I feel as though I’m only able to blog a third to a half of my experiences, hopefully I can fill in some of the gaps when I’m back in the States. Today we toured all of Gaudí’s works, starting with the huge Sagrada Familia. It’s this amazing church (not a cathedral) still under construction about 100 years after work was started on it. Those in charge of construction estimate that the project will be completed by around 2020. I truly cannot express how incredible the architecture is. Please do a google search and check it out for yourself. Gaudí’s other creations that we visited weren’t as impressive, but were still quite creative.
This evening we met up with Utes (amazingly we had the same schedule: Madrid, Sevilla, Barcelona) and traveled up to Montjuic, a hill that overlooks the city. The elevated area includes a national palace, a castle, gardens, and the “Magic Fountain,” which I described as the Epcot fountains on ‘roids, and put to music. Elf’s better digital camera was more able to capture the fluorescent colors of the light on the water: she´ll post her pics after her Italy trip and hopefully you’ll get a sense of the “magic” then.
Tonight we’re hitting the clubs of Las Ramblas again. Last night we successfully found a free club with decent music. Hopefully we’ll be able to repeat or improve upon that experience. Tomorrow, the Utes and us are off to Girona (ancient Roman city) and the Salvador Dali museum a few towns further west.