Friday, February 03, 2006
Barcelona - boats, bikes and buildings!
Had to think about the title for this one. Pat's first suggestions was 4731 Vespas, 4732 Vespas, 4733..... The place is full of them - for very good reason. Much of the city is made up of tiny narrow cobbled streets, and parking is a total nightmare.
We loved Barcelona! We walked all over the city for two full days. One of the places we visited was the port - it is the second largest shipping port in the world, the largest in the Mediterranean, and the largest cruise port. The vies from the Hill of Montjieu was mind-boggling - thousands upon thousands of shipping containers. Pat admired the multimillion dollar private yachts of course.
And then there were all those funny buildings! Gaudi really put his stamp on this place, and we really enjoyed searching out his buildings and admiring their interesting shapes. We were all the more impressed when we went to the Gaudi museum, and learnt how the architecture really made sense from an air, space and light perspective.
We got a bit culchured and went to the National Museum of Art and also the Picasso museum, we enjoyed a paella dinner, and on the second night we went on a bit of a tapas and beer crawl which was also fun. Our hotel was not as centrally located as others, and that just meant that we walked even more. We went to the Olympic site and the football stadium (next visit we will definitely make sure there is a footy game on to go to see).
Basically our two days were extremely packed, and on foot except for one metro journey. It was even a treat to put our feet up for the short flight to.....ROMA!
