More Barcelona

Day 3

On Saturday we got a much earlier start than on Friday.  Our first stop was to walk to La Sagrada Familia, a very famous church that was also designed by Gaudí.

La Sagrada Familia. The architecture was incredibly detailed. The church is still unfinished.

I really loved the inside of the church.  It was bright, beautiful, and modern.  The inside was designed to be like a forest.

Some of the stained glass inside

The gospel on the doors

View of Barcelona from the top of the towers

La Sagrada Familia was very impressive.  After spending a few hours at the church, it was time for lunch (more paella).  Then the boys went off to the soccer stadium and a castle while Claire and I tacked the beach and shopping!

 We dipped our feet in water and wrote TUM in the sand :).  Then we sunbathed for about an hour.  It was really hot.

After the beach, we decided to walk to La Rambla to go shopping! Unfortunately, we got lost on the way there.  Fortunately, we found the Arc de Triomf! The arc was one of my favorite sights in Barcelona.

We eventually made it to La Rambla and hit up the shopping.  However, even after many hours, we only bought one or two things.  For dinner, we had more tapas and paella, but this time the restaurant ripped us off.

After dinner, we went to a "Magic Fountain."  It was a huge fountain that was synchronized to lights and music.  The area with the fountain was beautiful, and I really enjoyed the show.  The show was probably my favorite thing in Barcelona.

The fountains were a nice end to a weekend in Barcelona.

Day 4

On Sunday, we woke up really early and left for the airport at 5 am.  Most of us made it back on time :).  As much as I enjoyed Barcelona, I missed Munich so much and was very happy to be back.  When we got back to Munich, we really appreciated the cleanliness of everything, the nice trains, the responsible people, speaking German... Still, I am very glad that I was able to visit Barcelona.