More Gaudi

The Sagrata Familia is one of the most beautiful churches I have ever been to. Another building I have never seen anything like before. The building is only 60% finished, however still attracts visitors who are willing to stand in an hour-long queue to get in. (We ordered our tickets online and got to skip the queue! Always a good idea to check if this is possible because we’ve skipped a few extremely long queues with this trick!). The pillars on the inside of the church are built to look like trees, giving visitors the feeling that they are in the forest. The use of huge stain glass windows lets in quite a bit natural light, another thing Gaudi is always trying to do.

That day was so beautiful we decided to head to the beach! On our way there we found the pier, so we never actually made it to the beach because we laid on the pier in the sun so long.

Then we got some sangria (because you can’t go to Spain and not try Spanish Sangria!) and a snack before heading back to our hostel for dinner. The dinner was amazing every night. The hostel was so homey and the people were so great.

On our third day in Barcelona we decided to stray away from the hustle and bustle of the city. We headed towards the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya where we got yet another beautiful view of the city. The building and cascading waterfalls surrounding it were just gorgeous.

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya 

We then climbed a bit higher to the Montjuïc castle on an even taller hill than the park were we could see the city on one side and the coast on the other.

We met many people at our hostel in Barcelona and got the chance to chat with them during dinner. A couple of guys had been travelling for months! It is exciting and fun to travel around Europe like we have, but I can’t quite imagine living out of my backpack for that long. The longest I've traveled Europe so far is two and a half weeks and we are going to embark on a month long trip soon, but I'm sure I will be ready to be back after that trip. 

Barcelona was beautiful and warm and the full of palm trees. We happened to be there around the time my family made their annual trip to Sanibel Island, Florida, so seeing the palm trees and being in such sunny weather made it much easier to be missing that trip. Barcelona was one of my favourite cities that I have visited thus far I'd have to say. 

Have a wonderfully marvelous day, salud! ~Laura