Barcelona, Spain
41° 23' N 2° 11' E
Sep 26, 2004 10:55
Distance 683km

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Onto Bathelona er..at least that's how THEY say it

This city just ROCKS. The architecture is amazing...no one ever did it better than Gaudi. Casa Batilo (you'll see the pictures) is like out of some Jules Verne 20,000 leagues under the sea dream. The neighborhoods are just great to walk around and man can this city party! Note to all visitors...do NOT drink absinthe the night before you plan on going through La Sagrada Familia...Giant cathedral where you climb circle stairs all the way up and then all the way down... I didn't think I was going to be sick, I thought I was going to die with every step I took!

We rented a flat while we were there only 3 blocks from Las Ramblas which I highly recommend. The port at night is beautiful and it's like the city never goes to bed...except between 2pm - 6pm when most shops close up for siesta... Boy do I miss siesta time!

I will go back to Barcelona and want to stay for a whole month just there to really soak up some more of the flavor...and by flavor I mean women...and by women I mean a lot of them!

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Here you go Ed...this one's for Crispy Hey look it's Larry! Talia & I gettin our mean on SF burrito bar in Barcelona...not quite like home, but funny! Casa Batilo on right other Gaudi on left...more to follow on Casa Batilo Casa Batilo entryway Casa Batilo from out front Casa Batilo vase entryway Close up of the vase Casa Batilo stairway Top of Casa Batilo stair Mushroom fireplace room Casa Batilo Casa Batilo elevator door Elevator go up, Elevator go down Talia and I in huge stained glass window room. Me facing right, Tals facing left More stained glass in Casa Batilo Arched hallway - more to follow, this was so cool More arch hallway Final room on tour, the hologram is Gaudi himself...kinda corny, but kinda kewl Final room other side shot Cool arch shot in final room Casa Batilo back patio 1 Casa Batilo back patio 2 Casa Batilo back patio 3 Casa Batilo back patio looking up Casa Batilo back patio window in Casa Batilo back patio 4 Casa Batilo chandelier Door to giftshop...the most important place if you ask them! Door and window in Casa Batilo Hallway windows Lightwell - Top is lighter blue and bottom is darker cuz less light. Overall effect is that it all looks the same shade of blue...Weird but COOL More lightwell - it went through the center of the house Lightwell corner Okay conceptually quite cool, but is this too many photos? Last one of the lightwell, I swear Casa Batilo chimneys Casa Batilo roof 1 Casa Batilo roof 2 Casa Batilo roof 3 dragon spine Casa Batilo roof 4 Casa Batilo roof 5 spine and shadow Casa Batilo roof 6 cross Casa Batilo roof 7 big cross shot Casa Batilo roof 8 Casa Batilo roof view Casa Batilo swirl light -- see how all the shapes are nature inspired...awesome Top of Casa Batilo front Casa Batilo window to back patio Casa Batilo window frame Next shots are on our architecture walk...mostly Gaudi buildings Architecture walk 2 Architecture walk 3 - check the tile under these balconies Architecture walk 4 Architecture walk 5 Cool balconies on Gaudi bldg on our walk Door to a Gaudi bldg More architecture on our walk Yup windows...pretty neat huh Rounded corner windows on our walk...tres chic Pretty building...pretty pretty Big ass statue on west side of town near all the museums Some weird shit in the Metro Talia wanted a picture of La Farmacia...near our flat Gaudi Building Gaudi Building 2 Gaudi Building 3 Gaudi Building 4 Gaudi Building 5 Walking home from bars saw this...blurry, but so damn cool. There was a bat there, but I couldn't shoot fast enough Dali's painting of Gaudi's Sagrada Familia Here's the real Sagrada Familia...yup I went up this sumbitch Sagrada Familia front bottom Sagrada Familia front bottom 2 Sagrada Familia front bottom 3 Stained glass in Sagrada Familia Talia on da stairs Looking up from the stairs This is the bridge between the spires at the top...scary Inside the tower Looking up in the spire Scaffolding in Sagrada familia Side view of Sagrada Familia Top of spire on Sagrada Familia The spires from below More spire shots...these things were amazing Again with the spires...so impressive I got dizzy on the ground looking up at them I've run out of shit to say about these now get off your ass and go see them yourself This is the hand rail of the stairs in Sagrada Familia Top of a spire - cross on it View from up the spire View from up in the spire 2 View from up in the spire 3 View from up in the spire 4 View from up in the spire 5 View from up in the spire 6 View from up in the spire 7 View from up in the spire 8 View from up in the spire 9 View from up in the spire 10 View from up in the spire 11 View from up in the spire 12 View from up in the spire suppository looking thing A Gaudi building we couldn't get in...too many people too little time View from near museums...far to the right and away is Park Guell...I mean far Ed and Tals getting grub Me and Talia across the street Park Guell sign...entrance into a Gaudi designed park...we of course came in through the back and exited this way but whateva Another sign on one of the many gift shops View of front of Park Guell More to follow, see the lutist playing. Was tres cool A bench in Park Guell...tile work so sweet Long shot of the outer wall of the benches See how the wall looks like palm trees...Gaudi was so inspired by nature, just awesome Different view same story Ed on the famous entry stairs into the park Gift shop roof 2nd gift shop roof The 1st gift shop front We were calling the gift shops Gingerbread houses...what do you think? And here's why it looks like a Gingerbread house Famous stairs
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