The hostel is great. Friendly staff, very clean, free breakfast and free internet. A couple of the other guests are staying in a hostel for the first time and are maybe half my age. oh well! Wandered out to Las Ramblas, a bit quiet, maybe a bit early? Carried on to La Sagrada Familia which is the big church that Gaudi started and that has not been finished. Now, i knew it was a work in progres but i didnt expect it to be literally a building site inside. There is more work than church. Since when did people pay $26 to go onto a buidling site? The columns and the cieling bit that are finished are pretty good but other than that the inside is a mess! They do have sermons there apparently, i dont know which cement mixer the Priest stands on. The facades on the outside a quite impressive i guess. And they wouldnt let us go up to the top because it was ´too windy´. Really?
So i moved onto the Park Guell which was designed by Gaudi and is a bit like an hallucinatory theme park. Lots of curvy spires and walls. A lovely place to be in the sunshine and great views of the city. Walked back to Casa Mila, also by Gaudi. The roof has some funky curvy chimneys and it was fun walking around there. Walked back to Las Ramblas, still not very exciting, just a bit touristy. Had a good walk around the markets and got some food and back to the hostel. Passed out at 7pm!
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