Day 7

Our one full day in Barcelona! Rain, Hop on, Hop off bus; Sagrada Familia; Park Güell, Christmas lights, walking back to the hotel.

Cool!

We just walked in and we already loved it! Park Güell was originall conceived as a housing development. We would move there!
Pretty empty

You can see, it was not only cold but it was rainy. I think it helped us. The park was pretty empty. I've seen photos of the park…
Cool tile!

LOVED the tile!
Broken

Every bit of tile is broken and then put back together in a design. It looked like a ton of work!
Animals

There were lots of mosaic animals.
El Drac

The Dragon! He sits in-between the staircases at the entrance.
Columns

This space seemed kind of awkward with all the columns. The important part was what it held up. The mosaics on the ceiling were pr…
Ceiling closeup

Very pretty!
Cool gate!

You can see the natural theme. In the middle of the circles are big leaves.
More animals!
Seating

This is the outer edge of the upper tier seating. The mosaics are beautiful. I love the animal heads too!
Walkway

Very cool walkway. It reminded me of a wave.
Outside of the wave

The outside of the "wave walkway." It kinda has double columns. One is made to look like a lady. Pretty cool!
Roof terrace

The roof terrace is used for parties.
Terrace seating

The shape of the roof bench allows people to have private conversations, even when the benches are full of people. The bumps on th…
Blurry selfie

It was the only selfie we took. It focused on the building behind us.
View

The view from the terrace seats. The righ-hand building was undergoing renovations.
Short line

The line was much shorter now but the park was about to close. We still had a few things to see. We weren't going to get in.
More seating
Garden

Pretty flowers and they were blooming even in the cold!