Barcelona

While Roger traveled to the States my friend Anne

visited me here. Together we went exploring. 

Our first stop: Barcelona.

This is architect Antoni Gaudi's 

Sagrada Familia (Holy Family), a church

he worked on from 1883 - 1926. Unfinished still,

construction is expected to be completed in 50 years.

Gaudi intended the Park Guell to be a housing project

but the 30-acre park reflects the architect's attention to

detail and his flights of fancy.

Mosaics adorn a bench that wraps around a terrace. 

Another of Gaudi's works is the

 Casa Batllo where the balconies

resemble skulls and, according to Rick Steve,

the "roof suggests a cresting dragon's back." 

Gaudi drew his inspiration from the legend

of St. George and the dragon.

Along the pedestrian thoroughfare in this city's

Old Town, the produce market offers produce,

an eggs-only booth (including emu eggs),

fish (you can touch an eel), nuts, dried fruits, and candy.

In the harbor Christopher Columbus points West.

Next: Think of Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.