Last day in Barcelona

We have done a lot in our time here in Barcelona! We went on a bike tour on the first day that showed us the famous parts of the city. This also gave us a nice base for understanding where things are and allowed us to not get lost too often.




People were protesting in one of the main squares in the city. There were hundreds of people camping out and sleeping in the tents! Our guide said that there is so much wrong with the political and economic state of the country that the people are basically just protesting against everything at once. The protesters destroyed the center. Matt and Taylor suggested trying to spend the night with them. Haha




During the bike tour we saw a lot of cool things, but my favorite was Sagrada Familia. This picture does not show it's true beauty, but it was fascinating. It was designed by Gaudi and started construction in the 1800s. They stopped construction because of his sudden death, but began again in the early 1980s. They have been working on it since then and have plans to keep building until 2040! It is very intricate and the outside of the church tells the story of Christ. The church now shows his birth and crucifixion. They have yet to build the scene of the resurrection. I can only imagine how beautiful they are going to make this scene look! I really want to see it if they ever finish.




We saw a lot of other cool building designed by Gaudi in the gothic district too.

Since there were no futbol, games we could attend during our stay, we decided to take a tour of the stadium. My favorite part was walking from the locker room on to the field. The same place that Lionel Messi walks every game!!





The food has been good, but expensive. Tay and I are going to try and figure out a cheaper way to eat. This is a picture of some mini cheeseburgers I got. When the Spanish say mini, they mean mini! Haha. Definitely got a good laugh out of these little guys.




There were many other funny stories, bit I'm just going to share one more. I got yelled at pretty bad when we were at park Guell, which was beautiful. There were probably about 30 people taking pictures of this lizard thing right when you walk in to the park and Matt looks at me and says, "hey, you should go sit on that so I can take a picture." Of course I did it, and once I got on top of it this guard started blowing his whistle like crazy and yelling at me in Spanish. I had no idea what he was saying so I just kind of shrugged my shoulders and said lo siento. Matt told me he said, "how would you like it if I came to your town in Italy and say on your monument?" So, at least I didn't bring shame to the U.S.! Haha

We are washing our clothes right now and then heading to the beach to relax. We are leaving for Madrid tonight in an overnight train. We weren't able to get a sleeper car :( But it'll be fun still!

Location:Carrer de l'Hospital,Barcelona,Spain