Dinner restaurant
Dinner: Catalan-style code with spinach, chickpeas, and eggs
Right – Sangria sizewe ordered at beginning of week, Left – current sangria size
Statue built to honor Christopher Columbus whe he returned home to Spain after discovering America
Outside of Picasso museum
Fountain near our hotel – in the 17th century was the last stop for water for horses on the way out of town
Candles lit at monastery
Black Virgin
Black Virgin
Group of singers from the US – not sure why
Boy choir – 50 boys who live at the monastery and sign for 10 min twice per day
Basilica at Montserrat
Painting on the walls
Cable car
Monastery in on top of the mountain
On the way to Montserrat!
One of many city sqaures
Part of the old city wall
Orange tree in the middle of the street
My Korean Friend!
Top of Casa Mila
Top of Casa Mila with Sagrada Famila in background.
View from top of Casa Mila
Looking down from Casa Mila roof into the center of the building. All apartments designed to get light.
Roof at Casa Mila – those are chimneys.
Door to Casa Mila
Casa Batllo – balconies designed to look like skulls, top to look like back of a dragon
Gaudi’s Casa Batllo – an apartment building
Chocolate display in the market
Breakfast – eggplant omlette with traditional bread rubbed with tomato
Street performer – no idea how this is possible!
Street “performer”
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February 14, 2011 at 9:22 am
Are the shoes really made of chocolate? Why?
Why is the monastery taking so long to build–more than 100 years??? Do they work on it regularly? Is it being used at all now?
I see the bites on toothpicks–they are a good size.
February 14, 2011 at 10:57 am
Yep, the shoes are made of chocolate. Chocolate is really big here – there are tons of chocolate shops and stands with elaborate treats. No complaints from me!
The church has been turned into a historic site so I don’t think it will ever be used. Apparantly, when people started building a church of that magnitude they knew they would never see it finished in their lifetime. I’m not sure why the delay now. I’m hopefully going to go inside tomorrow and will find out more.