An Art Work A Day

I am able to take the steepest routes uphill but my balance problems kicks in so down again I have to take the long around route. I have invested in lots of band aids and silicone soles for shoes etc etc so painful feet is not going to stop me this spring and summer :-).

I dag startet jeg dagen ved Sagrada Familia etter å ha dratt ut til buss-stasjonen for å ha billetten ferdig kjøpt og klar til flybussen i morgen natt. Hvis du vil vite mer om denne fantastiske kirken til Gaudi som fremdeles er under bygging så kan du klikke her.

Also today I have taken tons of photos. Unfortunately I do not have any good image programs on this computer yet so posting many full size photos will make my blog load very slowly. I will however post a few photos showing what has been a read tread through Barcelona; all the street performers and artists, especially all the living statues and the many churches.

I attended this one tonight for a lovely serimony where the whole church was dark and people were standing holding candles and at one point one by one of the candles was lit and later one by one the lights in the church itself were lit. Very moving.

Walking around the markets I long for a kitchen to be able to try all the amazing seafood available fresh here.

By the way got some help sorting out the cash problem. Insuranse is a great thing :-)

Being here has lots of ups but also one down. For some strange reason my visa card won't work in Barcelona and stupid me even considered taking with me an extra card but decided not to in the end. The big problem is that it is holy week here in Spain so open banks is not an option to sort this out before Tuesday unless I can find one open for a bit tomorrow morning. I started my day with 16 euro, I now have 15. No going out for food that is for sure. I managed today on the food I bought yesterday on the market and with water from fountains. Tomorrow I will have to buy some stuff.

Fortunately all activities today was free and I had the 5 days card for the metro and buses.

Today I went to see an Easter prosesion and also the works of Gaudi. Here are two of his mst famous buildings, Casa Mila or La Pedrere and Casa Batillo. Casa meaning house in Spanish.

Going inside the houses costs quite a bit and the queues were very long (1/2 -1 hour waiting) so that comforted me since I did not dare spend any money in case I could not figure out the problem with my card. I plan on posting more about Gaudi and especially the Guell Park where I spent many hours today. For now you will have to make do with a couple of tempting pictures.

Later in the day I went in search of the big Easter prosesion but did not find it and also in search of an open bank someone suggested would be in the train station. No luck there either but a nice suny walk in the Arc the Triump area comforted me quite a bit.