Stephanie: Spain: next stop, Barcelona. Barcelona is such a cool city. It has everything: culture, shopping, museums, seaside, history, sports and an olympic stadium. We took the tourist bus around town to the various sites. Here are some of the highlights.
Sagrada Familia was first priority. It is a huge and magnificent church, designed by the visionary architect Antoni Gaudi, who has many other famous buildings around the city. The church is an on-going, privately funded project and probably won't be finished for another 40 or so years.
Our guide book recommended we eat at Can Culleretes. It is the oldest restaurant in Barcelona (est. in 1788!). We arrived at opening time, 9p.m. and there was a line. It was worth the wait: great food, great price, lovely decor.
The Barcelona museum had an amazing Roman Villa, very well preserved (seen above). The Romans were so advanced. It was so cool to see their central heating system, food storage and washing rooms. They were more advanced than some modern countries are now.
We visited the Olympic Village which was really cool. It's situated around some great views of the city.
Check out the slide show for other Barcelona sites: The Cathedral, Aquarium, Barcelona football game, Pier, random Spanish parades (O-lay!)
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