Sunday July 21st

Wow! We can't believe it! Nikki has been here for 1 month and KD has been here for almost 2! Time sure does fly! We looked at our calendar to see what we've done and what we have left that we really want to do before returning to the states. Parc Guell was on this list... and since it is free we felt it was a great choice for a Sunday adventure!  For those of you unfamiliar with this, it is a massive garden on El Carmel hill in the Gracia neighborhood.  The park contains Gaudi's house and the rest of his "backyard" is now a garden which Gaudi designed to blend into nature.  (Remember, Gaudi is the artist who designed Sagrada Familia).  Personally, Nikki and I think the house and area immediately surrounding it looked like Candy Land, which is not necessarily bad.  The most famous part of the park is Gaudi's mosaic salamander, more commonly referred to simply as el drac (the dragon).  Basically it's a giant lizard.  The park also features a large mosaic bench allegedly representing a sea serpent.  The rest of the park is Gaudi trying to imitate nature and the natural form, for example carving stone columns to look like tree trunks. 

 

 

 These reminded us of candyland.

THE Lizard