Park Guell

One of my favorite stops in our adventure in Barcelona was the Parc Güell. Again, this is one of Antoni Gaudi’s famous works found in Barcelona. The famous park, built from 1900 to 1914 was originally part of a unsuccessful housing site developed by Eusebu Güell (the man for whom the park was named after). The main idea of the park was to take advantage of the fresh air and beautiful site of the city that you can see on top of the mountain named “Montaña Pelada. At the main entrance to the park is the main terrace where you can find the long bench in the shape of the serpent. After some investigating I learned that Gaudi used the shapes of buttocks by his workman to form the curvature of the bench. It is really an interesting thing to see. It is decorated with colorful tiles which seems to be a trademark of Gaudi. In this picture you can see the two houses near the many entrance to the park as well as the view of the city (and me of course!) We actually had to fight for this spot to take the picture because of how many people where there. Just sitting on the bench you can watch kids playing, people playing music and friends enjoying the city. Sometimes, sitting back and taking in the small things in life is what it’s all about!