Our last day in Barcelona

We have finally come to the end of Gina and Kevins trip to Paris and Barcelona. On our last day in Barcelona we finally made it to La Sagrada Familia.

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When you're a street musician in Barcelona, you have to know what the people want to hear and this guy had his finger on the pulse. After all, when I think hip, accordion is the first thing that comes to mind.


Once we finally made it through the line to get in, I decided to take some shots of the exterior details. The exterior of the cathedral is like a sculpted representation of the bible. On the west facing side of La Sagrada Familia, all of the sculptures represent the end or the death and on the east facing side of the building, all of the sculptures represent the birth of Christ.








This is the crazy west facing door into the cathedral


Detail of another door


Looking up at the west facing exterior


Inside the catheral


This is inside the main hall of the cathedral looking up. The columns design is based on that of a tree and its limbs, spreading out at the top.


This is part of the east facing exterior and represents the birth of christ






After leaving Sagrada Familia we hopped on the metro to Montjuic to enjoy the views of the city and visit the castle on top.


A view of the coastline from Castell de Montjuic




The top of the castle looking across and into the main courtyard






After visiting Montjuic we headed back to the Barri Gotic to see the last standing oldest roman columns in the city.


The last bit of sun on our last day in Barcelona creeping up the bell tower at La Placa del Rei.
Thanks for looking.

P.S. My buddy Trevor told me that I should consider adding print prices to the blog in the case you (the viewer) might want to purchase one. Although I'm not sure I want to have pricing in the actual blog, I would love to sell my work. So, if you see something you'd like to put on your wall, please email (kevin@ksharpphotography.com) so I can give you a price.

Thanks again,
Kevin

Montserrat and Barceloneta

Welcome back, this latest entry covers the last couple of days of our trip to Barcelona and features the Barceloneta neighborhood of Barcelona which is an old fishing village, as well as Montserrat and a really blurry photo of the Black Madonna... you'll see.


This is the monument of Columbus at the south end of La Rambla. The monument was constructed at the spot that he arrived home from the first journey to the new world.


This is Port Vell which was rehabilitated before the 1992 Olympics. The mountain in the background is Park Montjuic and is the site of the Joan Miro museum, an olympic stadium built in the 20's and Castell de Montjuic which is a military fortress first constructed in 1640


Part of the Barceloneta neighborhood that I can't remember the name or significance of but it sure is pretty.


On a jetty looking back towards the coast. The rocks are watching you!




This fountain is called Cascada and is located in a park down close to the Barceloneta. It was constructed by Josep Fontsere and Antoni Gaudi who was Fonsere's student at the time.


This is Barcelonas Arc de Triomf , not quite as grand as the one in Paris. I think Los Angeles needs an Triumphal Arch.


This is Montserrat, a monastery in the mountains north west-ish above Barcelona. Some interesting stuff happened here but I am running short on time so after enjoying my photos, if you want to know more 'bout it, wikipedia.


The monastery is built into the bedrock




This is from the ridge above Montserrat and that is a rainbow.


We rode a funicular to the top of the mountain and then followed a footpath about a mile to this monument dedicated to St. Joan


These are ruins of an hermitage built into the side of the mountain




OK, now I no this picture sucks but I wasn't supposed to be photographing this thing at all. This is the black Madonna which is said to have been carved by St. Luke in 50 AD. She is the reason they built the monastery on Montserrat.


Inside the monastery

Next time I will bring you our last day in Barcelona, until then I bid you Adieu!