Back to Barcelona

Susie and I spent the next few days in Barcelona in the familiar surroundings of Wayne´s apartment. It was so nice to be back with friends in a comfortable setting where we felt relaxed (and there wasn´t drunk German tourist yelling outside our windows at all hours of the night).

Rather than spend the days running all over Barcelona trying to fit all the sights in, I decided to show Susie mainly Gaudi´s sights of interest. I have been to Barcelona on 3 previous occasions, but I never tire of seeing his works. I was also interested to see how much more work had been done to La Sagrada Familia.



So the first afternoon we took in some of Gaudi´s buildings in the city before heading to Park Guell to watch the sunset over Barcelona.




That night we headed out for dinner and drinks with Wayne, Pepe, Valerie and a few other of Wayne´s friends. Susie and I were tired from a day of sight seeing and things quickly got quite silly. We started putting our drinks change down Susie´s top for laughs and she would entertain us with each round....



For our last day we spent it wandering along Las Ramblas, taking in the sights and sounds of the markets.There is a fountain at the start of Las Ramblas, that as tradition has it, if you drink from it you will be sure to return to Barcelona. It´s worked twice before....



Then finally we took in La Sagrada Familia. It has been two years since i was last here in Barcelona and I could see that more work had been completed on the roof inside. However you are no longer allowed to climb the turrets as we were previously allowed. They have been closed to the public for the past 18 months. The only parts that are accessible are the main chapel and the surrounding area outside. It´s a shame that I couldn't´t show Susie the view from atop, but the Church is still breathtaking from whichever angle you are able to view it. It will not be finished until at least 2020.