janie_tangerine | Barcelona pictures!

Phew, I really am too lazy. It took me two days to decide to upload the pictures and stuff but here I am ;) Not dial-up friendly.

First Day (April 28th, not counting the 27 since we got there late at night and didn't see a thing)

Where yours truly had a nice general look around the city and actually went for the very first places where everyone goes. Aka the Cathedral (which was actually under [ ] so we could only see the inside) the Sagrada Familia and one of the houses Gaudì built, Casa Batlló. And I've got pics of everything.

The Cathedral (only the inside and a part of the [ ] because on the outside it was just a big advertisement):

While these were a square near there and a couple of roads in the gothic side, just behind the cathedral.

The Sagrada Familia:

Back entrance:

Casa Batlló (day and night view, too!):

Outside:

View on the dining room:

The road from the dining room:

The inside [ ] where the lift is:

The terrace and the roof:

Night view:

Actually there was a sort of party up there where everyone's face was covered in white make-up, that night. It was somewhat scary. But I loved that house.

Second day (April 29th): this was actually half devoted to the History of Catalan Art museum where I couldn't take pictures and so I don't have many, but I've got a couple of the museum itself and of the view you could see from it. The museum was awesome, especially the Romanic and Gothic parts. Though it was more tiring than actually be around the city for one day.

Then we went around in the center along the Rambla and these are some random pictures. thankfully the weather has been great for the whole four days we were there.

And this is another Gaudì house (which wasn't visitable so we didn't go in but saw it from the outside anyway);

Day three (April 30th): where yours truly actually did a very shallow thing. My parents went to see the Picasso museum but it happens that it's one of the few artists I kind of don't like. *takes rotten tomatoes* Which actually resulted in me spending the morning buying records in a backroad which had a record shop every two doors. And I got myself Steve Earle, some Bon Jovi bootleg, Pete Seeger and some other stuff at a ridiculous price. But I took some pictures also of the road where the museum was since then I met with my parents there and we went to the third Gaudì house, Casa Milà or La Pedrera.

The roof:

Day four (May 1st): where we went to the Gaudì park and the Tibidabo hill before leaving in the late afternoon. Park first (which I definitely loved) and hill secondly (where since I'm not too fond of amusement parks the best thing was the view, definitely):

The park:

The view from the hill:

Plus, some random shots taken on some days that I don't remember/fun stuff:

The monument for Cristoforo Colombo (well, he was Italian, I'm Italian, I call him in Italian ;) )

The only book distribution machine I ever saw in my whole life. It was in the metro and the books were mostly rubbish but still ;)

zelda_zee, if you're reading this you'll probably have a good laugh. I personally had one, and very long and good and refreshing.

^ I kind of cracked up at that.

And that'd be pretty much all. Apart from pictures, the weather was great, the food was delicious and my feet still hurt but it was totally worth it. I had a great time and I definitely love Spain *sighs*. Next round I'm going to Madrid though ;)

Oh, and best thing of all? The coffee is good. Really good. And I'm sort of shocked because usually when I go outside Italy is generally long and less strong than it's here, but Spanish coffee is delicious. Absolutely approved! Argh, can I go back?

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: last chance train - bon jovi

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Barcelona looks gorgeous, got to go there sometime! Looks like you had a really great time. Was that your first time there?

The Sagrada Familia is beautiful, I love that building.

I love book vending machines, but the coolest one I ever saw was an iPod vending machine.

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