Beautiful Barcelona- Photos to come

Hi Again,

The site is working beautifully this morning, so I have managed to upload all of the Mediterranian Spain photos on one Post. Read Suzi's last post for details and photos of our adventures.  Barcelona was so amazing that it will be a blog post by itself!!! The artwork and architecture is astounding and I can assure you that we all had aching legs and necks after a day pounding the sidewalks and looking up in awe.

Many of Barcelonas famous buildings are the result of an architect named Gaudi who did his work at the turn of the 20th Century. There is a fine line between art and architecture when you see what he has accomplished, and we can assure you that the photos don't do justice to how truelly wonderful they are. Some of his buildings charge up to 18 Euro to go through them, more than some of the art galleries we have visited.

His unfinished masterpiece the Sagrada Famalia cathedral is still under external construction today, however the interior is complete. The detail and design is astounding in its complexity and ingenuity. After visiting the museum under the church dedicated to Gaudi, you can appreciate even more his influences when creating his designs. He loved nature so much that the marble columns are designed to look like tree trunks splitting into branches, huge knots representing the scars where branches have been lopped. 

On the exterior there are of course inlaid sculptures of biblical reference, however palm fronds, lizards, snakes and turtles are some of the other inbuilt sculptures that make this church unique. On the spires there are not only crosses, but also mozaiced structures that represent seed pods on grass and fruit. It has survived the Spanish Civil war in the 30's with some damage, however is nearing completion now. I am sure that they will then go back to clean up the older time worn sections and repair damage so that the whole exterior is similar in colour.

Barcelona is definitely on our 'come back to without kids' list which continues to grow by the day.

All for now. Sorry about sounding like an art critic, but 'when the boot fits!'

The Wockies