 had been there first. The climb up and down was on these ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120115 remarkable steps and we were asked in not so subtle ways ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120116 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120117 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120119 to help finish the construction.

On the way to the next Gaudi building, we came across this scene ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120122 that adds to our collection of pictures of Benjamin in front of Pokemon signs in foreign countries. The last building was this apartment building with no straight lines ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120123 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120125 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120126 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120129 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120133 and amazing grille work ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120124 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120127 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120128 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120130 and entrance ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120131 that inspired this work of art ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.12-14.00InBarcelona//P7120132