La Sagrada Familia

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Yesterday we went on another walking adventure. We followed directions to an address of an apartment that we found on Craigslist. It was an extremely nice neighborhood, but we now believe that it was to good to be true and was a scam posting. They are pretty easy to tell since we now know what the average prices are around Barcelona for an apartment. From there we walked and walked and walked, until we found the La Sagrada Familia. This is Barcelona's most famous cathedral, which is still not complete. We will post more info about it when we are actually able to take the tour, but what we do know is that it was originally designed to be a much smaller building. Guadi, the famous Barcelonian architect, took over the design a year after its construction began and greatly changed its design. His ideas were so massive that he knew that its construction would take several generations. In order for each generation to know exactly how he envisioned it, he made sure that one side was completely finished. This is very easy to tell when you look coloration of the old brick on the completed sided versus the rest of it that is still being built.

We got upgraded at our hostel. We now have a balcony and shower in the room for no extra cost. It is very nice and more spacious for all of our stuff. We think it is because we are one of the very few occupants of the hostel right now. It has been very, very quiet. We were exhausted after our walk so we took a quick nap and set our alarms so that we would not oversleep...Barcelona FC played at seven!!! Our new favorite futbol team :) The whole city lives and breathes this team, so we are excited to root for them too! We watched the first half at an Irish Pub and the second half at an authentic Spanish cafe. We had Estrella Damm (their local beer) which is delicious!! Barca won in a blowout, 4-0. We are having a great time and loving all of these new experiences.