Spain 1, May 25 - 27 |
Barcelona |
May 25 - Barcelona - Antoni Gaudi's Casa Battlo |
 Temple de La Sagrada Familia - a portion of the Passion Façade including a numerical puzzle in which the sum of the four numbers added in any direction in a 4X4 box is 33 - Christ's age at death. |
 Temple still under construction after over 100 years |
Continuous lines and hyperbolic styling |
 Gaudi's Nativity Façade on the North wall of the Temple |
View of 2 of the temple's spires as we climb another spire. |
 Spires with city beyond |
Looking down into the incomplete Temple |
Colourful spires |
Barcelona from the top of the Temple |
Colourful and organic design abounds in Gaudi's work |
Barcelona from the highest point of Gaudi's Utopia, the Park Güell |
Nathan and Jennifer on the longest park bench in the world (Still in Park Güell) |
Back side of bench overhanging a cool gathering spot |
Jen poses with Gaudi's dragon, which holds the record for the most heavily merchandised object we encountered |
May 26 - Chimney toppers at Gaudi's Palau Güell - he was only allowed to indulge his usual style in areas that the owners wouldn't see |
The best busker we saw on our trip - Kermit marionette plays the piano (his fingers actually move the keys) while various piano concertos play in the background |
Rambla del Mer - a huge public area built over the bay, filled with shops, benches, and Europe's largest aquarium |
Downtown, please |
View down Universitat from our hotel balcony; Place Catalunya on right |
May 27 - La Ramblas, Barcelona's big pedestrian strip, full of such wonders as collapsible pet-store kiosks! |
Not like Virgil's post office! |
Palm trees at the marina |
Penguins! |
Please don't touch the rays... |
Please don't touch the rays... |
Here sharky sharky sharky... |
The underwater tunnel was the highlight of the aquarium |
View from the top of Montjuic |
View from the top of Montjuic |
Jen with Maria Lorenzo, friendly innkeeper (Hostal Australia, now retired) and former honourary mayor of Baton-Rouge |