Kimi's Visit February 19th to March 1st, 2016

February 26th, 2016

During our free walking tour with Sandeman's New Europe tours the guide told us about some of the other tours that they offer.  One of them was the Gaudí and Modernism walking tour.  This tour costs 10€/person and lasts about 3 hours as well. We started at 2:30pm at Plaça de l'Angel and walked through the Born district and up Passeig de Gràcia, jumping into the subway and ending up at the Sagrada Familia.  It was fascinating, and I learned a lot about some of the most famous buildings in Barcelona.  I would highly recommend this tour.

Casa Lléo-Morera

Casa Amatller inside entrance

Casa Amatller from the outside

Casa Batlló right beside Casa Amatller

Facade of the Nativity, Sagrada Familia

Sagrada Familia newly finished facade

February 27th, 2016

Saturday, we had lunch in Barceloneta and then Kimi and I walked down the beach.  We did a bit of shopping and then we waited until after 5pm and got to go inside the Catedral de Barcelona, Santa Maria del Pi and the Santa Maria del Mar churches for free.  We also celebrated Kimi's birthday with a chocolate cake!

It was not a particularly warm day, but you can see all the people surfing

Deserted beaches

Kimi's birthday cake

February 28th, 2016

In the afternoon, Kimi and I visited the Museu Maritim.  It is of course free on Sunday afternoons.  It was a very nice museum, probably even worth the price of admission.  After touring the museum we jumped in the metro and went to Montjuic as we were going to visit the National Museum of art of Catalunya or MNAC.  It was free on Sunday afternoon, but we didn't know that it also closes at 3pm on Sunday afternoons and we got there after 3pm.  So then we decided to do a long walk around Montjuic.  We saw so many parks and monuments, it's amazing how much stuff is in Montjuic.  We wanted to see the Magic Fountain Show at 7:30, but again I got my information wrong.  In the winter months, there is no fountain show on Sundays and the fountains did not even turn on at all.  Oh well, still a beautiful place to walk around on a Sunday afternoon. 

Museu Maritim