EUROPE TRIP - BARCELONA 07


Barcelona - One of my Fav place so far. It is a really nice place full of art and culture. Best place that i have even been so far and it was really nice to just walk down by the street during the evenings especially during summer. What we did in barcelona was that we bought the 3 day past which was more cost savings and live in a hostel somewhere near the city. Picture tells a thousand words so.. am not gonna say much and just let you decide whether you would love to go there.

PIX: Me in the hostel cooking our maggie noodles before going out exploring the city.
Casa Batllo by Gaudi.
PIX: Am sorry i can't remember the name of the place but this is a place where u could take a stroll and see little stalls by the bridge selling sunglasses and some other small little items. It was raining heavily as you can see from the picture and we were stuck in a place and did not know how to get back to the hostel. Funny thing was that we met some guys from india working in Barcelona and one of them ran out to the middle of the road in the heavy rain and just dance. It was fun and that's the picture of that moment captured when i was laughing.
We were kinda lost and did not know which bus to take, in the end we just hop on any bus and drop at some bus stop where alot of people were alighting. Worst thing was, i was trying to run from the bus stop to the hotel nearby and fell.. a group of young chaps just turn around and laugh at me sad..but it was a really memorable day for me thou.
PIX: love the first picture cos it kind of reflects child like drawing and when i see that, it reminds me of children innocence. Massive big map of barcelona. Some tickets that we had bought for sight seeing.
PIX: FONT MAGICA or magic fountain as they call it. We wanted to watch the magic fountain but too bad they have "rest" day too and we did not manage to see any fountain show at all. In the end we just sit by the fountain and had a coffee. Do remember to check the time slots before going!
PIX: SAGRADA FAMILIA the unfinished church (started by Antoni gaudi) which took more than 40years and they are still building. This church is split into old architecture and new architecture. The pictures below is showing the new architecture.

PIX: Inside Sagrada familia. Check out the special pillars that are holding the church.
PIX: OLD architecture of Sagrada familia.
PIX: PARK GUELL by antonio gaudi. This was on our way up to park guell. It was abit of a climb but not to worry because on the way up, there are people selling drinks and It was WORTH the climb once you get to see the entire city.

PIX: Finally we had reach the main part of Park guell. the entire place was filled and made with multi- coloured tiled mosaic. People who love mosaic, will definitely love this place alot. Just like me.
The vibrant coloured tiles were just truly breathtaking and amazingly beautiful when put together. Some local guy playing guitar by the stairs and selling his cd. Me trying to be funny by climbing up and sitting on the stone. For those that watch america's next top model, YES this was the place where the models did their catwalk in the tunnel. Amazing isn't it?
PIX: Entrance to park guell. We saw a group of travellers taking their own picture from the ground so that they could capture their face as well as the beautiful artwork on the ceiling.. and so .. monkey see monkey do! The house look like a ginger bread house to me.. mmm yummy..

PIX: This is the place where Gaudi lives when he was building this park. We didn't went in cos you need tickets inorder get in and we were on a budget. So we enjoyed the place just by chilling outside the house it was good enough. Love the tree bark. Check out the fat cat taking a nap in the warm sun.
PIX: TIBIDABO. The highest mountain where you could go up via the blue tram. On top of it, you will get to see a church as well as a little children theme park. Amazing and an unforgettable thing was, i do not know why but every church that i visit in europe, i wanted to just go in and pray to GOD. When i went into this church, the priest was looking at me in a weird way when i wanted to go into the prayer room. He stopped and ask me not to go in to take photos since i look and was a tourist. But when i told him that i was only intending to pray, a smile broke out from his stern face and he was really happy to hear that and invited me to go ahead.
PIX: Inside of the church on top of TIBIDABO.
PIX: Children theme park on top of TIBIDABO.

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