Just NB

On our last full day in Barcelona, we visited la Sagrada Família, a world famous basilica, designed by Antonio Gaudi (Google him, he’s a pretty interesting dude) ! The pictures I’ve taken cannot truly capture how incredible this basilica was. We took an audio tour and it was well worth it. There is so much history involved, I can barely keep track of it all so most of what's written has had to be researched... I just couldn't remember it all. If you’re bored with the facts…well….skip this post, or just look at the pretty pictures, I won’t be offended, I swear. If you haven’t figured it out already, I’m not much of a history buff nor do I enjoy going to the typical touristy kind of stuff….but this place BLEW my mind away. The construction of Sagrada Familia had began in 1882, but Gaudi took over in 1883, transforming the project with his architectural and engineering style — combining Gothic and curvilinear, Art Nouveau forms with ambitious structural columns and arches. Oka...

I am SOOO way behind on putting on my European Vacation posts....I have two from when I was in Spain. I guess it was only like a month ago....so I'm not that late.... Anyway, while in Barcelona, we went to Figueres, about 140km away, with the objective of seeing Dalí Theatre-Museum, where Salvador Dali lived. To get there, we had to take the train....which had some pretty nice scenery. The town was nice and quaint. (get it?? haha) And when we got to the museum, I instantly thought, this dude, however talented he may be, is like….totally wacked. Anyway, on with the story. The Theater-Museum was built in the center of Figueres when Dali was really little and the building was bombed in the Spanish Civil War. It was left in a state of ruin until Dali and the mayor of Figueres decided to rebuild it and, of course, dedicate it to Dali himself. The museum opened on September 28, 1974, with continuing expansions through the mid-1980s. It houses the single largest and mos...