Barcelona Day 2

My parents and I had another fun day in Barcelona. We woke up and headed to Parc Güell. The park is a a large garden complex with situated on a large hill in the Gràcia district of Barcelona. It was designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí and built in the years 1900 to 1914. Gaudi is famous for his work on the Sagrada Familia, Casa Batlló and La Pedrera. He uses many natural elements to form his building and it was very noticeable in the park as well. My favorite part is a tunnel made of stones and rock that resembles a wave. It is a large park and we spent a few hours walking around it. Anyone who has a chance to visit Barcelona should check out all his major works, it is definitely worth the high admission price. The park however was free.

Mom and Dad near Park Entrance

View from park balcony overlooking Barcelona

Dad and I walking through the park

Mom and Dad under tunnel that looks like a wave

Random guy with dog, just liked the shot

Walking through the park

Taking a break in the park

After the park we walked around through the Gothic area of town. It didn´t matter if we got lost because we had a metro pass and could hop on any stop and easily find our way back to our hotel. We checked out La Rambla for a bit and then found a place to eat. The amount of street performers and "statues" was crazy. Every 10 feet would be another person set up looking like a statue, a monster, cowboy, etc. There was some pretty good ones, and others were so so. After walking for a bit we were trying to figure out was to do for the night. It was a Saturday night and we didn´t really know what to do so we decided to buy tickets and see a Spanish Guitar show.  Before the show we found a really cool farmers market with a lot of fresh fruit and other foods. We had to kill some time before the guitar show so we wondered through the market for a while

Me with the coolest cowboy in Barcelona

Dad and I near Cathedral, The arch behind us is a very famous and is often the scene for many painters

Gothic District 

Edward Scissor Hands

Fresh Produce at the Market

 We went to an old church around 9 pm and one guy played about 15 different songs on 4 different types of guitars. He gave us a sample of famous guitar pieces dating as far back as the 16th century. It was a really great show and I am glad we checked it out. On the way home we saw some street performers dancing on La Rambla. This dude did like a backflip barrel roll over 4 dudes. it was pretty crazy. Afterwords we headed back to the hotel and called it a night.

Guitarist at Show

Airborne