Barcelona

Columbus Monument, inside the top looking down

One of the first things we did was take a ride up inside the Columbus Monument for a look out over the city. Although it did not look especially tall, the view was great.

Sagrada Familia

The so-called "Gaudi Cathedral" is one of those few places that exceeds expectations. We spent a half day wandering around and taking it all in. Even after a hundred years of work much remains to be done and as you can see by the cranes and scaffolding, heavy-duty work is ongoing.

From a tower at Sagrada Familia

At the Picasso Museum

Another major stop is the Picasso Museum which especially chronicles his formative creative years. We found the medieval building that the museum is housed in to be equally interesting, but, watch your head: I guess people were pretty short then.

Subway Platform

Once I heard about somewhere, it escapes me where, that had done away with public trash cans because they were being used to hide bombs. This seems to be a much better alternative solution.

Naturist Beach

Since this is a family oriented blog we'll just show this picture. Plus, some of the sights actually caused some to gasp, "oh, my eyes, my eyes!"