the rest of the adventure

day 5: sevilla

we started off the day with a trip to the plaza de toros and did a tour through it (even though there wasn't actually a bullfight..) and then went to the plaza de españa and then to the cathedral. we climbed up the tower of the cathedral (with all of our bags.. it was really hard) and were rewarded with a beautiful view of the city. that afternoon, we caught our flight from sevilla to barcelona for the last leg of our trip. our hotel there was right on la rambla, one of the main streets in the city, which was really convenient and exciting. turns out that we arrived on one of the biggest party nights/holidays of the year, with fireworks and bonfires going all night. woop woop.

day 6: barcelona -- the day of gaudí

we woke up early and went to all the gaudí stuff we could in one day: the casa batlló, la pedrera, the park guell, and of course, la sagrada familia. it really was amazing to learn about and SEE the innovations that gaudí developed in his architecture. it was unlike anything i've ever seen. la sagrada familia, in particular, was amazing. it's gaudí's temple for the catholic church that they've been working on since 1893. and it isn't going to be done until at least the 2020's. i made a goal when i saw it that i will come back here and see it all when it has been completed.

la pedrera, an apartment block/complex:

la sagrada familia:

park guell:

day 7: barcelona

we hit the other, non-gaudí sites on wednesday: the cathedral, the museum of history (which had a really cool underground roman archeaological (sp?) dig that you can visit), the olympic stadium, and the picasso museum. then that afternoon we caught a flight back to madrid and then made it back to alcalá de henares to pick up my bags. thursday morning we flew home and then were back at 1 green hollow in irvine by 11 pm.

it really was an excellent adventure!