Same Shirt, Different day-2012 Adventures of the "Devonport Wonder Babes"

Tuesday 18 September 2012 Barcelona, Spain.

Rod and Helen had pre purchased tickets for Sagrada Familia on Monday with assistance from Tony so when we arrived there at 9.30 am this morning we were spared the hour long wait in the queue  and just had a 10 min wait in shorter queue. So much has been written about this Gaudi masterpiece which is still under construction that its difficult to say much more. It is truly a spectacular building that is enhanced by the quality of the ongoing modern building work. The acoustics ( organ plays hourly) and the light diffusion through the building are memorable. We had the audio guides ( I am now a big fan of these devices) and also took the lift ride up one of the towers and walked down the 350 or so  steps in the winding staircase !! View from top a bit disappointing as Barcelona seems to be under perpetual haze except straight after heavy rain.

From Familia we took Metro and then walked up steep hill to Park Guell where Gaudi designed second set of residences for Guell family.  Crowds of people there, interesting buildings though I did remark to Lyndsay that I am more of a fan of straight lines.

Very long walk to Metro and rush hour crowded ride home.

Dinner at “taxi driver café” around the corner. Least memorable food but cheerful all the same.