Sept 29 & 30- More Barcelona Architecture
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| We had a yummy breakfast with our hosts before they went to work. |
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| I went for a walk and happened upon a fun parade through the streets. |
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| It was some kind of holiday - they were playing drums and fifes. |
Off to explore some more of the city.
We found the coolest, craziest, most amazing sculptures on the wall of this great building, next to Gaudi's famous Casa Batllo.
I just had to take photos of several of them. ENJOY!
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| This guy was not so happy - he reminds me a bit of Gollum! |
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| mmm...wonder what he's thinking? |
This one is pretty scary!
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| Casa Batllo - another amazing structure by Antonio Gaudi |
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| Another view of the Gaudi structure...so colorful and unique! |
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| So many people were there to go inside this beautiful edifice. |
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| Posing in front of the gardens and waterfall. |
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| I loved the wall paper type of paintings on the outside of the buildings. |
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| This would have been a fun car to rent. |
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| ...or the popular Smart Car - we saw several of these in Europe |
Casa Fuster is a Modernist building in the centre of Barcelona. It was designed by Montaner
between 1908 and 1910. When working on the project, Domènech i Montaner
employed many of its characteristic stylistic elements: the base of
robust red stone columns and floral ornamentation.
We walked down La Rambla probably 10 times while we were in Barcelona....so very interesting. See Post 191 for all the life street performer pictures.
The course of La Rambla was originally a sewage
-filled stream-bed, usually dry but an important drain for the heavy rainwater flowing from the Collserola
hills during spring and autumn. It separated the walled city on its
north-east bank from the settlements of El Raval ("the suburb") on its
south-west.
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| In 1703, the first of the trees lining La Rambla were planted |
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I got a tasty sandwich - Vegetal Baguette - YUM!!
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| Santa Maria del Mar |
The first mention of a church of Santa Maria by the sea dates from 998. It was built between 1329 and 1383 at the height of Catalonia's maritime and mercantile existence. It is an outstanding example of Catalan Gothic, with a purity and unity of style that is very unusual in large medieval buildings.
Even though fires and earthquakes damaged many areas of the church, it has managed to survive. The church has a serious claim to have the slenderest columns in the world.
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| Wandering through Barcelona to see what we can see! |
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| A Bull dancing! |
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| What is this building? |
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| Now this is a BIG elephant!! |
We went to a FREE Sunday night symphony concert in L'Auditori. We had to stand in a long line, but it was worth it. Spanish music and some classics by Verdi and Wagner since it is 100 years since their birth.
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| A great concert hall |
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| The music was outstanding |
The glittering monumental
Agbar Tower is the ultimate expression of the
modern soul of Barcelona. The characteristic bullet-like shape of the
building symbolizes the progressive spirit and optimism about the future
which permeates the Catalonian capital.
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| The Bullet is beautiful lit up at night. |
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| Barcelona at night |
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| Thank you Rich for putting up my shelves...yeah! |
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| Now Patricia can decorate them and has a place for her books. |
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| We made Funeral Potatoes for our hosts - they loved it! |
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