Spain, Barcelona 5th April- 8th April (3 days)

Barcelona
Impressions
Taking the plane from Venice Treviso to Barcelona was interesting. The Ryanair staff are shocking. The airport was so tiny I thought I was going by byplane to Spain.
Barcelona is something else. Not so different to Rome and London actually. Smoggy and dirty streets. Vespas upon Vespas ride the streets. The biggest difference is there is a beach next to the city and the architecture is unique to any city in the world. You want to see great architecture you need to see Barcelona. Gaudi what a genius. People where a little grubby, um how would you describe them, bohemian! They tend to have more of a slouchy style to italians.
I took in La Sagrada Familia, which is a church that looks like it is melting from a far distance. Its so detailed and so freaky. Gaudi was a crazy mentally deranged genius. However seeing it first hand it has now become my favourite church as it is just so out there! His Park Guell was like a fairy tale. Disneyland of Spain. Mosaic seats and the longest park bench in Europe full of broken colourful tiled mosaics. Its a pity he was killed by a tram. I went also to FC Barcelona stadium. Checked out the Olympic areas where in 1992 the world watched sport for 2 weeks.ha! I had been hanging out to visit Picasso's museum. Wow what an experience. Melbourne's art gallery only houses one painting of Picasso. We need more far out!
La Rambla is the main street strip and is so much fun. Palm trees and very talented street performers everywhere. It reminded me of Dublin at 2am however it was 4pm. People wearing spanish bull fighting hats. Sangria and tapas was the diet for me. Tapas are very expensive though. 5 euro each thats like $7.00 dollars for a piece of tomato with morzarella on it! Sangria is a lovely drink. I spent my nights in Irish pubs yet again haha. Checked out Hard Rock cafe as you do and went to heaps of funky tribal shops. I met some aussies in a pub and some american chicks from Nashville. Barcelona rocks as there is so many tourists. Ola!