Aaaaand we're off! 7 night cruise in the Mediterranean. Babysitting included. No cooking. Just gotta make it thru the flight there.
We arrived in Barcelona late at night. We checked into the hotel. And then had the task of finding food. Jannica and I ventured off a few blocks from this hotel. I had heard of this guy Antoni Gaudí before and we have seen some of his works before, but I didn't realize that he had done so many odd buildings. We were walking down the road and saw this building. It was literally surrounded by normal looking buildings so it stood out so much more. Casa Battló is the name of this one.
Casa Batlló is the result of a total restoration in 1904 of an old conventional house built in 1877. Gaudí used for it the typical constructive elements of the Modernisme(Catalan Art Nouveau) that include ceramics, stone, and forged iron. Even though it was highly criticized by the city during construction due to its radical design that broke all the bylaws of the city, in 1906 the Barcelona City Council awarded it the recognition of being one of the three best buildings of the year.
Depending on how the time works today and how fast and a straight line we can get Chatlie to walk, we plan on visiting two of Gaudís other works, La Sagrada Familia and Park Güell.
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