Barcelona - Day 2

Today has been very busy and very HOT! We´re still adjusting to the time difference, so after a slow morning, we were off to Park Guell. This is a fifteen hectare (no clue how that converts to acres) plot of land where an architect, Antoni Guadi, built many amazing buildings. It sits on top a hill overlooking Barcelona, so we got in quite a work out. We were lucky that there were escalators to take us up part of the way. Once we made it to the top, there were many gardens and structures to enjoy.

Not exactly sure what the significance is, but we´ve seen many postcards and magnets with this on them.

At the highest point of the hightest hill of the park there was a large cross. This offered great views of the city. It was quite a hike to get here.

Mandy at the top of Park Guell, next to the large cross.

Our next stop was Sagrada Familia. This was also one of Guadi´s pieces, although he was not the first nor the last architect to work on it. Construction began in 1882, and it will be at least another decade before it´s done. From what we saw, it looks like it could take many decades to finish it. It was truly a work of art. We weren´t able to make it to the top of it´s towers because the lift was broken, but hopefully we´ll get the opportunity to do that tomorrow.

Our last stop was close to our hotel: La Boqueria. This was an amazing market filled with fruit, vegetables, candy galore, meat, etc. We were surprised at how cheap things were (well, at least the fruit) since it is located in one of the biggest tourist areas. Our fruit cups were one euro-if I could find these in KY I would buy one every day. Instead I will have to continue cutting my own fruit.

We´re back at the hotel now resting up for the evening. Our hotel is great; our room has a balcony looking over the street-it feels like we´re in the Opryland Hotel.

Mandy and I on our balcony.