My Trip to Barcelona: Part 1

This past weekend I went to Barcelona with Taylor, Meghan, Cadence and it was an incredible trip! It was only 2 days long, but we managed to fit in plenty during that time. In fact, I think we slept less than 10 hours during a period of 36 hours! The first thing on our agenda was to visit the park guell, a natural park designed by Antoni Gaudí that overlooks Barcelona.

These are some pictures of our journey to the park. Funnily enough, the map showed the park guell as being really close to a metro stop, however, as we later realized, it was actually very far UP and so it took us quite a while to reach the park. It was a beautiful walk on the way, however.

A beautiful church in the distance

Duke, isn't this cool. On a wall that looked like a giant rock, some people had installed climbing holds!

A beautiful house on the way to the park

Barcelona is actually a lot more green than you might expect!

The view from the park guell

The entrance to the park guell

Nearby where we ate our picnic (Antoni Gaudi's garden)

Antoni Gaudi designed this park with a mosaic snake that surrounded one large plaza, which was supported by large columns (see below).

The snake functions as a long winding bench in the park

Notice how Gaudi designed some of the columns to be slanted!

The photos below are of the famous "Las Ramblas", a long touristy street where there are all kinds of merchants and street art.

A human statue

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This was my favorite aspect of our trip-the Sangrada Familia. It is the most inspiring, beautiful church I have ever been in. Gaudi designed it as well.

It is still under construction today

Carved into the facade of the Sangrada Familia

One of the most incredible parts of being inside the Sangrada Familia is how as you look from right to left, the entire church (with its immensely tall ceilings and complicated columns) changes from a light, clear tones to saturated oranges, purples and blues.

Inside of the Sangrada Familia

looking up at the ceiling

Something really cool about the stained glass is that it is actually designed to make it look like the light is pouring in, because in an abstract design, the center of the stained glass is actually clear.

The columns are of a different color, creating a beautiful gradient.

Carved into the facade of the back of the Sangrada Familia. I like how the sword looks like an octopus

The church is carved so that it appears a bit like a termite mound