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Barcelona, the works of Gaudi What a night! Our convenient double air bed goes flat all the time and on the beach there is a group of youths having a party.
Barcelona
Elisabeth & Teije2004-03-06 16:52:44
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Wednesday 13 June, Barcelona, the works of Gaudi What a night! Our convenient double air bed goes flat all the time and on the beach there is a group of youths having a party. We don't mind people having fun but this troop has been very noisy. We can't find the repair set for the air bed so Teije goes to the camping shop where he has seen a double air bed, normally used for going into the sea. When he returns to the tent with it, Elisabeth just has found the repair set. Well, at least we have a backup bed now, in case it goes flat again.
Because of all the traffic we have seen around Barcelona yesterday, we decide to go there by bus. There is a bus stop right before the campsite and the bus brings us to the heart of the city. We buy a dayticket so we can travel unlimitedly with bus and metro. The most important thing we have come to Barcelona for, is the Sagrada Familia. When we get out of the metro station we don't see anything at first. But then we look back, over our shoulders...
With awe we look at this still unfinished masterpiece. We have seen it many times on television, but that cannot be compared with the experience of standing before it. Our admiration of Gaudi and what he has achieved only grows as we stand before this building. At that moment we decide to make a special citytrip to Barcelona someday, which we did in November later that year (we didn't know by then).
Much more pictures of the city can be found in that travelogue and we made a special information page on Barcelona. We also made a Gaudi-special since the monuments designed by this architect were the reason for us to visit Barcelona in the first place. 2002 is Gaudi-year in Barcelona. To read more on Barcelona, Gaudi and that travel account, click on Barcelona in the left menu.
After our visit to the Sagrada Familia and a long walk through the centre of the city (the Arc del Triomf to the left) we
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