Ok so, Barcelona is cooler than Freddie Jackson sippin’ a snow cone in a snow storm. First off, in terms of architecture, I didn’t think it was possible to trump pretty much EVERYTHING we’ve already seen. But what I didn’t realize was that Barcelona is basically the center of revolutionary building for the last 150 years. Now I know that writing this may not seem that interesting to you, but guys, I’m talkin’ every single building has a complex and artistic design! One of the reasons for the uniqueness of the buildings was the fact that Spain was conquered by the Muslim world for over 700 years! So there are many old buildings that have some Muslim influence (aka mosaic tile and detailed patterns). Then in the late 1800’s Gaudi comes along, who is this crazy genius. He made everything look like you’re in an imaginary land far, far away. Man I wish all you guys could see this.
Yesterday we went to the beach and got caught in a torrential downpour. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky one minute, then the next thing we knew there was thunder and lightning all around and rivers of water running through the streets. We came back to our little room we’re renting, changed and ate tapas at a local restaurant. Our waiter didn’t know any English so he communicated by singing American songs to us like, “I want it all” by Queen, “Welcome to the Jungle” and “Dust in the Wind”! He had no clue what he was saying but he had us cracking up.
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Today we walked A LOT. First we went and saw the Sangrada Familia which cannot be described by me. We’ll post some pics but they will not do it justice in any way. Then we went to a castle on the top of Montjuic, literally translated, Jew Mountain (aka Rachel mountain). There was ivy ALL over the castle and we took LOTS of pictures of it…for Jessica;) Anyway, we’ll check back later. As always, love you guys.
Wow look at that ivy! It's a visual feast! Some of those buildings look like they should be located in an underwater city or a movie set about an underwater city. I can't believe you discovered Atlantis!
ReplyDeleteThose buildings are insane. I can probably appreciate them more than the common lay-person seeing that I am a bonified Spainiard and all. The picture of Bret doing his laundry on the beach behind you guys is pretty cool too.
ReplyDeleteWow I can't believe how beautiful and different the buildings are. I wish I was there with you. Boo hoo for me, right.It's hard coming back to the doom and gloom after being in the sun. We did have a great day on wednesday. Spain looks great! Jared you need to smile more like your having fun. I know it's hard smiling while waving your hand around. Try a little harder.Only one more week. Love you.
ReplyDeleteThat picture of the tram reminds me of how superior a city Portland is to Barcelona. The tram in Portland could fit like 20 Barcelona trams inside of it! Maybe it's true that Barcelona is the architectural capitol of the world but they say it's also true that Portland is the strip-club capitol of the world. Something to be proud of.
ReplyDeleteWow Heather. Seriously??? All they do is go into one tapas bar, and you go into this rant about strip clubs? They probably thought it was a totally normal restaurant, and no idea it was, "that kind", of establishment. Im sure it was an innocent mistake, and they will never do it again.
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