We went to Spain for a week in April, 1999. They were offering cheap fares to Barcelona, so we said, "Why not?" Annie and I had a great time exploring the city. I took a lot of photos - only a few of them made it here.

This is the La Sagrada Familia - an Art Noveau church that is *still* under construction after close to 100 years. The architect was Antonio Gaudi, a name that we saw again and again in connection with Barcelona. The one side shows classic gothic architecture:

This is the other side of it. It looks more like Carmen Miranda than anything else.

(On top of each spire there is some sort of fruit.)

Las Rambles is Barcelona's famous walking street. There were tons of street vendors, interesting shops, and interesting people:

At the top of Las Rambles sat a fun little square where people tended to hang out.

After spending a few days in Barcelona, we decided to take a side trip to Monteserrat, a monestary carved into the Spanish countryside. We had to take a tramway up to the top.

Even in the Monestary, you can see the work of Antonio Gaudi:

Sunday is dead in Barcelona. Here it is about 11:30am and noone is to be found!

We took a trip to Park Guell, another creation by Antonio Gaudi. However, to get there was a STEEP climb up Barclelona's steep hills!

Park Guell showed the Art Noveu and surrealistic nature of Antonio Gaudi. The Pillars in this picture are *meant* to be not perpindicular!

This little guy is cute.

We took another tramway up to top of Barcelona, where the summer games were held.

Up on the top there is a fabulous garden where we walked around all afternoon. I love this picture.

As we were walking around, we came across this old man practicing bull-fighting with a cape. He was so intent on his concentation he didn't even notice us.

On one of the last days we took a train along Barcelona's coast to see some Roman ruins. It was rather a leisurely day- the meditteranean is beautiful, is it not?

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