Three days in Barcelona

Gaudi is famous in Barcelona and almost everything is Gaudi inspired. My first day, Tuesday, I took a long walk down the boardwalk and wanted to just curl up on the ground and go to sleep on the way back. So the rest of that day was all about sleep.

The next day I wandered around and made friends with some random Spanard dude. I thought he might be a fellow tourist but he was from a small village in Northern Spain and had recently moved to Barcelona. He too wanted to sight see and suggested we go to check out the Temple de la Sagrada Familia, a church designed by Gaudi which is still under construction and started in the early 1900s.

I headed back to my place by the beach after a long day and later that night I wandered out to find some food. I had no idea what to eat or what was available. The girl at the reception desk suggested a little pub that had great tapas. I found my way there and it was a little, little wee pub with trays of fried seafood and vegetables. The soccer game was on the place was packed. It was really cool. Not knowing any Spanish I just kinda took in the scene. At one point the girl behind the bar asked the guy behind me how to say something in english. I later found out he is an English teacher at various places and is originally from England. He's lived in Spain for 9 years and loves it. (Its so nice to be from another European country, you can just travel and live in any of the EU countries easily. Unlike us from the US. We need papers and all kinds of stuff.)

Anyway, this guy, Johnny English, (yes, really, that is his name) is playing in a jazz tomorrow night. So Im hoping to go check that out.

Thursday, I was signed up to go on the Gaudi tour. It is a walking tour that took me to the church again but not inside and to other places that Gaudi built. It was a very cool tour that ended at Park Guell, where he lived and the whole park has crazy mosaic and rock walkways and an amazing view of Barcelona.

On the way back I checked out Las Ramblas, (I think thats how you spell it). But it was late in the afternoon and many things are closed for siesta. Plus the sun is hidden behind the buildings keeping people from sitting at the outside tables because its just too cold.

I enjoyed the walk back to the beach and got some shots of cool looking buildings and stuff. I have yet to take a picture of the marina. I love being around the boats, even if its just too look at them.

That night I went out with two Englishmen and an fellow American and we hit an Irish pub called Ryan's and I had to get a shot of that. It was strange being in Spain in an Irish pub and mostly everyone spoke English. I guess you can speak as much English or Spanish as you like.

I hope to check out some of the museums and other sites tomorrow. I wonder what other adventures wait for me. Will let you know.

(Been trying to post images for 2 days now, but they just wont upload. The story would be so much better with the pics, sorry.)