You’d think by now we’d know what we were doing. Admittedly, Spain is the least planned part of our trip. It is our last stop so we thought we’d have plenty of time to figure it out later. Or we were going to be spontaneous. Well, Type A planners are not good at winging it. First of all, I can’t take this 90+ degree heat. Our last three apartments have not had air conditioning. This is what happens when you wait…
Barcelona is a kaleidoscope of color – geometric, fanciful and a little dizzying in this heat. Gaudi’s architecture is brilliant yet bizarre. His masterpiece La Sagrada Familia is Dr. Seuss on the outside and absolutely divine on the inside. The stain glass windows explode with colors that fill the sanctuary with surreal light. The pedestrian lanes around our apartment in the Gothic Quarter are also laid out like a mosaic. The web of streets are designed to meander through all…