Barcelona

     Barcelona is a great city. I got some much needed rest and relaxation this weekend.

Segrada Familia

The front door.

This place is huge. It's my favorite church so far, mostly because of the stained glass windows. They are very colorful here.

The apostles' creed.

Now in Spanish. They also had it in a few other languages.

I believe this says "Give us this day our daily bread" in 50 languages.

Beach time. A lot of people were topless. It was a bit of a culture shock, but I guess it's good that they have no shame. The sand was very hot and the water was very cold. Also, I made some friends and played volleyball.

Paella. Great food.

Not sure what this is for, but there's an eternal flame at the top.

Me and Ethan

On "La Rambla", a large street/marketplace there were quite a few of these human statues. Each one was unique, so they get a one-up over Italy.

He did a very good job of standing still. I'm guessing he had on some kind of brace to hold him in position.

More beach time. I did a good bit of reading this weekend.

     My one regret of the weekend is that we didn't get to see the Picasso museum. Mr. Gardner recommended it, and we tried to go see it on Sunday. It was the first Sunday of the month, so entry was free. Because of this, there was a huge line to get in. We got there 2 hours before closing time, and it would have probably been closed before we got inside. So we tried again the next day, but it was closed all day. And we left Tuesday morning.

     Thanks for reading, folks. I'm leaving tomorrow afternoon for Berlin. I'm very excited about it because for a while I didn't think I'd get to go there this summer.