Sagrada Familia

The first stone of the Sagrada Familia was laid in 1882. Quite quickly there were disputes between the first architect and the promotors and in 1883 Gaudi took over….

Park Güell

Park Güell is located in the upper part of Barcelona. This area was owned by the family Güell and they assigned Gaudi to design the Park.

Once again Gaudi used…

Gaudi Houses

The 2 most famous houses designed by Gaudi are Casa Mila (la Pedrera) and Casa Batlló. His constructions are characterized by the organic look. Gaudi said “Originality shouldn’t be…

And suddenly… Barcelona

So, euhm, …. It turns out that Carcassonne and Barcelona are only three hours apart. So we did a “whoepsie” and rode to Barcelona instead of our planned schedule….

Carcassonne

Carcassonne is the largest walled city in Europe with his defence walls still intact.  In fact, the fortified town is surrounded by a double wall which is about 3,2…