Barcelona

Rolf and I flew to Barcelona on Ibera last weekend. It was over 50 degrees and sunny, which was better weather than in grey, damp France. A friend from high school is finishing his PhD there, so we hung out with him. The main tourist attraction, at least when it's too cold to swim, is La Sagrada Familia, a modern cathedral designed by Gaudi and still under construction.


The structure inside is designed to evoke nature and the columns branch like trees.

Here is a market, built in the past few years.

Here is the pleasure boat port on the Mediterranean.

There is a city bicycle program in Barcelona, as in Paris. The rear wheel is a mountain bike wheel and the front wheel is even smaller, like a clown car!

There are public water taps all over the city. This guy is giving his dog a drink. There are also a lot of big dogs in the city.