My Trip To Barcelona

                

Hola!

Today I am going to be talking about my trip to Barcelona in Spain. It was my first time in Barcelona and I really enjoyed it. We did a lot of cool things including going to Park Guell, the Gaudi Cathedral, Camp nou, The Blau Museum and Terrassa, along with exploring Barcelona City by foot.  My sister Katie is living in Barcelona working as a Teaching Assitant for 6 months so she was our tour guide.  She recommended a great app called MoveIt to help us find our way from place to place.

Park Guell

Park Guell

My sister, Katie, and I at Parc Guell

In case you don't know about Park Guell I can tell you it has some amazing gardens and mosaic buildings.  I loved the gardens and thought they were really beautiful.You have to pay in to see the mosaic buildings but I saw some of it from a distance and they
looked amazing. You can also go into a museum of the house
Gaudi lived in which we did and it was so cool. I would definitely
recommend it. Get tickets for Park Guell Here                                                                                                              

Sagrada Familia Cathedral
This church is probably Barcelona's most famous building and it was designed by architect, Antoni Gaudi, who worked on Sagrada Familia until his death.  Building began in 1882 and it is estimated that it will be completed by 2026.

Katie and I at Gaudi Cathedral

                                                                                                           

Me at Camp Nou

Camp Nou 
Camp Nou is it is the Stadium of F.C. Barcelona. When we went to the stadium we did the full
tour which included the museum,the pitch side and you go up         
into the stand. It was amazing and it is definitely a must if you are
into soccer like me. My Dad and I watched the Barcelona vs Roma game in our hotel room later that same day.  Unfortunately they lost 3-0.
Get tickets for the tour here

The Blau Museum
I did a project about architect, Herzog de Meuron before my trip so I really wanted to see Museu Blau which he designed.  It is a distinctive blue box building suspended over the path.  My favourite parts were these tunnels lined with angled metal through the roof when you looked up, you could see the sky.  It was like a kaleidescope.  It's really cool.

Terrassa

We visited this lovely town to enjoy a relaxed day walking around, drinking coffee and looking in the shops.  Find out more about Terassa here:

http://www.barcelonaturisme.com/wv3/en/page/568/terrassa.html

Terrassa

I really enjoyed my four days in Barcelona with my Dad and sister, Katie.  There is so much to see and do in this city.  It was my first time to eat Tapas and I really loved the croissants dipped in chocolate in the local cafes for breakfast.  I would definitely love to go back again to visit Barcelona.  Lots more photos going up on my Instagram now.

I'm back to normal homeschooling again and I'll be writing more blogs about the work and activities that I'm doing soon.