domingo, 25 de enero de 2009

A week in Barcelona: recap

OK. So basically, I will attempt to recount everything (important) that I did in Barcelona this week. I went to several museums: the national museum of art of Cataluña, a Picaso museum, and a yesterday a Dali museum a couple hours outside of Barcelona. Far and away the most interesting one for me was the Dali museum. The museum itself was really a work of art and the paintings/sculptures were incredible. They even had the Persistence of Memory there, which is usually in Florida. Although to be honest that is definitely not my favorite Dali painting anymore. Hopefully I can upload some pictures soon. The Picaso museum was also incredible; I think I can safely say that I like Picaso now. It was really neat to see his early works (very realistic) and how he progressed as an artist. The whole exibit was set up in chronological order, so that wasn´t hard to do. Also, anyone who reads this should look up Joaquim Vaydera. Umm... What else? I saw the iglesia de la sagrada familia, a church designed by the famous architect, Gaudi. It´s a rather curious thing because the money for the constrcution of the church has to be donated, so the construction is taking forever. Its an incredible church though. It has something like tweleve or sixteen towers. Also, I went to Parq Guel, a park outside the city on an enormous hill, designed by the same architect. The views of the city were incredible! I also went out with some kids from Barcelona to discotecs a couple of times. My latest adventure was last night. I went to this place called RazMataz, which is the largest discotec in Barcelona. It was kind of like a cross between a circus and a Pink Floyd lazer light spectacular. I didn´t even get back to the residence until like 6:00 AM. Anywho, this afternoon at 5:00 we´re leaving for Granada by plane. As I said earlier, hopefully I can encounter some WIFI soon and upload some pictures. Until next time.

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