Hola from Madrid! Our honeymoon started a week ago, when Dave and I met up at our gate at JFK. A kindly woman switched seats so that we could sit together – all the way to Barcelona! We went on a sightseeing tear, really packing it in over just a few days. Here are a few highlights:
JAMON. DELICIOUS. At La Boqueria market.
Barcelona's cathedral
The salamander fountain at Gaudi's Park Güell
The amazing ceiling of Gaudi's cathedral, La Sagrada Familia. I love how the columns imitate the spreading branches of trees. We learned a ton about Modernisme architecture – I really liked its obsession with sunlight and imitating natural forms. Its aversion to straight lines, though, was disconcerting at times.
Happy newlyweds on the roof of Gaudi's Casa Battlo
Interior of La Palau de la Musica Catalunya
Sardana dance – a spontaneous, traditional Catalonian dance in the square on some Sundays! It was outlawed under Franco, but it's made a comeback!
View of the harbor from the cable car to Montjuic
I have been dying to see photos and I thought I would have to wait till you got back! :D love the photos, especially the MOST IMPORTANT, beautiful and impressive one-- the happy newlyweds. awwwwwwwww! such beautiful smiles! (I am just remembering when the manager at Michaels' said Barcelona was on his bucket list... ;))
ReplyDeleteYay! Great photos. Barcelona is one of my favorite cities ever! Enjoy the food, music, alleys, Gaudi (clearly, you have), and romance of it all!
ReplyDeleteAND it's Gaudi's 161st birthday today - see the Google Doodle! Hope you're having a great time in Madrid or wherever you are by now!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the wonderful photos!It's hard to believe that we were just there 7 months ago! Barcelona IS amazing!
ReplyDeletethanks for coming by to look! Dave and I were inspired by the pictures Stephanie posted from your cruise!
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