While the others wrestled with the washing machine in the flat, I got up and went for a walk around our area of Barcelona to try to record a video, and have a quick ride on a tram. On the former, eleven takes – I really must see if I can edit them into something usable. No luck on the latter – services were delayed.
Then we headed out to Casa Vicens – one of Gaudi’s first works, a town house that has been mostly preserved.
His original designs were heavily modified, with the house extended, then gutted. But the original section has been restored. Stunning.
We found lunch at a nearby cafe, then headed south on the Metro to the Gothic quarter, following a guide book around, and only getting slightly lost.
Looking through the photos I took on this day, I snapped some very impressive buildings (Roman and less ancient). We got a lot of steps in on this afternoon.
On the way back I saw this excellent example of teamwork on the metro. (But sir, maybe take your backpack off next time.)
…and how to tradies travel here? Like this.
Dinner back at the flat, and a supermarket search for good tea in the evening. Plus figuring out how to make the combined washing machine/dryer actually dry our clothes, rather than wash them again.
The carefree holiday days were fast running out. Tomorrow a day trip, then we’d be heading home.
One reply on “Gaudi and Gothic”
I like how on the outside of the metro doors it says (both in Catalan and Castilian Spanish) “Please allow people to alight”. I wonder if this would be helpful to be printed on the outside of Melbourne’s trains?