Date: Tuesday 22nd April
Staying: Camping 3 Estrellas – Barcelona, Spain
Distance Travelled: 0 Miles
Song of the day: Barcelona - Freddie Mercury
I love this place. After 1 day in Barcelona I have fallen in love. I´ll admit that I did get to choose the things we did today, so that probably helps, but even so, what a magic place. You all have to come here.
We started this morning at the Nou Camp (thats the home of Barcelona Football club for those back home). Barca were gearing up for there game against Manchester United on Wednesday night, so there were lots of people at the ground (mainly Man U fans. Shame about that). So after rubbing shoulders with a couple of English footballing personalities, I had a tour of the ground which seats about 100,000 people and the museum, and bought myself a Barcelona shirt, so the locals didn´t think I was a Man Utd fan. The ground is just enormous. Hard to put into words really; that may people is staggering
Next we headed to 'La Sagrada Familiá', the crowing glory of Gaudi´s carreer. This is a mammoth construction, and is still yet to be finished. Begun in 1882, it is not planned to finish until 2025. With 16 columns ranging in Height from 100m to 175m (that one hasn´t been built yet), the engineering feat is spectacular. It can already been seen from all over city, and is something of a landmark similar to the Eiffel tour in Paris. Gaudi only managed to finish one of the facade before his death in 1926, but it has a real gothic feel to it, which is something I love. This is a very cool place.
We finished the day with a walk up 'La Rambla', the main shopping street of Barcelona. Unfortunately, there were far to many Man U fans singing to make this particularly enjoyable, so we might go back later in the week.
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