Saturday morning, we decided to head off to the Castillo de Montjuic. Montjuïc Castle is an old military fortress, with roots dating back to the mid 1600’s, built on top of Montjuïc Hill. From here, we could see our next stop, La Sagrada Familia, 4km away.
A couple of trains later, we arrived at La Sagrada Familia, a church designed in the 1800’s by Antoni Gaudí. Construction had commenced, but not been completed, when Gaudi died in 1926. And unfortunately, he had not committed any of his plans to paper. It was all in his head. As a result, construction has been going on ever since, with different architects adding their influences to what has to be one of the weirdest looking churches I’ve ever seen! I noticed the variety of different statues which adorn the outside, and how their differences show off the changing style of art across the decades. The current custodians are aiming to complete construction by 2026, in time for the 100th anniversary of Gaudi’s death.
After our couple of hours there, marvelling at the structure both from outside and within, we headed off in the direction of home, on foot. We had not yet had true Spanish tapas, and decided we should find somewhere that could accommodate. We ended up finding this little place called Restaurant Rene which was just opening up for the night at about 19:00. Pre-dinner drinks became post-dinner drinks, with Cath befriending the barman/manager, Alex. He introduced us to some Spanish cocktails, while we introduced him to the concept of a Mudslide. I don’t think we left there til about 23:00, by which time, we were well lubricated!
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