As long as you are vigilant with securing your valuables the Barcelona Metro is wonderful. The ticket machine instructions are in several languages and easy to understand. The directional signs are well placed and easy to follow, the digital arrival information boards display accurate information, the trains arrive in less than 3 minutes and there is nary a piece of litter to be seen. None of this could be said for New York, London, Paris, Washington, D.C. and certainly not Boston.
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Our one destination for the day was Sagrada Familia (Holy Family). Construction on the Basilica began in 1882. In 1883 Antoni Gaudi took on the project. He combined Gothic and Art Nouveau using his superior architectural and engineering skills. The project was only one quarter complete when he died in 1926. Construction is now 70% complete The current plan is to have all the towers completed in time for the 100th anniversary of Gaudi’s death in 2026. The final phase will be the decorative elements that will take another 5 to 7 years. 25 million Euros are spent on the project annually.
I would have to write volumes to describe the various aspects of the building so the photographs will hopefully impart its overwhelming majesty.
We had a few hours of free time in the afternoon for resting, shopping and computing.
This evening we had a very special dinner at Bodega 1900. Owned and operated by the Adria Brothers.
Special standouts were the olives that were not actually olives but molecular bubbles of intense olive flavor that gently explode in your mouth, and the dessert of tiny strawberries in%
I would have to write volumes to describe the various aspects of the building so the photographs will hopefully impart its overwhelming majesty.
We had a few hours of free time in the afternoon for resting, shopping and computing.
This evening we had a very special dinner at Bodega 1900. Owned and operated by the Adria Brothers.
Special standouts were the olives that were not actually olives but molecular bubbles of intense olive flavor that gently explode in your mouth, and the dessert of tiny strawberries in%