Yes, I know it’s taken me awhile, but here we go. Maybe I’m only blogging because I can’t get onto the Topshop website..and have been unable to do so for days. Sadface.
Barcelona was my favourite of the 3 places I traveled to in mainland Europe. Perhaps it was due to the fact that I’d never been to Barca before. The places I had seen while in Rome and Florence during sophomore year of high school are still so deeply ingrained into my mind that all I would think when seeing places again would be “oh, we’re back here again, I’m glad I still remember this.” They were all beautiful, but Barcelona was especially special. The Gaudi and other modernist architecture really struck me. I would love to go and see it all again.
Day 1 – was more of a day of relaxation, of exploring the city. We’d arrived past 1 in the morning as our flight was a late one. Our hotel was pretty much right next to La Sagrada Familia, but apparently very far away from everything else. So we went and look at la Sagrada from the outside before walking around..eventually going to the Museu Picasso, finding Las Ramblas and the Marina de la Rambla.
Las Ramblas
Statue buoys at the Marina
Such a beautiful day!
Day 2 – MNAC, Montjuic, etc. A day packed full of walking and mostly medieval art. We decided to walk to Montjuic where the National Museum of Catalonian Art (Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya) is at. The walk itself took at least an hour before we even got remotely close to Montjuic. By then, I was wondering why we didn’t take the metro. But that wasn’t the point. It was rather interesting to see medieval Spanish art and the way it differed to the rest of European art at the time. In fact, medieval Spanish art seems to be of its own. There was also more modern art..which I did find more interesting than medieval art as I feel that medieval art gets repetetive after the third fresco or painting you see. Then we climbed the ‘hill’ to the castle of Montjuic and up there, you could look out and see the entire city on one side, and on the other, see the Mediterranean. Spectacular.
Actually, there were a few Picassos there as well.
Looking out over the city and seeing the MNAC from Montjuic.
oh hay there.
and kids, that’s it for now. The actual depictions of Gaudi and my experiences will come later. Now, I should go and continue on my notes on Maurice Meisner’s Mao’s China and After as I have to return it in two days. D:
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