A tour of Barcelona.

Time for our bus tour of the city.

The bus takes us on quick tour of the city.  This includes passing several buildings designed by Antoni Gaudí.  Yes, they were all very gaudy and that is where the term comes from Gaudi's designs.  It seems that making buildings gaudy caught on.

​Part of our tour is to see the ugliest church in the world which is also the longest under construction. La Sagrada Famila has been under construction for almost 100 years.  ​George Orwell said it was “one of the most hideous buildings in the world”.  He was right but there are several ugly buildings in Barcelona.  Some by Gaudi but not all.

The following are pictures of a church.  No really! This was what was allowed to be put on the outside of a church and the inside is supposed to be not any better. 

It amazes me that anyone would pay for the construction and it is not even finished.  It is disturbingly ugly.  In a store near by, we saw a model of the finished church.

After leaving there, we moved to where we would see dancers.  The surprise was seeing the number of children dressed up.
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The city celebrates All Saint's Day for about 2 weeks.  Lots of adults and children dressed up.

​Next Flamenco dancers.  Not Flamingos dancing which would be interesting but not what we were there to see.

Back to the ship.  Along the way, we saw several buildings including a bull fighting ring which is now converted into a shopping center.  Bull fighting is no longer allowed.

As we got to port, there were several huge yachts.

I thought I would throw in a few pictures of the fancy food we get on the ship.