{"id":2288,"date":"2017-05-30T09:33:33","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T13:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.optimaltec.com\/blog\/?p=2288"},"modified":"2017-06-07T05:06:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T09:06:12","slug":"barcelona-antoni-gaudis-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.optimaltec.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/30\/barcelona-antoni-gaudis-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona, Antoni Gaudi’s City"},"content":{"rendered":"

We got train tickets to Barcelona. I was excited but also sad because it was a shame to leave Valencia. Well, I learned that the train would\u00a0be pretty fast, and when we got on and were already moving. I recorded a speed of 199 kph (124 mph)!<\/span><\/p>\n

It was a pretty nice train ride. The station was also pretty and when we got home, I saw that the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia was 3 blocks away!!! We immediately went to see it and I found out that you can come into it, despite all the construction. I also noticed that one side of the Sagrada looked like a cave while the opposite side was kinda smooth. We got tickets to go in to the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia the following day. After seeing it we went, ate dinner, and fell asleep.<\/span><\/p>\n

The next day we went on to the metro and drove to Passeig de Gr\u00e0cia (a station) and went on to a famous Catalunia\u00a0square where\u00a0you could feed pigeons. And OMG there were a lot of pigeons. We got some food for the pigeons and we became experts. I mostly fed them like this:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I even started to call myself Birdmaster. Sometimes (if I were lucky) pigeons would come and rest on my shoulder like a pirate’s parrot like this:<\/span><\/p>\n

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It was fun. After the Pigeon Square (that’s what I call it) we went to see the Catedral de Barcelona, the main cathedral of Barcelona. It looked nice (but not more amazing that Sagrada Fam\u00edlia). We decided not to come in, and got a little lost on the way back to Pigeon Square. We fed pigeons a little more and went to the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia.<\/span><\/p>\n

We entered and found a hall that had these BIG symmetrical columns and rainbow stained glass windows that made there BEAUTIFUL reflections on the floor.\u00a0It was very spacious and beautiful. We went to see the things that the Gaud\u00ed family gave to the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia. There were candelabras, chairs, and pews. It was all very nice. But the thing I wanted to see most was Antonius Gaud\u00ed Cornet’s grave. We went to the crypt, lit candles and we got to Gaud\u00ed’s grave. This is how it looked like:<\/span><\/p>\n

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But technically \u00a0the whole Sagrada is his grave.<\/p>\n

We walked around a bit more, said goodbye to Sagrada Fam\u00edlia and went home. We ate dinner and went to sleep.<\/p>\n

The next day we needed to say goodbye to Barcelona because we got tickets to fly to Marseille, which is a seaside town in France (and a beautiful one too) so: Goodbye, Barcelona, hello, Marseille!<\/p>\n