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Barcelona in one day travel period

And Barcelona is gone.
E 'was loooong harder than going to Venice, but it was worth the penalty.
€ 18 aircraft, 1, 30 flight.
of € 21 bus, 70 min travel (90-120 € if I took a taxi or € 100 if I took the rental car, and petrol is cheap there)

Bella. Really
and looking cheerful and festive.
At 9.30 I was in Barcelona (North Station, near the Arc de Triomphe).
We had a nice ride, a really nice tour (see here ).

First, since we were close, we passed under the arch of triumph.
Auffe, none of that, and it's not clear to what were "winning" a monument with no history and no past.

Then we went walking around the Passeig de Gracia, the street of the Eixample, where the architects are satisfied to give vent to their genius.
Here, walking, meet beautiful palaces and the famous Casa Mila and Casa Battlo.

The first was built by Gaudi for The famous "inventors" of the Chupa Chups (whose logo was designed by Dali: it was good, kind).
's beautiful, it seems alive, and the colors and the "chips" They want to remember the dragon slain by St. George.

The second, also known as La Pedrera (the stone), is a fantastic example of how Gaudi hated every line ("I do not exist in nature" used to say).
's beautiful and sinuous, with rails Intricately shaped wrought iron. Top
, the chimneys appear to be strange heads, persons, being told that they have inspired the inventors of the masks of "bad" Star Wars.
It seems that the lack of straight lines is also a prerogative of the interior. As a condominium, the houses had to meet the needs of "practices" of everyday life.
So a lady told Gaudi: "And I'm where I put the piano? There is not a straight wall." So Gaudi, haughtily replies, "Madam, I think you should learn to play the flute."

Between the two buildings, one to mangiatina Cerveceria Catalana, a sandwich Jabugo that although expensive (it costs about 100 euro per kilo) was really fantastic.


Then again walk to the Sagrada Familia, Gaudi's dream or nightmare of the same.
Gaudi died hit by a tram, probably absorbed in thoughts about precisely what was to be his most important work. La Sagrada Familia
was paid for by a conservative group that wanted to be a center of atonement for the sins of the whole city. That bigoted
Gaudi felt so invested in a task "divine" who was obsessed with, so that, when costs became unsustainable and the client group cut funding, Gaudi pay from their own pockets or went around asking everyone.
The whole complex is a hymn to God (and Gaudi was called the 'architect of God ") and the needles are lavoratissima, who said," Why waste time with things that men do not see? " he said, seraphic "will see the angels."
A facade is completely dedicated to the Passion of Christ, the last days of his life and crucifixion.
There is also a "magic square" where the sums of all digits is 33, the year of Christ.
not been created by Gaudi, but by another sculptor who has imposed his style, square, angular, so different from the meandering style of Gaudi.
This style has been criticized: I personally love it.
Inside are advancing the work, and the part under construction is the "forest", a complex maze of columns that should give you an idea of \u200b\u200bthe forest, in fact, also for the way the light filters inside. Unfortunately
in line to climb the spire was far too long (2 hours!) And we had to give up.
council to pass immediately to the Sagrada Familia, in the early morning, if you want to go without waiting for hours.

Outside the Sagrada Familia we went down to the sea, we stopped at the Park of the Citadel to rest and eat a sandwich with Jamon.
Unfortunately, while we flood, drought, there was in Barcelona and then to save water, Cascada (a large fountain, this in the park) was closed.
Going down the route of Picasso (which is an unlikely monument-fountain, a transparent cube with the furniture stuck inside one another), we arrived on the streets of Barceloneta, overlooking the harbor full of boats.

beer, rest, and we went to the Rambla.
Map ago I reported seeing a strange turn ... in fact there is a bridge from the plaza directly in front of the Maremagnum of Christopher Columbus, with a moveable bridge (turn on itself when it needs to pass the boats).
Unfortunately, Google Maps is made for travel by car and on foot. Which, especially in the case of Barcelona, \u200b\u200bis a problem: the city is based on streets intersecting each other, one in one hand and one in another ... in all one-way streets, which cross each other with 5 meters one-way streets, in crosses at 90 degrees ... a nightmare for motorists, almost a cross every 5 seconds, you can not find parking, you have to do everything around the block!

Well, I said ... Beer, rest, and we went to the Rambla.
was about 16, and now the people were everywhere. The Rambla was overflowing with people shopping, street artists to do shows, and thieves to steal.
We saw people in tears by the police, deprived of all the money and documents. Mamma mia.

Going to the Rambla, we stopped at Cathedral really nice, the Gothic Quarter fantastic.

By now it was time to return.
a little before we walked to the bus station, and thank goodness, because there really was a panic and we have not been afraid to get into.

Ok, fine, but really nice.