We finally got settled in to Barcelona around 5-6pm on the 30th and we were missing about half of our travelers who were arriving later that day and the next so we decided to just walk around Barcelona. We walked up La Rambla which is kind of the main tourist street and it was just about what you would expect. So we made our way to Parc Monjüic, which is basically I giant park that has a zoo, art museum, greenery and some well-placed outdoor escalators. We just hung out near the museum since it was kind of late already. There was a really good guitar player. Anyways here is the view of Barcelona:
The next day we did the Picasso art Museum which was really cool. We got to see Picasso's take on Velasquez' Las Meninas which was really cool. After that we did a bike tour through the city which was extremely fun. We went down by the beach, the Olympic Park, the bull ring, Sagrada Familia and then a couple of the parks in Barcelona. We stopped for a drink and some tapas along the way which were nowhere near as good as Granada's, plus we actually had to pay for the food. In Granada you grow accustomed to not having to do so.
So the next day I went to the houses designed by Antoni Gaudí. I would equate him to the Spanish version of Frank Lloyd Wright, but more modern despite being around at about the same time. Those were nice and all, but you had to pay to go in so I just went to Gaudí's park, Parc Guell. Parc Guell is really just amazing. In particular I loved the viaducts in the park, but really just look:
In the end Barcelona: fun city, $$ food, cool parks, and a definite sense of a city that has been overrun by tourism, but I did thoroughly enjoy my time there.
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