Barcelona

A Day with Antoni Gaudi - Park Guell and La Sagrada Familia


With the best travel buddies - Mel & Char: Back facing the entrance of Park Guell with interesting gingerbread-like buildings designed by Gaudi.


Picnic at Park Guell with Chris and Anika, friends from the hostel. It was a lovely day and wonderful location overlooking Barcelona and a 3 piece band to entertain us.


The unfinished masterpiece of Antoni Gaudi - La Sagrada Familia. This cathedral is still undergoing construction and since 1886, it remains only 50% completed. However it was announced in 2000 that it should be completed by 2022. Now, that would defininitely we a sight to behold and maybe a good time to return to Barcelona.


One of the 4 facades of the cathedral. This being the oldest- The Nativity Facade. 4 bell towers rise highly above this. Altogether, the entire cathedral would boast 12 bell towers symbolising the 12 apostles, the Mary tower and the grand Jesus tower.


In front of the Hospital De La Santa Crue - A UNESCO monument consisting of yet again ginger-bread like buildings.

International Museum Day in Barcelona

We were extremely lucky to visit Barcelona during the international Museum day. This meant that all the museums throughout Barcelona were free for the day. Thus, we spent a day visiting around 6-7 museums all around Barcelona - from history to modern contemporary art.


Here with Nam in front of the Picasso Museum - This is definitely worth visiting even if its not free! See Picasso's works from his early days right through to cubism.


Having a picnic break during Museum day with Nam, Anna and Chris.


View of the musical fountains taken from the MNAC museum. The sunset over Barcelona that evening was awesome.

Las Ramblas


The most famous street in Barcelona - Las Ramblas. Here, we watched a Tango performance which was really not very good.


Even at night, Las Ramblas is bustling with activities with street artist and performances. Same paintings were really nice. If I had the money, I would definitely support these local artists.

Waterfront


After a typical Spanish dinner, we headed for nice walk along the waterfront.... followed by drinking.. as usual.. and latin dancing with some french friends we made at the hostel.

Barceloneta Beach

Our last day was spent lazying at Barceloneta Beach. This is definitely why I would like to return to the Med coast!





I would definitely recommend the Mambo Tango hostel to anyone visiting Barcelona. The owners are friendly, its cheap, clean and has a lovely lounge to meet people over dinner. Here with our self-cooked dinner with Nam and Mohammed.