barcelona.

the last three days in Barcelona have been really great. being with my parents has been a nice vacation, them taking acre of me and telling me where to go is exactly what i needed.

we went into the cathedral of Barcelona which is a huge cathedral in the Gothic district of the city. I was kind of over churches from seeing so many in France but this one was so different. We first had to enter a courtyard where there were swans and palm tress and the stations of the cross. then we went inside- it was so decorated. The Spanish churches are very different from the French ones- i find the Spanish ones less scary. Each station of the cross was way over done. The chapel had such a glorified crucifix, you were only allowed to go in there if you were going to pray and i wasn't so i didn't go in. Catholic churches always make me feel uncomfortable, no matter what i always feel like i'm doing something wrong. We were able go up to the roof and look out to the sea. I'm starting to see a trend in a lot of places in Barcelona have great rooftop areas and all the buildings seem to connect to the outside in some way. On display was a crown, ring and where they keep communion I have never seen so many jewels in my life! big emeralds and diamonds and pearls it was crazy. it became really aparent that the catholic church is what Spain put all there money into.

we spent the entire day on Friday at Gaudi's park in the norther part of Barcelona. What an amazing park! Every place I walked was like exploring something new. There were areas to walk completely in the trees and other places to lay out in the sun.The place originally was someone's estate I can't imagine someone having this park all to themselves. Throughout the park there were so many street musicians so each place had a different feeling completely due to the architecture and the music. there were three guys playing great Spanish guitar out in the main field, to be able to sit and listen to them and see the Mediterranean sea was perfect. This park was fun because there is so much to explore, We were able to walk up to the highest point (which was a big cross) and see all of Barcelona. The park is decorated with a lot of tile work everywhere there is a concrete area is covered with tile. In the sun it gibes an amazing color to the park and makes it like a fairy tale place.

The last night I was in Barcelona we went down to the Gothic district and watched futbol and had a great dinner. Everyone is futbol obsessed it's so crazy. The entire city stopped when the match was on it was crazy. We were lucky that we were able to get a seat in a restaurant where we were able to see the game. There was one girl outside who looked so distressed watching the match, she kept chewing on her hair tie and had this worried look the entire time. I thought that America was obsessed with American football but coming to Barcelona they are really really obsessed!