The next day we woke up really early to do as much site seeing as we could. We walked to Casa Mila which was a building by Gaudi that we had learned about a bunch in class in America. We also found some other buildings by Gaudi on the way that we hadn't heard of before. They were both so much more amazing in person than from photos. I loved the aesthetic that was ocean-like and all the stone and iron work. It was amazing. We went up on the roof of the Casa Mila and it was sooooo cool. There were all these different chimneys and sculptures on the roof and you could see the Sagrada Familia from there which is where we headed next. It was also amazing weather because it was so warm out and sunny for once!
We walked over to the Sagrada Familia which is a huge cathedral designed by Gaudi but has already taken over 100 years to build. It is my favorite building by far in the world at this point. We waited in a really long line to see it and finally got inside the gates. The outside was incredibly sculpture with different biblical scenes and vegetation and animals. Inside the church was the amazing place I have ever been. It was all white stone sculpture with gigantic columns made to look like trees. The most beautiful part was all of the stained glass. It was much more beautiful than traditional stained glass. It was just pieces of different colors that glinted in the sun. I was mesmorized. We were able to find a short line to take an elevator up into one of the tall skinny domes. Once we were at the top we walked up winding stairs and across a bridge where we could see amazing views of Barcelona. It was really scary but also really thrilling and we got some awesome pictures.
We then had to climb back down tons of stairs to get to the bottom. Once we were down there we wanted to get to Gaudi's Parc Guell so we grabbed a map to figure out the bus route to get there. We found our way, and I was once again mesmorized by Gaudi. It was basically just a huge park with some houses in it that looked like little gingerbread houses. Then there was one really wide open part that was like a platform all lined with benches decorated with shards of porcelain. It was so beautiful and again really beachy which I loved. It turned out that the platform was held up by this really cool colonnade and we made our way throughout the park to see it. By the time we had explored the park we decided to head over to try to find the Barcelona Pavillion. One of the girls' feet were hurting so she headed back to the hostel.
We found our way to the Pavillion but it was closed because of some kind of convention and we were heartbroken. It was dark out by then and there was a really cool light show over a fountain so it made up for it a little bit, but not much. We were pretty bummed and just headed back to the hostel.
That night we went out to a fancy dinner. We were all pretty tired so we just stayed in that night. The next day we had to wake up to go to the airport. On the way there we got breakfast at Starbucks. It was the scariest moment of my life. There were two really creepy guys that were basically going to rob us had we not been warned. Two of the girls warned some other people and the guy spit on us and we grabbed our stuff and ran away. It was soooo scary but the good thing is we made it out okay. Thank goodness. We made it to the airport okay and back to Rome.
Well I am really exhausted so I'm gonna go. Dan gets here in a week, can't wait!!!!
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