Beautiful Barcelona

Oh Wow, what a city. We had a wonderful two days in Barcelona. The first day was spent doing the proper tourist thing. The unfinished Gaudi Cathedral is just incredible. It has two completely different facades at the front and back. One to celebrate Christ's birth and the other to remember his death. How he had such a vision is completely beyond me! The inside still leaves a bit to be desired but we will return one day to see it finished.


This is a photo of Horace in the mouth of a tortoise who is holding up the Cathedral!!!!


The musical fountains were spectacular - thank you so much for the recommendation Angela (from work!) I just loved them. There were loads of people watching them and a really lovely atmosphere. We stayed for ages. The fountains perform every half hour with music and as the evenig goes on they are lit as well. Such a beautiful location.
Other highlights on the second day included people watching. We saw an amazing drumming group who made a huge noise and danced around a lot with great energy. Also we took a walk to the city cemetry, this is a huge a beautiful place with family graves piled 7 high in places. Not everyone's idea of tourist attraction but the kind of place I always find interesting.