Okay, Barcelona is the ‘princess’ place, it’s about 40 years since I was here and that was only to collect my post. It’s a travelling thing, if you wrote to someone when you were travelling in 1976 (yup remember letters?) you had to give them an address to write back to and we knew we would be passing through Barcelona on our way south (you’d have to have read SILH series for that to make sense) So arriving yesterday afternoon we went for a walk, now this took all afternoon and most of the night, about 12 miles according to the ‘Princess’s feet today. We kinda took a wrong turn on our way back to the hotel and walked an hour in the opposite direction, oh well. Sorted it today with map and Metro. So today we went to the Sagrada Familia. It’s a big church they’ve been building for about two hundred years.
Well c’mon you know this isn’t one of those intense, fact filled Travel Blogs ππ But it was a bit impressive. Oh, almost forgot I had a great run down by the beach at 7am ππ I’ll let you know if I see anything else interesting
Hey Charlie, this is one of the best ‘travel’ blogs ever! π π π
I had to google the Sagrada Familia and wasn’t surprised to find ‘Gaudi’ as the architect. He really was ‘one of a kind’….. I loved this quote:
“Β«It is not a disappointment that I will not be able to finish the temple. I will grow old, but others will come after me. What must be always preserved is the spirit of the work; its life will depend on the generations that transmit this spirit and bring it to life.Β» A. GaudΓ…
Now just a little piece of advice: The Princess’s feet may need a massage (if the Princess enjoys such pampering?). This would go a long way to mending the wrong directional walk.. π
Happy beach running…. π
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I may elaborate π but thanks for paying attention π
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Beautiful pictures! Thank you for sharing them!
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Gorgeous!
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Thanks Raquel π
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Great photos . I love looking at buildings like you have shown. The intricate details of the building and the stained glass window are amazing. The sunrise looked good as well π
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Thank you Ally I think I may do a proper post on the cathedral it did seem a pity to cram all those beautiful images into one ππ
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Your photos are beautiful!
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Thank you ππ
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Hey, Charlie.Nice Post and Awesome pictures π
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Thank you, it was a bit rushed from the hotel, glad you liked it π
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And from your post I able to learn more about Sagrada Familia and it’s history… Googled it actually π to learn more about it but really thanks…for the post..totally loved itπ
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great captures!
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Lovely post.”Building a church for almost 200 years”π€£π€£π€£ yes it’s true. But you certainly have a way with wordsπ€£π€£
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Thank you for getting the sense of humour ππ
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Barcelona is my absolute favorite city!
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Yes there was so much to see, Iβll have to go back before another 40 years π
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Just on the plane waiting to set of to Barcelona for a few days came across this and I have too say what a great post had me in giggles but it was great to see about the city Iβll be visiting as well x
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Thank you so much, Iβm sure youβll have a fabulous time, by the way the buses are a fantastic way to get around and you get tickets from the tobacconists ππ
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