Drew On Tour 2013: Barcelona

Markets
Las Ramblas
Columbus Statue
Aquarium
Sagrada Familia
Jose tour numero 1
Tapas
Jose tour numero 2 - gothic area
Jose lunch
Park Guelll
Classical Music Concert
Lost Dinner
Americano meeting

Hi guys, now I'm in Barcelona and ready to talk of my adventures here...

THE MARKETS

Shortly after we arrived in Barcelona (not the capitol of Spain) we walked down to the markets on Las Ramblas, the famous walking street, to get some food. The markets are busy and bustling and full of people and all you see at the front as you go in are juice stalls (cups of all kinds of crazy mix and match flavours of juice - they even had one with mango and coconut).

When we got down there we bought a juice and some food and looked around. They sell vegetables and fruit and pastries and baked breads and pies, they sell cheeses and lots of different types of meat such as duck, rabbit, geese and sausages and fish too. There were sweet things too such as chocolates and ice-creams and they also sell some really funny things such as lollies in the shape of vegetables.

LAS RAMBLAS

After the markets we took a walk down Las Ramblas to see what all the hustle is about. Las Ramblas is a big bustling walking around street full of tourists and Barcelonians and stalls and buskers and street sellers - nearly everyone is walking down to the big statue of Christopher Columbus statue near the waterfront which I am going to tell you about now.

COLUMBUS STATUE

The statue is about 30 metres high and one metre wide and has on its top a huge sculpture of Christopher Columbus pointing out to sea. He left from here when he sailed off and discovered America. When we were in Barcelona we saw that he was wearing a red and blue lined soccer shirt (Barcelona team). Later we found out from mum's friend Jose (pronounced Ho-Zae) that the shirt caused some problems for the public because it was advertising Qatar airways as well as the Barcelona soccer team.

AQUARIUM

At the end of Las Ramblas you can walk out past Christopher Columbus to the Barcelona aquarium. The aquarium was not your average aquarium - there was quite a lot of large fish including piranhas, sharks, a sun fish and manta rays. But the thing that I liked the most was the tank full of cuttlefish because you can examine all their insides from the outside and you can see all the ripples and beating bits and bumps in their body. Cuttle fish are a bit like chameleons and change colour according to their mood. We also saw lots of eels.

Whale

Fish

Turtle

Sunfish. A VERY big fish with a VERY little tail

Sunfish

My first word - Occopie

Sharks

Cuttlefish

More Cuttlefish

Even more cuttlefish

And some more cuttlefish

Eels

SAGRADA

SAGRADA FAMILIA

On one of our days in Barcelona we went to visit the incredible Sagrada Familia. it is a HUGE church built by Antonio Gaudi who is the most famous architect in Barcelona.

The strange thing was that when Gaudi started building the church he was a completely non-religious man, but by the time he finished he was completely catholic.

Gaudi was interested in nature, he processed things around his mind that we still don't understand today. His obsession with nature also changed the design of the church. The columns holding up the enormous roof are actually shaped like trees - their branches and leaves at the top holding up the entire church.

My first impression when I walked in was "HUGE" - it was a little too big for me. I loved it. The kid's audio guide was even longer than the adults one - strange - and afterwards I had learned more than mum and dad Had learned! The Spanish started building the church in about 1870 and it is still not finished!

But I am.

Here are some pictures before I go.