More Barcelona

We love Barcelona!! It is a wonderful city - the Gaudi buildings dotted around are fantastical - the people are laid back and warm - as is the weather, at around 22 to 30 degrees all day and all night.

Thursday we looked around from the tourist bus for a large part of the day as there are 2 routes which cover different parts of the city. We went to the city's largest museum, MNAC - we saw 2 wings, the Romanesque and the Gothic. That took over 2 hours and was incredible


We learned on the bus that we had landed at the beginning of another festival!!!! It is Merce - Barcelona's patron saint's anniversary (from Thursday night through to Sunday). Thursday evening there was a big fireworks display and parade with fire breathing dragon's and 'giants' (huge dolls)- Friday was a public holiday, lots of street theatre and music in the streets - and today, the fun continues!!

Yesterday we went to the Picasso museum - amazing to see the volume of his work, plus from all his different periods in one building.














Spent a couple of hours there, then biked (once again, a bike friendly city - dedicated bike lines either on the side of the road or on the side of the very wide foot-paths) over to the 'Sagrada Familia' - the Gaudi designed cathedral which has been under construction for over 100 years. His idea was that it would be filled with light, rather than the oppressive dark shadows that usually accompany religeous places and practices.




















Today is our last day here - we plan to have an unplanned day! We'll get bikes and go exploring and stop when something interests us.

Tomorrow - we move on to Nimes.