After an afternoon of personal admin (washing, internet etc) folowing our bus and train from Morella (combined 6 hour journey), we hit the ground running nice and early Wednesday morning. We wound our way through Barcelona´s gothic quarter, the Barri Gotic, down winding alleys and past cool plaza´s to the Cathedral with its cloisters and rooftop (thankfully reached by lift). Around the corner to the City History Museum, built on top of remains of the Roman town that sat at that spot 2000 years ago. More plaza hopping to the fresh food market for a little lunch, a quick looksie at one of Gaudi´s mental houses, before a long walk all the way down Barcelona´s main street, La Rumbla. But we still had time for a few hours on the beach (via the harbour at the bottom of La Rumbla) and some late night tapas.
When it came to churches, we thought we´d seen them all. The sheer size of St Peter´s in Rome, the packed out Westminster Abbey in London, but the Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia (unfinished after nearly 150 years) is a whole new chapter. While its architect, Gaudi, is clearly mad, even madder must be the person that let this luney tune loose with the city's finances. The church is like nothing else we have seen, and well worth the visit.
More Gaudi in the afternoon with a trip to Park Guell, Gaudi´s attempt at landscape gardening, before more wandering of Bacelona´s streets.
And just like that, our month in Spain was at an end. We've had an amazing time, and so to top it off we had another night of tapas, sangria and vino, a meal we will certainly miss.
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