March 30: Well, my friend Joy, her friend Natasha, and I didn't re
ally have any specific plans for the day, so we thought we would just wander and see what we found. We walked around La Rambla for a while, the Barri Gottica (Gothic Quarter), and finally decided that we needed to pick something to see. Why not start with Gaudi's houses? Sidenote: That's Gaudi in the portrait. I'm pretty sure he designed half of Barcelona. His buildings are amazing though, so I'm okay with it.From the houses, we walked to la Sagrada Familia. It's this amazing church that was designed and st
arted by Gaudi in 1882, and is still nowhere near finished. His quote to explain the time is that "my client is not in a hurry". By design, it can't be funded by the government at 
all. Gaudi said that if it wasn't built by donations and sacrifices of the people, it would defeat the purpose of a place of worship for the people. To give you an idea of how much still has to be done, there are supposed to be 18 towers in all. They get taller in importance representing the 12 apostles, 4 evangelists, Mary, and Jesus. The tallest will be 170 meters, which is one meter less than the natural highest point in Barcelona because he felt that "his work should not surpass the works of God". This guy was interesting. Anywho, we paid the 2 euros to take the elevator to the top of one of the towers, and fully enjoyed the view of the city.
arted by Gaudi in 1882, and is still nowhere near finished. His quote to explain the time is that "my client is not in a hurry". By design, it can't be funded by the government at 
all. Gaudi said that if it wasn't built by donations and sacrifices of the people, it would defeat the purpose of a place of worship for the people. To give you an idea of how much still has to be done, there are supposed to be 18 towers in all. They get taller in importance representing the 12 apostles, 4 evangelists, Mary, and Jesus. The tallest will be 170 meters, which is one meter less than the natural highest point in Barcelona because he felt that "his work should not surpass the works of God". This guy was interesting. Anywho, we paid the 2 euros to take the elevator to the top of one of the towers, and fully enjoyed the view of the city.W
hen we left, we met another friend who was studying in Barcelona. Collin took us up to Tibidabo. It's like a mountain with a themepark and sup
posedly the ugliest church in barcelona on top. I'll just say they have some high standards, because it was still beautiful. We heard some music, and wandered through the parcs up there until we found it. It was some goofy guys in like a boxcar, dancing and playing live. Oh, and if I thought the view from la Sagrada Familia was amazing, this put it to shame. You could see Barcelona AND the next two cities over from up there(right and below).
hen we left, we met another friend who was studying in Barcelona. Collin took us up to Tibidabo. It's like a mountain with a themepark and sup
posedly the ugliest church in barcelona on top. I'll just say they have some high standards, because it was still beautiful. We heard some music, and wandered through the parcs up there until we found it. It was some goofy guys in like a boxcar, dancing and playing live. Oh, and if I thought the view from la Sagrada Familia was amazing, this put it to shame. You could see Barcelona AND the next two cities over from up there(right and below).Well, it w
as starting to get cold, so we decided to search out a place for dinner.
This was going to be our night to splurge, but we ended up only spending 15 euro. Now, I know that's still quite a bit, but we were eating at a place right off the beach, and we got our Sangria, water, bread, fried mini fish (first course), Paella (second course), and Creme Catalana for dessert. Seriously, I could barely move, but it was so good. Oh yes, and I do enjoy acting like a 5 year old. Those guys in the picture were a couple of the shrimp in our Paella.
as starting to get cold, so we decided to search out a place for dinner.
This was going to be our night to splurge, but we ended up only spending 15 euro. Now, I know that's still quite a bit, but we were eating at a place right off the beach, and we got our Sangria, water, bread, fried mini fish (first course), Paella (second course), and Creme Catalana for dessert. Seriously, I could barely move, but it was so good. Oh yes, and I do enjoy acting like a 5 year old. Those guys in the picture were a couple of the shrimp in our Paella.From there, we wandered along the beach and stopped at this really nice bar. It was cute with a good atmosphere, but with the equivalent of 15 dollar rum and cokes, I was glad I was so full I couldn't even drink water. We accidentally missed the last metro home (by about 30 seconds) and ended up taking a taxi back to the hostel.
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