When I got off the high speed train from Sevilla I had a couple visitors waiting for me in Barcelona! We had a wonderful week in the city, always on the go, that included exploring all of the major sites, a fútbol game (we just beat Real Madrid by the way, go Barca!), eating at wonderful restaurants, and taking a day trip to beautiful Montserrat. It was extremely nice to be in their company for a week and I am looking forward to returning home in a little over a month!
Park Güell!
Sitting on the benches in Antoni Gaudi's Park Güell. At the top of the post is a photo with his famous trencadis lizard. Trencadis is a technique used by Gaudi in which he broke bottles, plates, and other ceramics and put them back together in different patterns and designs, similar to mosaic. This technique is seen all over his works.
FC Barcelona match at Camp Nou!
Montserrat
Located an hour outside of Barcelona, Montserrat is home to a 15 century monastery and hermitage located a top beautiful mountains and surrounded by gorgeous scenery. We enjoyed visiting the basilica, which houses the black virgin (a statue believed to have been carved by St. Peter found in the caves below the monestary), exploring the monastery, and hiking on top of the mountains with phenomenal views. One of the world's most famous and renowned boy's choir, the Escolania, sings two songs, including Salve Regina, in the basilica every day at one o'clock p.m. Unfortunately we decided to visit on one of their few off days but we decided that this is just another reason to come back and visit!
In the Basilica
One of many very narrow cliff-side paths
Raquel came with us too!
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